Introduction

The UK civil nuclear industry is a large, complex structure. It has been in operation since 1947. The governing legislation is the Nuclear Installation Act 1965, the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995, the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000, the Energy Act 2004 Part I, especially in relation to nuclear de-commissioning and the nuclear constabulary, the Energy Act 2008 Part III chapter one on decommissioning and clean up, and s 101 on security of nuclear information. The Energy Act 2011 has provisions on the ...