Office for Nuclear Regulation
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is the regulator for the civil nuclear industry in the United Kingdom
. Created on 1 April 2011, the ONR is formed from the merger of the Health and Safety Executive's
Nuclear Directorate (the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Office for Civil Nuclear Security, and the UK Safeguards Office) and, from 1 June 2011, the Department for Transport's
Radioactive Materials Transport Team. The change follows the recommendations of a review conducted on behalf of the Government in 2008.
The ONR was initially created as a non-statutory body and an agency
of the HSE, however the Government has announced its intention to put the ONR on a statutory basis once the appropriate legislations has been passed. Pending the change, Nick Baldwin, former chief executive of Powergen (now E.ON UK
) was appointed part-time interim chair of the ONS on its formation, resigning as a non-executive director
of Scottish and Southern Energy.
United Kingdom
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. Created on 1 April 2011, the ONR is formed from the merger of the Health and Safety Executive's
Health and Safety Executive
The Health and Safety Executive is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom. It is the body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in England and Wales and Scotland...
Nuclear Directorate (the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Office for Civil Nuclear Security, and the UK Safeguards Office) and, from 1 June 2011, the Department for Transport's
Department for Transport
In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which are not devolved...
Radioactive Materials Transport Team. The change follows the recommendations of a review conducted on behalf of the Government in 2008.
The ONR was initially created as a non-statutory body and an agency
Executive agency
An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland...
of the HSE, however the Government has announced its intention to put the ONR on a statutory basis once the appropriate legislations has been passed. Pending the change, Nick Baldwin, former chief executive of Powergen (now E.ON UK
E.ON UK
E.ON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E.ON, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. As Powergen, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but since 1 July 2002 has been owned by E.ON AG of...
) was appointed part-time interim chair of the ONS on its formation, resigning as a non-executive director
Non-executive director
A non-executive director or outside director is a member of the board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management team. He or she is not an employee of the company or affiliated with it in any other way...
of Scottish and Southern Energy.