Civil Nuclear Constabulary

The Civil Nuclear Constabulary ( CNC ) is a special police force in the United Kingdom that is responsible for law enforcement and safety in civil nuclear facilities, such as nuclear power plants, and for handling radioactive materials. It is not responsible for handling radioactive materials for military purposes, such as nuclear weapons. The military and the Ministry of Defense Police are responsible for this area . In contrast, the CNC is responsible for the safety on ships of the company Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. responsible for the transport of spent nuclear fuel and depleted uranium on behalf of the state-owned British Nuclear Fuels company .

The CNC was founded on April 1, 2005 as the successor organization to the Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary established in 1955 . She belongs to the division of the Department of Energy and Climate Change. It is also under the supervision of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary .

Chief Constable Richard Thompson has been in charge since April 3, 2007. The Energy Act 2004 made the agency a Police Authority .

In contrast to the officers of the Territorial Police Forces , the approximately 750 CNC officers on duty are armed.

In 2008 the uniform, which had been based on the uniform of the Metropolitan Police , was replaced by a new one. This is similar to the traditional Scottish uniform.

tasks

CNC police officers have the same rights as other police officers in the UK within the area established by the Energy Act 2004.

The service district includes:

• civil nuclear facilities and the area within a 5 km radius outside the enclosure
• Shipyards when radioactive material is guarded there
• Transport routes as long as radioactive material is transported
• Any area where people suspected of illegally stealing material guarded by the CNC or interfering with an activity are to be pursued or arrested.

In contrast to the other two special police forces, the British Transport Police and the Ministry of Defense Police, the CNC is not authorized by the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 to perform tasks outside of its area of ​​responsibility and service area. It may, however, operate outside its area on the basis of an agreement between the head of the CNC and the head of the respective territorial police authority. The CNC is not linked to the system of administrative assistance by the territorial police, the British Transport Police and the Ministry of Defense Police.

The CNC was involved in the 2005 G8 conference in Gleneagles , Scotland, and the pursuit of Derrick Bird on June 2, 2010, who shot and killed 12 people and injured 25 in the West Cumbria area .

Departments

CNC support unit

A total of 16 agencies have been set up, nine of which are support units with armed police officers and six are operational units .

• Headquarters in Culham
• Operational Units
  • Capenhurst
  • Chapelcross
  • Dounreay
  • Harwell
  • Sellafield
  • Springfields
• Support Units
  • Dungeness
  • Hartlepool
  • Heysham
  • Hinkley Point ( nuclear power plant )
  • Hunterston
  • Oldbury ( nuclear power station )
  • Sizewell ( nuclear power plant )
  • Torness
  • Wylfa

In 2007 a structure with three departments ( Basic Command Units , BCU ) was set up, each headed by a superintendent:

• BCU Scotland, responsible for Scotland
• BCU North, responsible for northern England and Wales
• BCU South, responsible for southern England

Web links

• CNC website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/04/cumbria-shootings-police-response-bird