§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry at which sites her Office for Civil Nuclear Security and HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate have jointly conducted audits of plant security; and on what dates, involving how many personnel the audits were conducted. [63844]
§ Mr. WilsonThe Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS), the independent security regulator and HSE's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII), the safety regulator have a close working relationship and undertook an immediate joint review of security and safety issues of all UK civil nuclear sites in the light of the terrorist attacks in the United States last September. In the light of that review, sites were visited either jointly or by the relevant Regulator depending on the functions of the site concerned, its complexity, and other relevant factors. Since 11 September inspectors from both regulatory bodies have undertaken joint reviews at Capenhurst, Dounreay, Sellafield and Springfields.