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UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has concerns about the security of Sellafield’s plutonium

David Lowry’s Blog 28th June 2019 A week ago the UK national nuclear regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), released its annual report and accounts to zero media
attention. But embedded in its 164 pages was the following intriguing
revelation:

“Early in the reporting year, a number of security events
required us to apply regulatory attention to several of Sellafield Ltd’s
security investigations.” It then added: ” Appropriate lessons have been
identified and we will continue our regulatory focus on security culture
and on influencing improvements in the security competence of the internal
assurance function.

” Sellafield is a big nuclear site that, inter alia,
holds 140,000 kilogrammes of plutonium. A devastating warhead can be made
with just 5kgs. We cannot afford any serious security events at
Sellafield!

http://drdavidlowry.blogspot.com/2019/06/sellafield-security-questioned-by.html

July 1, 2019 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, UK