Trillium complies with two ONR asbestos notices at Torness
Workers could have been exposed to asbestos in a steam-system valve during overhaul work at a planned outage in March 2026.
Key facts
- Workers could have been exposed to asbestos in a steam-system valve during overhaul activities
- Incident occurred during a planned outage at the East Lothian site in March 2026
- Notices issued under Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 regulation 5 and HSWA 1974
- Trillium established measures to assess whether asbestos is present or potentially present
- Improvements cover monitoring close-out of asbestos-related work order logs
Trillium Flow Services UK Ltd has complied with two improvement notices the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) issued over asbestos-related shortfalls at Torness nuclear power station, ONR said on October 15.
The shortfalls arose during a planned outage at the East Lothian site in Scotland in March 2026, when workers could have been exposed to asbestos in a valve within the steam system while carrying out overhaul activities.
Trillium demonstrated to ONR that it has suitable arrangements for monitoring the close-out of work order logs relating to asbestos, and has established proactive measures to ensure that the presence, or potential presence, of asbestos is appropriately assessed.
ONR issued the notices to Trillium Flow Services Ltd under section 2(1) and section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, regulation 5 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and regulation 5 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
