5.1.2 Organisational factors

Operators in all regulatory environments must establish organisations within which the personnel have effective leadership and the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to manage nuclear assets.

The operator must establish programmes, processes and procedures through which the knowledge and skills of the workforce are effectively deployed. These must be applied to all phases of design, site selection, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the plants. Ultimately, decommissioning activities will also require similar consideration.

The levels of resource and the competencies required will be determined by the strategy adopted for the implementation of the responsibilities assigned to them in the licence conditions. In many cases work will be out­sourced and this will have an impact on the resource levels required by the operating organisation, but the responsibility for the enactment of the nuclear site licence will always remain with the licensee, so the ability to specify what work is required and to assess the adequacy of the work under­taken must be retained and maintained by the licensee.