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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unauthorised incursions onto the premises of the 31 licensed civil nuclear sites in the United Kingdom there have been in each year since 2001. [HL486]
The Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS) is the security regulator for the UK's civil nuclear industry. In April 2005, OCNS introduced a reporting database to record information on security-related events. This reporting database has been used since April 2005.
There have been two unauthorised incursions onto civil nuclear licensed sites since 2001. These were carried out by Greenpeace protesters at Sizewell B power station on 14 Oct 2002 (103 protesters gained access to the site) and 13 Jan 2003 (34 protesters gained access to the site). Immediate action was taken to assess the threat posed by the intrusions and the appropriate contingency arrangements were activated.
Records before April 2005 are paper-based and would require the recall of OCNS Approvals and Compliance Unit Nuclear Security Inspectors from front-line inspection duties to conduct a manual trawl with each inspector going through the files relating to the civil nuclear sites he is responsible for. This constitutes a disproportionate amount of effort and would be at disproportionate cost.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many instances of damage to a building or equipment on the premises of the 31 licensed civil nuclear sites in the United Kingdom which were assessed to affect the security of those premises there have been in each year since 2001. [HL488]
The Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS) is the security regulator for the UK's civil nuclear industry. In April 2005, OCNS introduced a reporting database to record information on security-related events. This reporting database has been used since April 2005.
With the exception of criminal damage caused by protesters during the two Sizewell B incidents (as reported in the Answer to HL486), which were appropriately monitored and dealt with at the time, there have been no cases of damage to buildings or equipment as a result of malicious activity.
Records before April 2005 are paper-based and would require the recall of OCNS Approvals and Compliance Unit Nuclear Security Inspectors from front-line inspection duties to conduct a manual trawl with each inspector going through the files relating to the civil nuclear sites he is responsible for. This constitutes a disproportionate amount of effort and would be at disproportionate cost.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many instances of theft or attempted theft of any nuclear material there have been at the 31 licensed civil nuclear sites in the United Kingdom in each year since 2001. [HL489]
None reported.
The Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS) is the security regulator for the UK's civil nuclear industry. In April 2005, OCNS introduced a reporting database to record information on security-related events. This reporting database has been used since April 2005.
Records before April 2005 are paper-based and would require the recall of OCNS Approvals and Compliance Unit Nuclear Security Inspectors from front-line inspection duties to conduct a manual trawl with each inspector going through the files relating to the civil nuclear sites he is responsible for. This constitutes a disproportionate amount of effort and would be at disproportionate cost.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many instances of theft or attempted theft or loss or unauthorised disclosure of sensitive nuclear information there have been at or from the 31 civil licensed nuclear sites in the United Kingdom in each year since 2001. [HL490]
The Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS) is the security regulator for the UK's civil nuclear industry. In April 2005, OCNS introduced a reporting database to record information on security-related events. This reporting database has been used since April 2005.
Since then, there has been one occasion, in 2006, when protectively marked information was disclosed inadvertently by a civil licensed nuclear site. Action was taken to ensure that the information was withdrawn and an enquiry held into the disclosure.
Records before April 2005 are paper-based and would require the recall of OCNS Approvals and Compliance Unit Nuclear Security Inspectors from front-line inspection duties to conduct a manual trawl with each inspector going through the files relating to the civil nuclear sites he is responsible for. This constitutes a disproportionate amount of effort and would be at disproportionate cost.