Today marks the launch of ONR Together, our new strategy that sets a clear and ambitious direction for ONR.
The UK's nuclear sector is changing and evolving at pace. With nuclear playing a central role in the UK's economic growth, energy security and national defence, along with the Nuclear Regulatory Review, the demands on ONR as a regulator have never been greater. Our new strategy outlines how we will meet these demands.
What’s changing?
Our mission and vision statements have been updated to ensure they remain clear and align to our ambitions.
Mission: Ensuring safe nuclear for a secure and sustainable future.
Vision: To be a modern, agile and productive regulator, enabling innovation and growth.
The strategy sets out our ambitions to transform how we work, outlining the modernisation of processes, leveraging modern technology, and empowering our staff to make timely and proportionate decisions.
It also highlights how we will set out more clearly what acceptable compliance looks like, so industry has the certainty it needs to invest and deliver.
ONR Together is built around three new strategic aims:
Modern - fostering a culture that embraces innovation, modern technology and new ways of working, collaborating with stakeholders to shape the future of the nuclear sector in both the UK and on a global stage.
Agile - building workforce capability and introducing flexible structures that allow ONR to respond quickly and efficiently to a changing industry, with streamlined processes that support timely and proportionate decision-making.
Productive - strengthening governance and business fundamentals to deliver transparent and efficient operations, driving value for money and ensuring ONR’s resources are aligned with its mission.
Mike Finnerty, ONR’s Chief Executive and Chief Nuclear Inspector, said:
“ONR Together comes at a pivotal moment for the nuclear sector.
“It is our commitment to the nuclear industry, to government, and to the British public that we will play our part in delivering proportionate, enabling regulation that supports innovation and growth.
“At the same time, we will continue to hold the UK nuclear industry to account to ensure the highest standards of safety, security and safeguards are maintained.”
This new rolling strategy represents a significant shift in our future planning and unlike previous strategies it is not time bound. We believe this new approach provides us with the agility and flexibility needed to regulate a rapidly evolving sector effectively and allow us to take advantage of both new industry opportunities and any potential change in strategic regulatory direction.
Our annual Corporate Plan, to be published shortly, translates the strategy into specific and measurable objectives so that progress can be tracked against delivery of the strategy.