Office for Nuclear Regulation
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. [1]
Contents
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
- Nick Baldwin - Chair, former chief executive of Powergen until 2002, and a former non-executive director of Scottish and Southern Energy and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. His appointment is expected to be for 2-3 years, pending the successful passage of legislation to establish the ONR on a statutory basis (anticipated 2013).
- Kevin Myers - HSE's Deputy Chief Executive. He is also a member of HSE's Senior Management Team.
- Paul Kenny - General Secretary of the GMB trade union in May 2006, having become Acting General Secretary in June 2005. He was appointed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board as non-executive director for a three year term which started 1 October 2010.
- Steve Bundred
- John Crackett - from July 2011. Previously was Managing Director of Central Networks – the UK’s second-largest distributor of electricity - and also E.ON UK Board member responsible for Safety, Health and Environment.
- Liz Siberry -From 2008-11 was the Director of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI)
Executives (Board)
- Mike Weightman (SCS) -HM Chief Inspector Nuclear Installations, Executive Head of Office for Nuclear Regulation [2]
- John Jenkins, Chief Operating Officer[2]
- 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 [3]
- Dave Caton - Head of Human Resources[3]
- Sue Kelly, Head of Communications[3] since April 2011, previously Strategic Communications Manager (Sept 2010 – April 2011) and a Campaign Manager (April 2006 – Sept 2010) [4]
- Derek Lacey - Director of Regulatory Policy, Strategy and Assurance [3] (previously Div. 3 Defence Nuclear Facilities Regulation)
- Dave Thomas -joined ONR in April 2012, initially on a six month secondment from HSE corporate finance.[3]
Former employees (as at June 2011)
- Colin Patchett (SCS) - Div. 1 Civil Nuclear Power Regulation
- Jon Seddon - Div. 4 Operational Strategies & Corporate Services
- Adrian Freer - Div. 5 Office for Civil Nuclear Security
- 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
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." [5] 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). [6]
Contact
- Address: 4N.2 Redgrave Court, Desk 26, Merton Road, Bootle, L20 7HS
- Phone:0151 951 3484
- Email:ONRenquiries@hse.gsi.gov.uk
Resources
- The ONR publishes the Nuclear Research Index (safety of operating reactors) at http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/2011-nri.htm
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 ONR Board, ONR website, undated, accessed 21 June 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 ONR's Executive Management Team, ONR website, undated, accessed 21 June 2012
- ↑ Sue Kelly profile, LinkedIn, accessed 21 June 2012
- ↑ Mike Pigott welcomed as national power sector lead, Turner and Townsend website, dated 30 April 2012, acc 21 June 2012
- ↑ Nuclear Directorate's industry secondment project, ONR website, undated, accessed 21 June 2012
