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*[[Mike Weightman]] (SCS) -HM Chief Inspector Nuclear Installations, Executive Head of Office for Nuclear Regulation <ref name="board"/>  
 
*[[Mike Weightman]] (SCS) -HM Chief Inspector Nuclear Installations, Executive Head of Office for Nuclear Regulation <ref name="board"/>  
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*[[John Jenkins]], Chief Operating Officer<ref name="board"/> since 11 June 2012. Before this he was managing director of [[Morgan Sindall Professional Services]], a multi-national and multi-disciplinary consultancy. He has previously held a range of senior management and director roles, including at [[White Young Green]] (WYG) Consulting and [[Ove Arup & Partners]]. He is a chartered engineer. <ref> [http://news.hse.gov.uk/onr/2012/05/appointment-of-chief-operating-officer/ Appointment of Chief Operating Officer], 31 May 2012, accessed 21 June 2012 </ref>
*[[Les Philpott]] (SCS)- Director of Finance and Corporate Services since 1 April 2012, leading ONR's corporate finance, HR, communications and internal security functions. He was previously responsible for corporate governance and accountability in ONR, and for strategy, policy formulation and managing ONR's relations with Government (Div. 7 Nuclear Policy and International Relations). <ref name="board"/>  
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*[[Les Philpott]] (SCS)- Director of Finance and Corporate Services since 1 April 2012, leading ONR's corporate finance, HR, communications and internal security functions. He was previously responsible for corporate governance and accountability in ONR, and for strategy, policy formulation and managing ONR's relations with Government (Div. 7 Nuclear Policy and International Relations). <ref name="board"/>
  
 
===ONR's Executive Management Team===
 
===ONR's Executive Management Team===

Revision as of 10:59, 21 June 2012

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is an agency of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched in April 2011 pending planned legislation to establish it as an independent statutory body (anticipated 2013). [1]

Activities

The ONR brings together the safety and security functions of HSE’s Nuclear Directorate (incorporating the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, the Office for Civil Nuclear Security and the UK Safeguards Office) and, from summer 2011, the Department for Transport’s Radioactive Materials Transport Division.

People

Board

Non-executives

Executives (Board)

  • Mike Weightman (SCS) -HM Chief Inspector Nuclear Installations, Executive Head of Office for Nuclear Regulation [2]
  • John Jenkins, Chief Operating Officer[2] since 11 June 2012. Before this he was managing director of Morgan Sindall Professional Services, a multi-national and multi-disciplinary consultancy. He has previously held a range of senior management and director roles, including at White Young Green (WYG) Consulting and Ove Arup & Partners. He is a chartered engineer. [3]
  • Les Philpott (SCS)- Director of Finance and Corporate Services since 1 April 2012, leading ONR's corporate finance, HR, communications and internal security functions. He was previously responsible for corporate governance and accountability in ONR, and for strategy, policy formulation and managing ONR's relations with Government (Div. 7 Nuclear Policy and International Relations). [2]

ONR's Executive Management Team

  • Mike Weightman
  • John Jenkins
  • Les Philpott
  • Kevin Allars (SCS) - Director of the Change Programme on 30 April 2012, was previously Director Nuclear New Build Programme [4]
  • Dave Caton - Head of Human Resources[4]
  • Sue Kelly, Head of Communications[4] since April 2011, previously Strategic Communications Manager (Sept 2010 – April 2011) and a Campaign Manager (April 2006 – Sept 2010) [5]
  • Derek Lacey - Director of Regulatory Policy, Strategy and Assurance [4] (previously Div. 3 Defence Nuclear Facilities Regulation)
  • Dave Thomas -joined ONR in April 2012, initially on a six month secondment from HSE corporate finance.[4]

ONR programmes

  • Colin Patchett - Director Civil Nuclear Reactor Programme (previously Div. 1 Civil Nuclear Power Regulation). He regulates the safety of operating and defueling nuclear power stations and licensing and permissioning of proposed new build nuclear power stations. [6]
  • Mark Bassett - Director Sellafield programme. He regulates the safety of Sellafield and Windscale nuclear licensed sites in Cumbria.[6]
  • David Senior - Director Decommissioning, Fuel and Waste Programme and Director of

Defence Programme - Regulates safety on a variety of nuclear fuel sites, including fuel cycle, nuclear research, waste management and decommissioning sites. And regulates safety at defence sector nuclear sites, including submarine and atomic weapons facilities, working closely with the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator.[6]

  • Adrian Freer - Director Civil Nuclear Security (previously known as Div. 5 Office for Civil Nuclear Security). He regulates security at civil licensed nuclear sites, and all other locations where sensitive nuclear information is held; and the movement by road and rail within the UK, and globally within UK flagged vessels of nuclear and other radioactive material.[6]
  • George Sallit - Head, Radioactive Materials Transport. Regulates safety during the transport of radioactive material by road and rail in Great Britain, and advises on its transport by air and sea within the UK territorial waters.[6]
  • Jon Seddon - Div. 4 Operational Strategies & Corporate Services
  • Andy Hall (SCS) - Head of Regulatory and Technical Standards for the Fukushima review
  • Roger Brunt -ONR Transformation Programme Director (SCS)
  • Alun Williams (SCS)-Strategic Project Programme
  • Paul Brown - was Chief Operations Officer
  • Len Creswell (SCS) -Div. 6 Deputy Director Nuclear New Build Programme


Former employees (as at June 2011)

Secondees from industry

  • Mike Pigott was employed by the regulator on secondment from industry from January 2011, working on new build and transformation projects for 12 months as a Nuclear New Build Programme Manager. In April 2012 he joined management and construction consultancy Turner & Townsend as a director with responsibility for the power sector. T&T's clients have included British Nuclear Group, which said of the company: "We found Turner & Townsend to be an excellent choice as our partner for the delivery of programme controls at Sellafield. They were particularly supportive of our need to develop programme controls capability with in the organisation and worked with us to align their talent in a delivery role as well as an instructional role." [7] Previously Pigott worked as Wylfa Site Programme Manager for seven years with Magnox.
  • Andy Bevan from Babcock Marine and Technology, assisted on ONR site inspections from June 2009 until mid 2011.
  • Sophie Morrison was employed on a six-month secondment from BAE Systems in Barrow, Cumbria, working as a process-mapping consultant working on ONR's business management system (BMS). [8]

Contact

Address: 4N.2 Redgrave Court, Desk 26, Merton Road, Bootle, L20 7HS
Phone:0151 951 3484
Email:ONRenquiries@hse.gsi.gov.uk
Website:http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/index.htm

Resources

Notes

  1. Creation of the Office for Nuclear Regulation Written ministerial statement from the Department for Work and Pensions Minister for Employment, The Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling MP, 8 February 2011, accessed 22 June 2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 ONR Board, ONR website, undated, accessed 21 June 2012
  3. Appointment of Chief Operating Officer, 31 May 2012, accessed 21 June 2012
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 ONR's Executive Management Team, ONR website, undated, accessed 21 June 2012
  5. Sue Kelly profile, LinkedIn, accessed 21 June 2012
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 ONR Programmes, ONR website, accessed 21 June 2012
  7. Mike Pigott welcomed as national power sector lead, Turner and Townsend website, dated 30 April 2012, acc 21 June 2012
  8. Nuclear Directorate's industry secondment project, ONR website, undated, accessed 21 June 2012