HSE nuclear safety research programme

Abstract

HSE funds two programmes of nuclear safety research: a programme of about £2.2 million of extramural research to support the Nuclear Safety Division's regulatory activities; and a programme of about £11 million of generic safety research managed by the Nuclear Safety Research Management Unit (NSRMU) in Sheffield. This paper is concerned only with the latter programme; it describes how it is planned and procured and outlines some of the work on structural integrity problems. It also describes the changes that are taking place in the way nuclear safety research is procured in the U.K.