Office for Nuclear Regulation

Category: Hartlepool – EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd

Hartlepool – Inspection ID: 52752

November 7, 2023 - Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: August 2023 Aim of inspection This inspection considered aspects of the Hartlepool (HRA) unit 2 statutory 2023 outage (R213) activities undertaken. This was a planned intervention and part of the 2023/2024 ONR integrated intervention strategy for operating reactors. Subject(s) of inspection LC28 – Examination, inspection, maintenance and testing – Rating: Green […]


Hartlepool – Inspection ID: 52756

October 17, 2023 - Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: August 2023 Aim of inspection LC28 requires the licensee to make and implement adequate arrangements for the regular and systematic examination, inspection, maintenance and testing of all plant which may affect safety. For any plant or process that is shut down for the purpose of enabling these activities, LC30 requires […]


Hartlepool – Inspection ID: 52795

October 17, 2023 - Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: July 2023 Aim of inspection To support ONRs permissioning of Hartlepool R2 return to service, ONR chemistry inspectors conducted an inspection of significant outage activities to enable continued chemistry compliance on return to service (PR-01241). The inspection sampled completion of significant outage activities to enable continued chemistry compliance. Primarily, this […]


Hartlepool – Inspection ID: 52853

October 17, 2023 - Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: August 2023 Aim of inspection This inspection aims to confirm that the appropriate C&I related statutory outage activities that are necessary to support safety case claims have / will be undertaken. The inspection will involve a sample review of HRA Reactor 2 (R2) 2023 statutory outage (R213) activities carried out in […]


Hartlepool – Inspection ID: 52760

October 17, 2023 - Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: August 2023 Aim of inspection To provide regulatory confidence in relation to Radiation Protection and compliance with Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17) and LC18 – Radiological protection. To asses the extent the Hartlepool team is equipped to start making the transition from operation to defueling, deconstruction and ultimately decommissioning. Subject(s) of […]


Hartlepool – Inspection ID: 52794

October 17, 2023 - Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: August 2023 Aim of inspection To provide regulatory confidence in the implementation of the Hartlepool Unit 2 2023 Statutory Outage Intentions Document in relation to Mechanical Engineering. To provide evidence to inform the ONR decision relating to the issue of a Licence Instrument for a Consent for return to service of […]


Hartlepool – Inspection ID: 52314

October 16, 2023 - Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: May 2023 Aim of inspection To sample and judge whether appropriate arrangements are in place to manage Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) requirements across site following the identified fleet shortfalls over recent years and in particular the improvement notice served in 2022 at Heysham 1 and Hartlepool in relation to […]


Hartlepool – Inspection ID: 52717

October 13, 2023 - Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: June 2023 Aim of inspection Inspections are an essential element of ONR’s interventions on nuclear licensed sites. The overarching aim of this inspection was to gather evidence to support closure of RI-11069. Subject(s) of inspection LC22 – Modification or experiment on existing plant – Rating: Amber Overall Inspection Rating – Rating: […]


Hartlepool – Inspection ID: 52665

October 13, 2023 - Executive summary Date(s) of inspection: June 2023 Aim of inspection This was a planned inspection of EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd’s (NGL’s) Hartlepool nuclear power station, undertaken as part of the intervention strategy for the Operating Facilities Division of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).  The inspection is in accordance with the planned inspection programme contained […]


Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) reports for Q2 – 2023

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