Sellafield - Inspection ID: 53252

I, the Site Inspector for the Spent Fuel Services Operating Unit at the Sellafield Site in Cumbria, supported by a Civil Engineering specialist inspector and in collaboration with a regulator from the Environment Agency, undertook a system based inspection at the THORP Receipt and Storage Facility at the Sellafield Site. The inspection covered the civil structure, cooling and leak detection and comprised a sample of documents and records together with a plant walkdown. I found that the safety case had been implemented with the thread through the safety assessments to the demonstration of compliance evidenced by Spent Fuel Services. Personnel sampled for training were in date and appointed where required, and safety mechanisms, devices and circuits were connected and in good working order. The examination, inspection, maintenance and testing of plant sampled was in date. Several minor shortfalls were identified, but were not of significance to warrant formal regulatory action, and regulatory advice was provided. The inspection covered six relevant licence conditions, and I rated each of them Green (no further action). The Environment Agency will record its own record of the inspection in accordance with its established arrangements.

I am of the view that SFS provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate its safety case in relation to the civil structure, cooling and leak detection has been adequately implemented, notwithstanding some minor shortfalls for which regulatory advice has been provided in the appropriate section of this intervention record. Consequently, I rate the six relevant licence conditions as Green.