To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in setting up a replacement regulatory body for Euratom; and whether this will be set up before the UK leaves the EU.
Answered on
31 May 2018
Nuclear safety and security in the UK are currently regulated by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and these arrangements will continue.
When Euratom safeguards arrangements no longer apply to the UK, the ONR will regulate safeguards in the UK.
The Government has made significant progress in our preparations to leave Euratom, to ensure a domestic nuclear safeguards regime can be in place from day one of exit. The Office for Nuclear Regulation is confident that they will have in place the IT system and safeguards inspectors needed to ensure the UK continues to meet international obligations when we leave Euratom.