The Government has vowed to bring forward legislation to establish a new independent statutory body to regulate the nuclear-power industry. Announcing the formation of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 8 February, Work and Pensions minister Chris Grayling said the new body would take on the relevant functions currently carried out by the HSE and the Department for Transport. The ONR will absorb all the elements of the Nuclear Directorate-the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, the Office for Civil Nuclear Security, and the UK Safeguards Office - as well as the Department for Transport's Radioactive Materials Transport Team, thereby consolidating civil nuclear and radioactive transport safety and security regulation under one body.
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