Nuclear Installations: Safety
(asked on 5th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the protected nuclear safety baseline staff complement numbers are for each of the nuclear authorities within his Department; and how many personnel were in post authorisees as of 31 December 2014.
The following table summarises the number of nuclear organisational baseline posts for Authorisees within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the number of personnel (military, civilian or contractor) in these MOD posts as of 31 December 2014.
MOD Authorisee | Posts | Personnel in post |
Chief Strategic Systems Executive | <10 | <10 |
Strategic Weapons Project Team | 120 | 120 |
Her Majesty’s Naval Base Devonport | 120 | 110 |
Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde | 230 | 220 |
Nuclear Propulsion Project Team | 100 | 90 |
Naval Reactor Test Establishment Vulcan | <10 | <10 |
Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
A nuclear organisational baseline is a requirement of the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator. Some, but not all, baseline posts require Nuclear Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (NSQEP), and not all NSQEP are employed in baseline posts.
None of the vacancies are in posts categorised as safety critical. The vacancies have not impaired the MOD’s ability to deliver the Defence Nuclear Programme safely.