Deregulation

Despite conceding that the UK has a ‘strong track record in safety,

delivered within a well-respected regulatory system’, the
Government-appointed Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce has just published an
interim report proposing deregulation of Britain’s civil and military
nuclear sectors. The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities are gravely
concerned that this agenda amounts to the dumbing down of regulation in
order to reduce the associated costs and administrative burden on nuclear
operators, and that this will inevitably compromise safety, environmental
and public protection, transparency and accountability. Deregulation in the
civil nuclear sector was a direct contributory factor in the Three Mile
Island accident in the United