Regulator Profile

ONR

Office for Nuclear Regulation

Enforcement Regulator

2

Areas of regulation

24

Laws enforced

UK-wide

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Nuclear Licensing Nuclear Safety

What ONR does

Independent regulator for nuclear safety and security. Issues nuclear site licences. Regulates nuclear installations, transport, and safeguards.

Legal framework

Legislation that ONR enforces.

Primary legislation

• Nuclear Weapons Act 1946
• NILIA 1959 Act 1959
• Nuclear Installations Act 1965 Act 1965
• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Act 1974
• Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Act 1991 Act 1991
• Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Act 1993
• Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 Act 2018

Secondary legislation

• Nuclear Installations (Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations 1965 UK Statutory Instrument 1965
• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (as amended 2022) UK Statutory Instrument 1992
• Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 UK Statutory Instrument 1992
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 UK Statutory Instrument 1998
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 UK Statutory Instrument 1998
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 UK Statutory Instrument 1999
• Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999 UK Statutory Instrument 1999
• Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002 UK Statutory Instrument 2002
• Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003 UK Statutory Instrument 2003
• Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009 UK Statutory Instrument 2009
• ... and 7 more statutory instruments

Sectors regulated

Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN)