Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 5 December 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her assessment is of the possible impact of climate change on the nuclear facilities at (a) Chapelcross, (b) Hartlepool, (c) Heysham and (d) Torness.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NIL) regulates the safety of all nuclear power stations in the UK, including those at Chapelcross, Hartlepool, Heysham and Torness. The NIL requires the operators of these facilities to have an up to date written demonstration of safety, the safety case, for each facility, which takes into consideration external hazards such as climate change impacts. The NIL assesses the adequacy of operators' safety cases against its published Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs), which require that the risks posed to the safety of the nuclear plant by reasonably foreseeable external events, remain demonstrably low.
Yes0 people think so
No2 people think not
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