Civil Nuclear Police Authority
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The Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) operates under the strategic direction of the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).[1]
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Background
The function of the CNPA is to maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) [2] and to ensure to ensure that the Constabulary meets the policing requirements of primary stakeholders in the nuclear industry. The CNC is the police force responsible for protecting civil nuclear licensed sites and safe-guarding nuclear materials and nuclear site operators. Whereas other police forces are overseen by the Home Office, the CNC is under the authority of the CNPA.
People
The CNPA is run by Michael Griffiths CBE, a retired Army Brigadier who saw active service in the Falklands, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Bosnia and Afghanistan. From 2007 until 2012 it was headed by former Foreign Office terrorism expert Richard Thompson.
Members
The CNPA are appointed by the DECC Secretary of State and the organisation is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB).
- Sir Philip Trousdell KBE CB (Chairman)
- Stephen Barrett (Independent)
- Robert Wright (Independent - a management consultant who retired from DTI in 2007)
- Paul Kernaghan CBE QPM (Independent)
- Matt Sykes (Industry Representative Member - EDF Energy Nuclear Generation)
- George Beveridge (Industry Representative Member - Deputy MD of Sellafield)
- Ian Abbott (Industry Representative Member - NDA)
- Mark Rouse (Industry Representative Member - Managing Director - Dounreay, joined DRSL in April 2013 from Babcock International Group's Marine & Technology division) [3]
Funding
The Civil Nuclear Police Authority is funded by the industry, as is the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. [4]
Contact, Resources and Notes
Contact
- Website:
Resources
Notes
- ↑ CNC Website, Who are the CNC? (Accessed 2 June 2012)
- ↑ CNC Website, Who are the CNC? (Accessed 11 August 2008)
- ↑ Civil Nuclear Police Authority, Members, CNPA website, undated, acc 30 October 2013
- ↑ Rob Evans, Secret files reveal covert network run by nuclear police, guardian.co.uk, 20 October 2009.
