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{{Template:NuclearSpin}} The [[Civil Nuclear Police Authority]] (CNPA) operates under the strategic direction of the [[Department for Energy and Climate Change]] (DECC).<ref name="CNC">CNC Website, [http://www.cnc.police.uk/about-the-cnc/who-are-the-cnc Who are the CNC?] (Accessed 2 June 2012)</ref> The function of the CNPA is to maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of the [[Civil Nuclear Constabulary]]. <ref>CNC Website, [http://www.cnc.police.uk/about-the-cnc/who-are-the-cnc Who are the CNC?] (Accessed 11 August 2008)</ref> 
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{{Template:NuclearSpin}} The [[Civil Nuclear Police Authority]] (CNPA) operates under the strategic direction of the [[Department for Energy and Climate Change]] (DECC).<ref name="CNC">CNC Website, [http://www.cnc.police.uk/about-the-cnc/who-are-the-cnc Who are the CNC?] (Accessed 2 June 2012)</ref>  
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (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.
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The function of the CNPA is to maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of the [[Civil Nuclear Constabulary]] (CNC) <ref>CNC Website, [http://www.cnc.police.uk/about-the-cnc/who-are-the-cnc Who are the CNC?] (Accessed 11 August 2008)</ref> 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==
 
==People==
 
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The CNPA was headed by former [[Foreign Office]] terrorism expert [[Richard Thompson]] until 2012.
The CNPA is currently headed by former [[Foreign Office]] terrorism expert [[Richard Thompson]]. Members of the CNPA are appointed by the [[DECC]] Secretary of State and the organisation is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB).
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===Members===
 
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The CNPA are appointed by the [[DECC]] Secretary of State and the organisation is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB).  
The role of the CNPA is to ensure that the Constabulary meets the policing requirements of primary stakeholders in the nuclear industry.
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*Sir [[Philip Trousdell]] KBE CB (Chairman)
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* [[Stephen Barrett]] (Independent)
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*[[Robert Wright]] (Independent - a management consultant who retired from [[DTI]] in 2007)
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*[[Paul Kernaghan]] CBE QPM (Independent)
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*[[Matt Sykes]] (Industry Representative Member - [[EDF Energy Nuclear Generation]])
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*[[George Beveridge]] (Industry Representative Member - Deputy MD of [[Sellafield]])
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*[[Ian Abbott]] (Industry Representative Member - [[NDA]])
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*[[Mark Rouse]] (Industry Representative Member - Managing Director - [[Dounreay]], joined [[DRSL]] in April 2013 from [[Babcock International Group]]'s Marine & Technology division) <ref> [http://www.cnpa.police.uk/members Civil Nuclear Police Authority], Members, CNPA website, undated, acc 30 October 2013 </ref>
  
 
==Funding==
 
==Funding==

Revision as of 04:46, 30 October 2013

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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]

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 was headed by former Foreign Office terrorism expert Richard Thompson until 2012.

Members

The CNPA are appointed by the DECC Secretary of State and the organisation is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB).

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

  1. CNC Website, Who are the CNC? (Accessed 2 June 2012)
  2. CNC Website, Who are the CNC? (Accessed 11 August 2008)
  3. Civil Nuclear Police Authority, Members, CNPA website, undated, acc 30 October 2013
  4. Rob Evans, Secret files reveal covert network run by nuclear police, guardian.co.uk, 20 October 2009.