NDA group Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policy Statement
Updated 3 November 2022
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Background and purpose
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA) number one priority is and always will be safety. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment across the NDA group where our employees are able to thrive at work.
Our focus is to reduce the highest hazards and risks, while ensuring safe, secure and responsible operations at our sites. It’s our duty to carry out this highly complex mission safely and efficiently, ensuring people and the workplace are protected at all times.
We are committed to improving and protecting the mental health and wellbeing of people across the NDA group through a supportive working environment. We will continue to raise awareness of mental health issues and ensure that all our people have the knowledge, guidance and tools to look after their wellbeing and that of others.
Our mission
We’re charged with the mission to clean up the UK’s earliest nuclear sites safely, securely and cost-effectively. Doing this with care for our people, communities and the environment is at the heart of our work. We’re committed to overcoming the challenges of nuclear clean-up and decommissioning, leaving our 17 sites safe and ready for their next use.
To deliver the group policy statement and achieve our mission, we will:
- Develop and apply a world-class safety framework using latest technologies
- Set specific targets to measure Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) performance
- Adopt proactive mental health initiatives to promote good mental health practices
- Lead on safety initiatives and a learning culture across our operations
- Implement a strategy to deliver this policy and review accordingly when change occurs
- Collaborate internationally on best practices and better ways to work
- Communicate our progress through regular stakeholder engagement
- Support and encourage a behaviour that makes us all ambassadors for HSW
- Train, coach and encourage all NDA employees to be the best they can be in HSW
- We are committed to continual improvement across Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
- Meet or exceed the requirements of all legislation and other compliance obligations that relate to our business.
We encourage our operating companies to meet the requirements of the principles of this policy statement.