{"id":"F2025L01226","name":"Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulations 2025","slug":"australian-naval-nuclear-power-safety-regulations-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442994,"registerId":"F2025L01226-fast-fetch-1775957914290","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Introduction","content":"Part 1—Introduction\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Meaning of derived activity value and activity\n\n6 Parent nuclides and progeny nuclides included in secular equilibrium\n\n7 Meaning of effective dose, equivalent dose and absorbed dose\n\nDivision 2—Core provisions\n\n8 Stirling designated zone\n\n9 Osborne designated zone\n\n10 Activity level for radioactive waste management facility to be an NNP facility\n\n11 Activities that are not material activities\n\n12 Non‑ionising radiation‑producing equipment or plant that is NNP equipment or plant\n\nPart 2—Making an application for licence authorising facility activity or material activity\n\n13 Simplified outline of this Part\n\n14 Application of this Part\n\nDivision 2—Information and documents to be provided with application\n\nSubdivision A—Purpose of this Division\n\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Information and documents to be provided with application relating to facility activity or material activity","content":"15 Information and documents to be provided with application relating to facility activity or material activity\n\nSubdivision B—Application relating to any kind of facility activity or material activity\n\n16 General information relating to the regulated activity\n\n17 General conduct of the activity\n\n18 Resources for the safe conduct of the activity\n\n19 Office holder with control of activity\n\n20 Radiation monitoring boundaries and exclusion zones\n\n21 Nuclear safety management system, arrangements and plans for the conduct of the activity\n\n22 Records management system\n\n23 Treatment of clearance material\n\nSubdivision C—Application relating to a facility activity—additional information and documents\n\n24 Additional information and documents—any kind of facility activity\n\n25 Additional information and documents—activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n26 Additional information and documents—activity of constructing an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n27 Additional information and documents—activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n28 Additional information and documents—activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n29 Additional information and documents—activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n30 Additional information and documents—activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\nSubdivision D—Application relating to a material activity—additional information and documents\n\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents for any kind of material activity—general","content":"31 Additional information and documents for any kind of material activity—general\n\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"32","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents for any kind of material activity—transport management and movement plans","content":"32 Additional information and documents for any kind of material activity—transport management and movement plans\n\n33 Additional information and documents—activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"34","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents—activity of using NNP material in a designated zone","content":"34 Additional information and documents—activity of using NNP material in a designated zone\n\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"35","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents—activity of using or operating NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone","content":"35 Additional information and documents—activity of using or operating NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\n36 Additional information and documents—activity of maintaining, storing or disposing of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\nDivision 3—Manner of giving application\n\n37 Manner of giving an application\n\nDivision 4—Further information Regulator may require in connection with application\n\n38 Further information the Regulator may require\n\nPart 3—Matters to be satisfied of or taken into account in issuing licence authorising facility activity or material activity\n\n39 Simplified outline of this Part\n\n40 Matters the Regulator must be satisfied of or take into account in issuing licence authorising facility activity or material activity\n\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Matters to be satisfied of or taken into account","content":"Division 2—Matters to be satisfied of or taken into account\n\nSubdivision A—Licence authorising any kind of facility activity or material activity\n\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"41","sectionType":"section","heading":"General matters the Regulator must be satisfied of","content":"41 General matters the Regulator must be satisfied of\n\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"42","sectionType":"section","heading":"General matters the Regulator must take into account","content":"42 General matters the Regulator must take into account\n\nSubdivision B—Licence authorising facility activity—additional matters\n\n43 Additional matters—any kind of facility activity\n\n44 Additional matters—activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n45 Additional matters—activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n46 Additional matters—activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n47 Additional matters—activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n48 Additional matters—activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\nSubdivision C—Licence authorising material activity—additional matters\n\n49 Additional matters—any kind of material activity\n\nPart 4—Conditions applying to licence authorising facility activity or material activity\n\n50 Simplified outline of this Part\n\n51 Application of this Part\n\n52 Conditions to which a licence authorising a facility activity or material activity is subject\n\nDivision 2—Conditions applying to licence authorising any kind of facility activity or material activity\n\nSubdivision A—General conditions relating to the conduct of the regulated activity\n\n53 General conduct of the regulated activity\n\n54 Adequate resources for the safe conduct of the regulated activity\n\n55 Changes to the conduct of the regulated activity and to systems, arrangements, designs and plans\n\n56 Conducting the regulated activity\n\n57 Nuclear safety site induction\n\n58 Warning placards and warning devices\n\n59 Radiation monitoring boundaries and exclusion zones\n\nSubdivision B—Conditions relating to nuclear management system, arrangements and plans for the activity\n\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"60","sectionType":"section","heading":"Nuclear safety management system, arrangements and plans for the conduct of the activity","content":"60 Nuclear safety management system, arrangements and plans for the conduct of the activity\n\nSubdivision C—Conditions relating to reporting, record keeping, audit and review\n\n61 Records management system\n\n62 Information and documents on request\n\n63 Reporting—potential serious impacts and breaches\n\n64 Reporting—incidents\n\n65 Reporting—holdings of radioactive waste awaiting disposal\n\n66 Reporting—change of office holder with control of activity\n\n67 Reporting—final report for final period of licence\n\n68 Nuclear safety management system, arrangements, plans and records management system must be audited and reviewed\n\nSubdivision D—Conditions relating to dose limits\n\n69 Dose limits\n\n70 Dose limits—facility activity\n\n71 Dose limits—activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant\n\n72 Effective dose limits for ionising radiation\n\n73 Effective doses\n\n74 Annual equivalent dose limit for ionising radiation\n\n75 Occupationally exposed persons\n\n76 Reporting—increases in radiation exposure\n\nDivision 3—Additional conditions applying to licence authorising facility activity\n\n77 Additional conditions for any kind of facility activity—risk levels and activity levels\n\n78 Additional conditions for any kind of facility activity—sale, transfer or abandonment of a site, NNP facility or proposed NNP facility\n\n79 Additional conditions—activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n80 Additional conditions—activity of constructing an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n81 Additional conditions—activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n82 Additional conditions—activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n83 Additional conditions—activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n84 Additional conditions—activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n85 Additional conditions—general requirements for plans required under this Division\n\nDivision 4—Additional conditions applying to licence authorising material activity\n\n86 Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—maintaining inventory, information and documents\n\n87 Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—storing, managing and handling NNP material or NNP equipment or plant\n\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"88","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—field exercises","content":"88 Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—field exercises\n\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"89","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—transport or movement of naval nuclear propulsion plant","content":"89 Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—transport or movement of naval nuclear propulsion plant\n\n90 Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—transport of NNP material and NNP equipment or plant only as approved\n\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"91","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—transport management and movement plans","content":"91 Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—transport management and movement plans\n\n92 Additional conditions for activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant—sale, transfer or abandonment\n\n93 Additional conditions for activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant—plan for possession or control\n\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"94","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—activity of using NNP material in a designated zone","content":"94 Additional conditions—activity of using NNP material in a designated zone\n\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"95","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—activity of using or operating NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone","content":"95 Additional conditions—activity of using or operating NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\n96 Additional conditions—activity of maintaining, storing or disposing of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\n97 Additional conditions—general requirements for certain plans required under this Division\n\nDivision 5—Additional conditions applying to transitional licences\n\n98 Preliminary\n\n99 Additional conditions—information and documents relating to application for ARPANS licence\n\n100 Additional conditions—enforcement actions relating to ARPANS licence\n\n101 Additional conditions—information and documents relating to ARPANS licence on request\n\nPart 5—Nuclear safety incidents\n\n102 Simplified outline of this Part\n\n103 Kinds of incidents that are nuclear safety incidents\n\n104 Information to be given in report of a nuclear safety incident\n\n105 Actions after initial report of a nuclear safety incident\n\nPart 6—Suspension of licences and review of licence decisions\n\n106 Simplified outline of this Part\n\n107 Period of licence suspension\n\n108 Information to be included in application for review of licence decision\n\nPart 7—Other matters\n\n109 Simplified outline of this Part\n\n110 Annual report—other matters to be included\n\n111 State and Territory laws that do not apply in relation to a regulated activity\n\n112 Obligations under international agreements that a person must have regard to when performing functions under the Act\n\n113 Application for exemption from a provision of Act or licence condition\n\nSchedule 1—Designated zones\n\n1 Stirling designated zone (the area known as HMAS Stirling at Garden Island in Western Australia)\n\n2 Osborne designated zone (the area known as Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia)\n\nSchedule 2—Activity values for nuclides\n\nPart 1—Activity values for nuclides\n\n1 Activity values for nuclides\n\nPart 2—Parent and progeny nuclides\n\n2 Parent nuclides and progeny nuclides\n\n \n\nPart 1—Introduction\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulations 2025.\n\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The later of:(a) the day after this instrument is registered; and(b) the day on which the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024 commences. 1 November 2025(paragraph (b) applies)\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024.\n\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:\n\n(a) nuclear safety;\n\n(b) nuclear safety incident.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nabsorbed dose has the meaning given by subsection 7(3).\n\nAct means the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024.\n\nactivity, of a nuclide, has the meaning given by subsection 5(2).\n\nARPANS licence, in relation to a transitional licence, has the meaning given by subsection 98(2).\n\nAS/NZS IEC 60825.1:2014 means the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS IEC 60825.1:2014 Safety of laser products, Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements, published jointly by, or on behalf of, Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, as existing on 12 November 2014.\n\nAS/NZS IEC 62471:2011 means the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS IEC 62471:2011 Photobiological safety of lamps and lamp systems, published jointly by, or on behalf of, Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, as existing on 5 December 2011.\n\nAustralian National Radiation Dose Register means the register established by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency to store and maintain radiation dose records of occupationally exposed persons.\n\nclearance material means an inventory or waste package of NNP material for which the derived activity value is equal to or less than 1.\n\nderived activity value, for an inventory or waste package of NNP material, has the meaning given by subsection 5(1).\n\ndose:\n\n (a) means a measure of energy deposited by radiation in a target; and\n\n (b) includes an absorbed dose, equivalent dose and effective dose.\n\neffective dose has the meaning given by subsection 7(1).\n\nemergency worker has a meaning affected by subsection 72(7).\n\nequivalent dose has the meaning given by subsection 7(2).\n\nexposed, in relation to a person, means the person being exposed to radiation.\n\noccupationally exposed person has the meaning given by paragraph 75(1)(a).\n\npossession or control period, in relation to an NNP facility, means the period during which the relevant licence holder:\n\n (a) is authorised to possess or control the facility (or both); and\n\n (b) is not authorised to conduct any other facility activity in relation to the facility.\n\nprevious licensing stage has the meaning given by paragraph 24(3)(f).\n\nreference incident means a hypothetical scenario for a severe accident that results in the release of radionuclides into the environment.\n\nNote: A reference incident would, if it occurred, be a nuclear safety incident: see subsection 21(2) of the Act.\n\nsealed NNP material means NNP material permanently contained in a capsule, or closely bound in a solid form, that is strong enough to be leak‑tight for:\n\n (a) the intended use of the NNP material; and\n\n (b) any reasonably foreseeable abnormal events likely to affect the NNP material.\n\nserious civil penalty provision has the meaning given by subsection 63(7).\n\nserious offence has the meaning given by subsection 63(6).\n\ntransitional licence means a licence that has effect as if it were an Australian naval nuclear power safety licence issued under the Act due to the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Act 2024.\n\nunsealed NNP material means NNP material that is not sealed NNP material.\n\nwaste package means the waste form of NNP material and its container as prepared for handling, transport, storage or disposal.\n\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of derived activity value and activity","content":"5  Meaning of derived activity value and activity\n\n (1) The derived activity value for an inventory or waste package of NNP material is worked out as follows:\n\n (a) first, divide the activity of each nuclide in the NNP material by the activity value specified in clause 1 of Schedule 2 for the nuclide;\n\n (b) secondly, if there is more than one nuclide in the NNP material, total the result of paragraph (a) for each nuclide.\n\nNote: Section 6 affects how the activity of a parent nuclide mentioned in clause 2 of Schedule 2 (or marked a in clause 1 of Schedule 2) is worked out, by providing for inclusion of the activity of certain progeny nuclides that are included in secular equilibrium with the parent nuclide.\n\n (2) The activity of a nuclide is the rate at which nuclear transformations of the nuclide occur, worked out in accordance with the definition of activity in the IAEA Nuclear Safety and Security Glossary, Terminology Used in Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Security, Radiation Protection and Emergency Preparedness and Response, 2022 (Interim) Edition, published by the International Atomic Energy Agency, as existing on 5 June 2025.\n\nNote: The Glossary could in 2025 be viewed on the website of the International Atomic Energy Agency (https://www.iaea.org).\n\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Parent nuclides and progeny nuclides included in secular equilibrium","content":"6  Parent nuclides and progeny nuclides included in secular equilibrium\n\n (1) For the purposes of this instrument, in determining the activity of a parent nuclide mentioned in an item in the table in clause 2 of Schedule 2, include the activity of any progeny nuclide mentioned in that item that is included in secular equilibrium with the parent nuclide.\n\nNote: Parent nuclides are also marked a in the table in clause 1 of Schedule 2.\n\n (2) Except for the purposes of determining under subsection (1) the activity of a parent nuclide mentioned in an item in the table in clause 2 of Schedule 2, the activity of a progeny nuclide mentioned in an item in that table is taken to be nil when included in secular equilibrium with a parent nuclide mentioned in that item.\n\n","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of effective dose, equivalent dose and absorbed dose","content":"7  Meaning of effective dose, equivalent dose and absorbed dose\n\n (1) Effective dose is a measure of dose that takes into account both the type of radiation involved and the radiological sensitivities of the organs and tissues irradiated. The effective dose is to be worked out in the same way as it would be worked out under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 2018.\n\n (2) Equivalent dose is a measure of dose in organs and tissues that takes into account the type of radiation involved. The equivalent dose is to be worked out in the same way as it would be worked out under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 2018.\n\n (3) The absorbed dose is the energy absorbed per unit mass by matter from ionising radiation that impinges upon it. The absorbed dose is to be worked out in the same way as it would be worked out under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 2018.\n\nDivision 2—Core provisions\n\n \n\n","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Stirling designated zone","content":"8  Stirling designated zone\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 10(3) of the Act, the Stirling designated zone (the area known as HMAS Stirling at Garden Island in Western Australia) is the area indicated by the shaded area on the aerial photographic map in clause 1 of Schedule 1.\n\n","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Osborne designated zone","content":"9  Osborne designated zone\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 10(4) of the Act, the Osborne designated zone (the area known as the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia) is the area indicated by the shaded area on the aerial photographic map in clause 2 of Schedule 1.\n\n","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activity level for radioactive waste management facility to be an NNP facility","content":"10  Activity level for radioactive waste management facility to be an NNP facility\n\n  For the purposes of subparagraph 12(d)(ii) of the Act, the activity level for a radioactive waste management facility that contains, or is designed to contain, NNP material that is radioactive waste from an AUKUS submarine is the level at which the derived activity value for the inventory or a waste package of NNP material that the facility contains, or is designed to contain, is 1.\n\nNote: The radioactive waste management facility must be a facility for managing, storing or disposing of radioactive waste from an AUKUS submarine: see subparagraph 12(d)(i) of the Act. If the activity of the facility is greater than the activity level prescribed for the facility, the facility is an NNP facility: see paragraph 12(d) of the Act.\n\n","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities that are not material activities","content":"11  Activities that are not material activities\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 14(2) of the Act, an activity covered by paragraph 14(1)(a) or (b) of the Act is not a material activity to the extent that the NNP material involved in the activity is clearance material.\n\n","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Non‑ionising radiation‑producing equipment or plant that is NNP equipment or plant","content":"12  Non‑ionising radiation‑producing equipment or plant that is NNP equipment or plant\n\n  For the purposes of subparagraph 15(2)(c)(ii) of the Act, the following equipment or plant that is from, or for use on, an AUKUS submarine and that produces harmful non‑ionising radiation when energised is prescribed:\n\n (a) equipment that interacts with, or is for direct use on, naval nuclear propulsion plant (of a kind covered by paragraph 15(2)(a) or (b) of the Act) and that:\n\n (i) is designated as tooling in a support system specification for an AUKUS submarine; or\n\n (ii) is industrial equipment (including measurement equipment) for the purposes of combat capability, maintenance, or other support activities;\n\n (b) any part of naval nuclear propulsion plant (of a kind covered by paragraph 15(2)(a) or (b) of the Act) that is detached from the plant.\n\n","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Making an application for licence authorising facility activity or material activity","content":"Part 2—Making an application for licence authorising facility activity or material activity\n\n","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Simplified outline of this Part","content":"13  Simplified outline of this Part\n\nTo conduct a regulated activity, a person generally must be authorised by an Australian naval nuclear power safety licence and comply with the conditions of the licence (see sections 19, 23 and 25 of the Act for the offences and civil penalty provisions relating to this).\n\nA Commonwealth‑related person may apply for a licence (see section 28 of the Act). The application must meet the requirements in section 30 of the Act, which include that the application must:\n\n (a) specify certain matters, such as the regulated activity to be authorised by the licence and the persons, or class of persons, to be authorised to conduct the regulated activity; and\n\n (b) contain the information, and be accompanied by the documents, prescribed by the regulations; and\n\n (c) be given to the Regulator in the manner prescribed by the regulations.\n\nDivision 2 of this Part prescribes information and documents for applications for a licence to authorise a facility activity or a material activity. Such information and documents may:\n\n (a) be required for all such applications (this is set out in Subdivision B); or\n\n (b) only be required for applications relating to facility activities or a particular kind of facility activity (this is set out in Subdivision C); or\n\n (c) only be required for applications relating to material activities or a particular kind of material activity (this is set out in Subdivision D).\n\nIf information or documents are required in relation to a particular matter, there may be:\n\n (a) a related requirement in Part 3 for the Regulator to be satisfied of, or take into account, the matter; or\n\n (b) a related licence condition in Part 4.\n\n","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"Div 3","sectionType":"division","heading":"of this Part prescribes the manner in which the application must be given to the Regulator.","content":"Division 3 of this Part prescribes the manner in which the application must be given to the Regulator.\n\nAt any time before the Regulator has made a decision on the application, the Regulator may, under section 30A of the Act, request further information of a kind prescribed by Division 4 of this Part from the applicant in connection with the application.\n\n","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of this Part","content":"14  Application of this Part\n\n  This Part does not apply to an application for a licence to authorise a submarine activity.\n\nNote: For the meaning of submarine activity, see section 13 of the Act.\n\nDivision 2—Information and documents to be provided with application\n\nSubdivision A—Purpose of this Division\n\n15  Information and documents to be provided with application relating to facility activity or material activity\n\n  For the purposes of paragraphs 30(1)(j) and (k) of the Act:\n\n (a) the information to be contained in an application for a licence to authorise a facility activity or material activity; and\n\n (b) the documents to accompany that application;\n\nare the information and documents that are prescribed by this Division as required for an application for a licence to authorise that kind of facility activity or material activity.\n\nSubdivision B—Application relating to any kind of facility activity or material activity\n\n","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"General information relating to the regulated activity","content":"16  General information relating to the regulated activity\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity, the following information and documents are required:\n\n (a) information and documents that describe and document the expertise, training and information that the persons, or class of persons, to be authorised to conduct the regulated activity would have, if the licence is issued, to ensure the nuclear safety of the activity;\n\n (b) information and documents that describe and document all technical authorities or standards addressing measures to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, nuclear safety that would apply in relation to the conduct of the regulated activity if the licence is issued;\n\n (c) a list of the NNP facilities or proposed NNP facilities that would be involved in the conduct of the activity;\n\n (d) if it is reasonably foreseeable that:\n\n (i) any other high risk activities or material would be, or could be, conducted or located in, or near, the designated zone in which the regulated activity would be conducted; and\n\n (ii) those activities or materials could reasonably pose additional risks to the nuclear safety of the regulated activity;\n\n  a description of measures proposed to mitigate that additional risk;\n\n (e) an analysis of the radiological consequences to the surrounding environment from a reference incident at the site of the regulated activity;\n\n (f) a description of the proposed arrangements to insure the conduct of the activity;\n\n (g) if a permit would be required under the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987 in relation to the conduct of the activity—one of the following:\n\n (i) if the permit has been granted—a copy of the permit;\n\n (ii) if an application for the permit has been made but not decided at the time of making the application for the licence—information that demonstrates that an application for the permit has been made;\n\n (iii) if an application for the permit has not been made at the time of making the application for the licence—information indicating when the application for the permit is likely to be made;\n\n (h) if a permit would be required under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory for environmental protection in relation to the conduct of the activity—one of the following:\n\n (i) if the permit has been granted—a copy of the permit;\n\n (ii) if an application for the permit has been made but not decided at the time of making the application for the licence—information that demonstrates that an application for the permit has been made;\n\n (iii) if an application for the permit has not been made at the time of making the application for the licence—information indicating when the application for the permit is likely to be made;\n\n (i) if an approval would be required under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory for environmental protection in relation to the conduct of the activity—one of the following:\n\n (i) if the approval has been given—a copy of the approval;\n\n (ii) if an application for the approval has been made but not decided at the time of making the application for the licence—information that demonstrates that an application for the approval has been made;\n\n (iii) if an application for the approval has not been made at the time of making the application for the licence—information indicating when the application for the approval is likely to be made;\n\n (j) if a referral would be required under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory for environmental protection in relation to the conduct of the activity—one of the following:\n\n (i) if a decision has been made on the referral—a copy of the decision;\n\n (ii) if a decision on the referral has not been made at the time of making the application for the licence and subparagraph (iii) does not apply—a copy of the referral;\n\n (iii) if the referral was withdrawn before a decision on the referral was made—information and documents that describe and document the withdrawal of the referral;\n\n (k) if an environmental impact statement would be required under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory for environmental protection in relation to the conduct of the activity—a copy of the environmental impact statement.\n\nNote 1: To issue the licence, the Regulator must be satisfied of certain matters dealt with in this section: see section 41. For example, the Regulator must be satisfied that the conduct of the activity would be adequately and appropriately insured.\n\nNote 2: Paragraph (f) of this section only requires a description of the arrangements. It does not require contracts or full details of particular commercial arrangements to be provided.\n\n","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"17","sectionType":"section","heading":"General conduct of the activity","content":"17  General conduct of the activity\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity, information and documents that describe and document how the activity would be conducted in accordance with section 53 are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to a condition that the regulated activity is conducted in accordance with section 53: see that section.\n\n","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Resources for the safe conduct of the activity","content":"18  Resources for the safe conduct of the activity\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity, information and documents that describe and document the financial, human and technical resources that the proposed licence holder would have, and would be able to control and maintain, to conduct the activity safely throughout the proposed period of the licence are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to a condition that the licence holder have, control and maintain adequate resources for the safe conduct of the activity: see section 54.\n\n","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Office holder with control of activity","content":"19  Office holder with control of activity\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity, details of the office holder of the proposed licence holder that would have organisational, financial and operational control of the conduct of the regulated activity authorised by the licence are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to a condition that the licence holder notify the Regulator if the person who is this office holder changes: see section 66.\n\n","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Radiation monitoring boundaries and exclusion zones","content":"20  Radiation monitoring boundaries and exclusion zones\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity, the following information and documents are required:\n\n (a) information and documents that describe and document the boundaries proposed to be set for the radiation monitoring of the regulated activity;\n\n (b) information and documents that describe and document the exclusion zones proposed to be set around the boundary of the area in which the regulated activity would be conducted.\n\nNote 1: To issue the licence, the Regulator must be satisfied that the boundaries set for radiation monitoring, and the exclusion zones, would ensure nuclear safety and the exclusion zones would be enforced: see subsections 41(3) and (4).\n\nNote 2: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that radiation monitoring is undertaken within the boundaries in accordance with the radiation protection plan and that the exclusion zones are enforced: see subsections 59(2) and (4).\n\n","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Nuclear safety management system, arrangements and plans for the conduct of the activity","content":"21  Nuclear safety management system, arrangements and plans for the conduct of the activity\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity.\n\n (2) The following are required:\n\n (a) information and documents that describe and document the proposed nuclear safety management system for the activity;\n\n (b) information and documents that describe and document the following for the activity:\n\n (i) the proposed arrangements for organisational and human control of the activity;\n\n (ii) the proposed regulatory compliance plan;\n\n (iii) the proposed supply chain management plan;\n\n (iv) the proposed nuclear safety plan;\n\n (v) the proposed radiation protection plan;\n\n (vi) the proposed radioactive waste management plan;\n\n (vii) the proposed security plan;\n\n (viii) the proposed emergency management and response plan;\n\n (ix) the proposed environmental protection plan;\n\n (x) the proposed insolvency plan;\n\n (c) a description of how that system, those arrangements and each of those plans would be implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed if the licence is issued.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the system, arrangements and plans and that the system, arrangements and plans are implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 60 and 68.\n\n (3) Information is required that describes how international best practice in relation to nuclear safety that is relevant to naval nuclear propulsion has been considered in the development of the system, arrangements and plans.\n\n","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"22","sectionType":"section","heading":"Records management system","content":"22  Records management system\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity, the following information and documents are required:\n\n (a) information and documents that describe and document the proposed records management system for the activity;\n\n (b) a description of how the records management system would be implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed if the licence is issued.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that records relating to the conduct of the regulated activity are kept in the records management system for the activity and the system must be implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 61 and 68.\n\n","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Treatment of clearance material","content":"23  Treatment of clearance material\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise:\n\n (a) a kind of facility activity other than the activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone; or\n\n (b) any kind of material activity;\n\ninformation and documents are required that describe and document how clearance material from the conduct of the activity will be maintained, stored or disposed of.\n\nSubdivision C—Application relating to a facility activity—additional information and documents\n\n","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents—any kind of facility activity","content":"24  Additional information and documents—any kind of facility activity\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity.\n\n (2) Baseline radiological data for the site of the NNP facility, or proposed NNP facility, obtained prior to the siting of the facility is required.\n\n (a) a description of the level of nuclear safety risk posed by the activity proposed to be authorised;\n\n (b) information that demonstrates how the following has been considered in assessing that level of risk:\n\n (i) the hazard level and complexity of the activity;\n\n (ii) the characteristics of the NNP facility, or proposed NNP facility, and its site or proposed site;\n\n (iii) potential risks to persons proposed to be authorised to conduct the activity, to likely occupationally exposed persons, to the public and to the environment;\n\n (iv) any other technical, human or organisational factor relevant to the activity that could pose a reasonably foreseeable risk to nuclear safety;\n\n (c) details of the types, categories, forms and quantities of any NNP material or NNP equipment or plant that would be, or could be, involved in the conduct of the activity;\n\n (d) information that demonstrates that the applicant has considered, in relation to the conduct of the activity, all regulated activities that could reasonably be foreseen to be conducted in relation to the NNP facility, or proposed NNP facility, over its lifetime;\n\n (e) details of the consultation undertaken with stakeholders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the public in relation to the activity and the NNP facility or proposed NNP facility;\n\n (f) subject to subsection (4), information and documents that describe and document how all conditions applying to the licence (the previous licensing stage) authorising the most recent previous facility activity in relation to the NNP facility, or proposed NNP facility, have been complied with.\n\nNote 1: For the purposes of paragraph (e), matters in relation to which consultation may need to be undertaken include the development of a plan or safety case for the activity.\n\nNote 2: For the purposes of paragraph (f), this includes conditions specified by the Regulator for the purposes of paragraph 32(1)(c) or subsection 34(2) of the Act. To issue the licence, the Regulator must take the extent of compliance with conditions into account: see paragraph 43(3)(c) of this instrument.\n\n (4) Paragraph (3)(f) does not apply if:\n\n (a) the application is for a licence to authorise a facility activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone; or\n\n (b) the licence authorising the most recent previous facility activity in relation to the NNP facility, or proposed NNP facility, is a transitional licence; or\n\n (c) if the application is for a licence to authorise a facility activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone—a licence authorising the operation of the facility has been issued under the Act or the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998.\n\n","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"25","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents—activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"25  Additional information and documents—activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise a facility activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility (the proposed NNP facility) in a designated zone.\n\nSafety case report (siting)\n\n (2) A safety case report for the siting of the proposed NNP facility that demonstrates the suitability of the site for the life of the facility and the regulated activities intended to be conducted at the facility is required.\n\nSite evaluation\n\n (3) An evaluation of the suitability of the site for the proposed NNP facility is required.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must be satisfied that the site evaluation demonstrates the suitability of the site for the proposed NNP facility: see section 44.\n\nEnvironmental protection requirements\n\n (4) If the applicant believes that no requirements of the kind mentioned in paragraphs 16(h) to (k) (environmental protection requirements under Commonwealth, State or Territory law) would apply to the conduct of the activity, details of the grounds for that belief are required.\n\nConceptual design of the proposed NNP facility (siting)\n\n (5) A conceptual design of the proposed NNP facility is required that:\n\n (a) ensures nuclear safety of the facility and its proposed construction and operation; and\n\n (b) supports the safety case report’s demonstration that the site is suitable for the life of the facility and the regulated activities intended to be conducted at the facility.\n\nPlan for preparing the site\n\n (6) Information and documents that describe and document the proposed plan for preparing the site for the proposed NNP facility are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 79.\n\nPreliminary decommissioning plan\n\n (7) A preliminary decommissioning plan for the proposed NNP facility is required.\n\n","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents—activity of constructing an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"26  Additional information and documents—activity of constructing an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise a facility activity of constructing an NNP facility (the proposed NNP facility) in a designated zone.\n\nSafety case report (construction)\n\n (2) A safety case report for the construction of the proposed NNP facility that demonstrates the suitability of the construction for the life of the facility and the regulated activities intended to be conducted at the facility is required.\n\nSite evaluation\n\n (a) an evaluation of the suitability of the site for constructing the proposed NNP facility;\n\n (b) information and documents that:\n\n (i) describe and document the site works undertaken to enable the construction of the facility; and\n\n (ii) document that those works are now complete.\n\nEnvironmental protection requirements\n\n (4) If the applicant believes that no requirements of the kind mentioned in paragraphs 16(h) to (k) (environmental protection requirements under Commonwealth, State or Territory law) would apply to the conduct of the activity, details of the grounds for that belief are required.\n\nDesign of the proposed NNP facility (construction)\n\n (5) A design of the proposed NNP facility is required that:\n\n (a) ensures nuclear safety of the facility and its proposed operation; and\n\n (b) supports the safety case report’s demonstration that the construction is suitable for the life of the facility and the regulated activities intended to be conducted at the facility; and\n\n (c) complies with subsection (6).\n\n (6) The design must include information and documents addressing the functional safety requirements of:\n\n (a) any material activity intended to be conducted at the facility; and\n\n (b) any naval nuclear propulsion plant in the facility that is not on a UK/US submarine; and\n\n (c) any such plant’s interaction with:\n\n (i) the facility; or\n\n (ii) any material activity mentioned in paragraph (a);\n\nincluding the control of reactivity, the removal of residual heat (cooling) and containment.\n\nConstruction plan\n\n (7) Information and documents that describe and document the proposed construction plan for the proposed NNP facility are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 80.\n\nPreliminary decommissioning plan\n\n (8) A preliminary decommissioning plan for the proposed NNP facility is required.\n\n","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents—activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"27  Additional information and documents—activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise a facility activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nNote: If the application is for a licence that authorises both the possession and control of the NNP facility, the information and documents prescribed by this instrument as required for an application authorising possession or control of the facility are required for both the possession and control.\n\nSafety case report (possession or control)\n\n (2) A safety case report for the possession or control of the NNP facility is required.\n\nConstruction evaluation\n\n (3) An evaluation of the construction of the NNP facility is required that assesses whether the design of the construction supports the safety case report’s demonstration of the suitability of the facility for the possession or control.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must be satisfied that the construction evaluation demonstrates the suitability of the NNP facility for the possession or control: see subsection 45(2).\n\n (4) Subsection (3) does not apply if a licence authorising the operation of the NNP facility has been issued under the Act or the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998.\n\nPlan for the possession or control period\n\n (5) Information and documents that describe and document the proposed possession or control period plan for the NNP facility are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 81.\n\n (6) The results of a field exercise conducted for the purpose of testing the proposed emergency management and response plan for the activity is required.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must take these results into account: see subsection 45(3).\n\nPreliminary plans\n\n (7) The following are required:\n\n (a) if a licence authorising the operation of the facility has never been issued under the Act or the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998—a preliminary operational plan for the NNP facility;\n\n (b) a preliminary decommissioning plan for the NNP facility;\n\n (c) a preliminary disposal plan for the NNP facility.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must take these preliminary plans into account: see subsection 43(3).\n\n","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents—activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"28  Additional information and documents—activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise a facility activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nSafety case report (operation)\n\n (2) A safety case report for the operation of the NNP facility is required.\n\nEvaluation of operational readiness\n\n (a) an evaluation of the readiness of the NNP facility for its proposed operation;\n\n (b) information and documents that describe and document the testing undertaken to confirm readiness.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must be satisfied that the evaluation of operational readiness demonstrates the suitability of the NNP facility for its proposed operation: see subsection 46(2).\n\nCommissioning plan\n\n (4) Information and documents that describe and document the proposed commissioning plan for the NNP facility are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 82.\n\nOperational plan\n\n (5) Information and documents that describe and document the proposed operational plan for the NNP facility are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 82.\n\n (6) The results of a field exercise conducted for the purpose of testing the proposed emergency management and response plan for the activity is required.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must take these results into account: see subsection 46(3).\n\nPreliminary plans\n\n (7) The following are required:\n\n (a) a preliminary decommissioning plan for the NNP facility;\n\n (b) a preliminary disposal plan for the NNP facility.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must take these preliminary plans into account: see subsection 43(3).\n\n","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents—activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"29  Additional information and documents—activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise a facility activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nSafety case report (decommissioning)\n\n (2) A safety case report for the decommissioning of the NNP facility is required.\n\nStrategy and plan for decommissioning the NNP facility\n\n (a) information and documents that describe and document the proposed decommissioning plan for the NNP facility;\n\n (b) the decommissioning strategy on which the proposed decommissioning plan is based.\n\nNote 1: To issue the licence, the Regulator must take into account the decommissioning strategy: see paragraph 47(2)(a).\n\nNote 2: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 83.\n\n (4) The results of a field exercise conducted for the purpose of testing the proposed emergency management and response plan for the activity is required.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must take these results into account: see paragraph 47(2)(b).\n\nPreliminary disposal plan\n\n (5) A preliminary disposal plan for the NNP facility is required that addresses how the proposed decommissioning plan for the facility supports the safety case report’s demonstration of the suitability of the facility for decommissioning.\n\n","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional information and documents—activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"30  Additional information and documents—activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise a facility activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nSafety case report (disposal)\n\n (2) A safety case report for the disposal of the NNP facility is required.\n\nDecommissioning evaluation\n\n (3) An evaluation of the decommissioning of the NNP facility is required.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must be satisfied that the decommissioning evaluation demonstrates the suitability of the NNP facility for disposal: see subsection 48(2).\n\nDisposal plan\n\n (4) Information and documents that describe and document the proposed disposal plan for the NNP facility are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 84.\n\nIndependent assessment\n\n (5) An assessment by a suitably qualified and experienced independent person of whether the proposed disposal plan for the activity would result in any ongoing radiation exposure at the site of the NNP facility being sufficiently low so as not to pose an ongoing hazard to the public or the environment is required.\n\nNote: To issue the licence, the Regulator must take the independent assessment into account: see subsection 48(3).\n\nSubdivision D—Application relating to a material activity—additional information and documents\n\n31  Additional information and documents for any kind of material activity—general\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise any kind of material activity in a designated zone.\n\n (2) The following information and documents are required:\n\n (a) details of the types, categories, forms and quantities of any NNP material or NNP equipment or plant that would be, or could be, involved in the conduct of the activity;\n\n (b) information and documents that describe and document the proposed arrangements for storing, managing and handling any such NNP material or NNP equipment or plant;\n\n (c) the results of a field exercise conducted for the purpose of testing the proposed emergency management and response plan for the activity.\n\n (3) For an application for a licence to authorise a material activity that would involve a kind of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant specified in column 1 of an item in the following table, the information and documents specified in column 2 of the item are required.\n\n \n\n- Information and documents—material activities involving particular NNP material or NNP equipment or plant\n- Item Column 1Kind of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant Column 2Information and documents required\n- 1 Sealed NNP material Information and documents that describe and document the following:(a) the hazard level, nuclide, activity level, chemical form and physical form of the sealed NNP material;(b) the encapsulation material for the sealed NNP material;(c) the identification details of the sealed NNP material;(d) the intended purpose of the sealed NNP material;(e) where the sealed NNP material would be located\n- 2 Unsealed NNP material Information and documents that describe and document the following:(a) the hazard level, nuclide, chemical form and physical form of the unsealed NNP material;(b) the identification details of the unsealed NNP material;(c) the intended purpose of the unsealed NNP material;(d) where the unsealed NNP material would be located;(e) the forecast maximum activity level of each nuclide at each of those locations\n- 3 NNP equipment or plant that produces ionising radiation Information and documents that describe and document the following:(a) the hazard level, and the maximum output (in a relevant unit of measurement e.g. joules per kilogram), of the NNP equipment or plant;(b) the identification details of the NNP equipment or plant;(c) the intended purpose of the NNP equipment or plant;(d) where the NNP equipment or plant would be located\n- 4 NNP equipment or plant that produces harmful non‑ionising radiation Information and documents that describe and document the following:(a) the hazard level of the NNP equipment or plant;(b) the identification details of the NNP equipment or plant;(c) the intended purpose of the NNP equipment or plant;(d) the likely exposure to radiation from the NNP equipment or plant and all relevant output parameters for the exposure;(e) where the NNP equipment or plant would be located\n\n \n\nNote 1: To issue the licence, the Regulator must take into account the details provided under paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) and the description and documentation provided under the relevant item in the table in subsection (3): see section 49.\n\nNote 2: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that:\n\n(a) the licence holder maintain a current inventory of NNP material and NNP equipment or plant and keep up‑to‑date the information and documents specified in the relevant item in the table in subsection (3) (see section 86); and\n\n(b) the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the arrangements for storing, managing and handling the NNP material and NNP equipment or plant, and that the arrangements are implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed (see sections 68 and 87); and\n\n(c) the licence holder ensures a field exercise is conducted every 2 years and that, if required, any system, arrangements or plan mentioned in section 60 is updated in response to the results of the field exercise (see section 88).\n\n32  Additional information and documents for any kind of material activity—transport management and movement plans\n\n (1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise any kind of material activity in a designated zone.\n\nTransport management plan\n\n (2) Information and documents that describe and document the proposed transport management plan for transporting NNP material or NNP equipment or plant into, or out of, a designated zone for the activity are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 91.\n\nMovement plan\n\n (3) Information and documents that describe and document the proposed movement plan for moving NNP material or NNP equipment or plant within a designated zone for the activity are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 91.\n\n33  Additional information and documents—activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise a material activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone, information and documents that describe and document the proposed plan for the possession or control of the NNP material or NNP equipment or plant are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 93.\n\n34  Additional information and documents—activity of using NNP material in a designated zone\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise a material activity of using NNP material in a designated zone, information and documents that describe and document the proposed plan for using the NNP material are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 94.\n\n35  Additional information and documents—activity of using or operating NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise a material activity of using or operating NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone, information and documents that describe and document the proposed plan for using or operating the NNP equipment or plant are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 95.\n\n36  Additional information and documents—activity of maintaining, storing or disposing of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\n  For an application for a licence to authorise a material activity of maintaining, storing or disposing of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone, information and documents that describe and document the proposed plan for the maintaining, storing or disposing of the NNP material or NNP equipment or plant are required.\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the plan and that the plan is implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 68 and 96.\n\nDivision 3—Manner of giving application\n\n","sortOrder":44},{"sectionNumber":"37","sectionType":"section","heading":"Manner of giving an application","content":"37  Manner of giving an application\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 30(1)(l) of the Act, the manner for giving an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity is through the online lodgement facility provided by the Regulator.\n\nNote: The application must be in the approved form (if any): see paragraph 30(1)(i) of the Act.\n\n (2) The Regulator must publish a notice of the application on its website.\n\n","sortOrder":45},{"sectionNumber":"Div 4","sectionType":"division","heading":"Further information Regulator may require in connection with application","content":"Division 4—Further information Regulator may require in connection with application\n\n","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"38","sectionType":"section","heading":"Further information the Regulator may require","content":"38  Further information the Regulator may require\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 30A(2) of the Act, the kinds of further information that may be required by the Regulator under subsection 30A(1) of the Act in connection with an application for a licence to authorise a facility activity or material activity are the following:\n\n (a) further information in relation to any information that the application must contain or any documents that must accompany the application (for example, for the purpose of clarifying, confirming or demonstrating a matter to the Regulator’s satisfaction);\n\n (b) further information in relation to any matter that the Regulator must be satisfied of, or take into account, in deciding whether to issue the licence;\n\n (c) further information to demonstrate that the proposed licence holder, and any other persons that would be authorised under the licence to conduct the activity, would be able to comply with the Act, this instrument and any licence condition that would be imposed under section 32 of the Act;\n\n (d) any other information that is reasonably necessary to assist the Regulator to make a decision on the application.\n\nNote: For example, if the Regulator has concerns that a proposed plan for the conduct of the regulated activity provided with the application may not meet the requirements for the plan in section 60, the Regulator may require further information about the changes to the plan the applicant proposes to make to address these concerns.\n\n","sortOrder":47},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Matters to be satisfied of or taken into account in issuing licence authorising facility activity or material activity","content":"Part 3—Matters to be satisfied of or taken into account in issuing licence authorising facility activity or material activity\n\n","sortOrder":48},{"sectionNumber":"39","sectionType":"section","heading":"Simplified outline of this Part","content":"39  Simplified outline of this Part\n\nTo conduct a regulated activity, a person generally must be authorised by an Australian naval nuclear power safety licence, and comply with the conditions of the licence (see sections 19, 23 and 25 of the Act for the offences and civil penalty provisions relating to this).\n\nIf a Commonwealth‑related person makes an application for a licence under section 28 of the Act, the Regulator may under section 31 of the Act issue, or refuse to issue, the licence to the person.\n\nUnder section 31 of the Act, in deciding whether to issue a licence, the Regulator must be satisfied:\n\n (a) that the applicant will be able to comply with the conditions of the licence; and\n\n (b) of any matter prescribed by the regulations.\n\nThe Regulator must also take into account:\n\n (a) international best practice in relation to nuclear safety that is relevant to naval nuclear propulsion; and\n\n (b) any matter prescribed by the regulations.\n\nDivision 2 of this Part prescribes matters that the Regulator must be satisfied of, or take into account, in deciding whether to issue a licence to authorise a facility activity or a material activity. The matters may be prescribed:\n\n (a) for all such licences (this is set out in Subdivision A); or\n\n (b) only for licences authorising facility activities or a particular kind of facility activity (this is set out in Subdivision B); or\n\n (c) only for licences authorising material activities (this is set out in Subdivision C).\n\nIf the Regulator is required to be satisfied of, or take into account, a matter, there may be:\n\n (a) a related requirement in Part 2 for the applicant to provide information or documents; and\n\n (b) a related licence condition in Part 4.\n\n40  Matters the Regulator must be satisfied of or take into account in issuing licence authorising facility activity or material activity\n\n  For the purposes of subparagraphs 31(2)(a)(ii) and 31(2)(b)(ii) of the Act:\n\n (a) the matters the Regulator must be satisfied of; and\n\n (b) the matters the Regulator must take into account;\n\nin deciding whether to issue a licence to authorise a facility activity or material activity are the matters prescribed by this Part for a licence to authorise that kind of facility activity or material activity.\n\nDivision 2—Matters to be satisfied of or taken into account\n\nSubdivision A—Licence authorising any kind of facility activity or material activity\n\n41  General matters the Regulator must be satisfied of\n\n (1) This section applies to a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity.\n\nGeneral\n\n (2) The Regulator must be satisfied that:\n\n (a) the application contains the information and is accompanied by the documents required by Division 2 of Part 2; and\n\n (b) the applicant has given any further information required by the Regulator under subsection 30A(1) of the Act (see section 38 of this instrument); and\n\n (c) the applicant has demonstrated that the proposed licence holder would ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, nuclear safety when conducting the regulated activity; and\n\n (d) the applicant has demonstrated that the proposed licence holder would be able to comply with the other nuclear safety duties that would apply to the licence holder under Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act; and\n\n (e) the applicant has demonstrated that the systems, arrangements and plans described and documented in the application or a document accompanying the application (see subsection 21(2) and section 22 of this instrument) would be appropriate for their purpose; and\n\n (f) the applicant has demonstrated that all of the following, in relation to the conduct of the regulated activity, would be kept as low as reasonably achievable taking into account economic and societal factors:\n\n (i) the magnitude of individual doses;\n\n (ii) the number of people who are exposed;\n\n (iii) the likelihood of incurring exposures to ionising radiation and harmful non‑ionising radiation; and\n\n (g) the persons, or class of persons, to be authorised to conduct the regulated activity would, so far as reasonably practicable, have appropriate expertise, training and information to ensure the nuclear safety of the regulated activity; and\n\n (h) if it is reasonably foreseeable that:\n\n (i) any other high risk activities or material would be, or could be, conducted or located in, or near, the designated zone in which the regulated activity may be conducted under the licence; and\n\n (ii) those activities or materials could reasonably pose additional risks to the nuclear safety of the regulated activity;\n\n  the measures (as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence) to mitigate that additional risk ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that additional risk is mitigated; and\n\n (i) the activity would be adequately and appropriately insured.\n\nRadiation monitoring boundaries and exclusion zones\n\n (3) The Regulator must be satisfied that the boundaries to be set (as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence) for the radiation monitoring of the regulated activity would ensure nuclear safety.\n\nNote 1: For the information and documents that the applicant must provide that are relevant to this subsection: see section 20.\n\nNote 2: The licence, if issued, would be subject to a condition that radiation monitoring is undertaken within set boundaries in accordance with the radiation protection plan for the activity: see subsection 59(2).\n\n (4) The Regulator must be satisfied that the exclusion zones to be set around the boundary of the area in which the regulated activity would be conducted (as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence):\n\n (a) would ensure nuclear safety; and\n\n (b) would be enforced throughout the proposed period of the licence.\n\nNote 1: For the information and documents that the applicant must provide that are relevant to this subsection: see section 20.\n\nNote 2: The licence, if issued, would be subject to a condition that the exclusion zones are enforced: see subsection 59(4).\n\n42  General matters the Regulator must take into account\n\n  The Regulator must take into account the following matters in deciding whether to issue a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity:\n\n (a) whether the applicant has demonstrated that the interaction between technical, human and organisational factors in the management of nuclear safety has been considered in relation to the conduct of the activity;\n\n (b) whether the applicant has demonstrated that international best practice in relation to nuclear safety that is relevant to naval nuclear propulsion has been considered in the development of the proposed nuclear safety management system for the activity, and the proposed arrangements and plans for the activity, that would be required under section 60;\n\n (c) the analysis of the radiological consequences to the surrounding environment from a reference incident at the site of the activity, provided under paragraph 16(e);\n\n (d) any technical authorities or standards, that the Regulator is aware of, that:\n\n (i) address measures to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, nuclear safety; and\n\n (ii) would apply in relation to the conduct of the activity if the licence is issued;\n\n (e) any other proposed policies or procedures for the conduct of the activity that the Regulator is aware of;\n\n (f) any other design and operational limits and conditions (actual or proposed) of any infrastructure, plant, equipment, information technology, radiation monitoring boundaries, systems, components, or warning devices proposed to be involved in the conduct of the activity that the Regulator is aware of;\n\n (g) any other matters the Regulator considers relevant.\n\nNote: For the purposes of paragraph (b), the applicant must provide information that describes how international best practice in relation to nuclear safety that is relevant to naval nuclear propulsion has been considered in the development of the system, arrangements and plans: see subsection 21(3).\n\nSubdivision B—Licence authorising facility activity—additional matters\n\n","sortOrder":49},{"sectionNumber":"43","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional matters—any kind of facility activity","content":"43  Additional matters—any kind of facility activity\n\n (1) This section applies to a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity.\n\nNote: For the information and documents that the applicant must provide that are relevant to this section, see Subdivision C of Division 2 of Part 2.\n\nMatters to be satisfied of\n\n (2) The Regulator must be satisfied of the following matters in deciding whether to issue a licence to authorise a facility activity:\n\n (a) that the applicant has demonstrated that all regulated activities that could reasonably be foreseen to be conducted in relation to the facility, or proposed facility, over its lifetime have been appropriately considered in relation to the conduct of the activity;\n\n (b) that meaningful consultation has been undertaken with all relevant stakeholders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the public about the regulated activity and the facility or proposed facility.\n\nMatters to take into account\n\n (3) The Regulator must take into account the following matters in deciding whether to issue a licence to authorise a facility activity:\n\n (a) the baseline radiological data provided under subsection 24(2);\n\n (b) the level of nuclear safety risk posed by the activity proposed to be authorised (having regard to the matters in paragraph 24(3)(b));\n\n (c) if paragraph 24(3)(f) applies in relation to the application for the licence—the extent to which conditions applying to the previous licensing stage have been complied with;\n\n (d) the preliminary plans provided as required by the section in Subdivision C of Division 2 of Part 2 that applies in relation to an application for a licence to authorise the facility activity.\n\nNote 1: The licence, if issued, would be subject to a condition that a current description of the level of nuclear safety risk is maintained: see section 77.\n\nNote 2: For whether paragraph 24(3)(f) applies in relation to the application for the licence, see subsections 24(1) and (4).\n\nNote 3: Preliminary plans may be preliminary decommissioning plans, preliminary operational plans or preliminary disposal plans. A preliminary plan is not required for an application for a licence to authorise a facility activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\n","sortOrder":50},{"sectionNumber":"44","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional matters—activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"44  Additional matters—activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n  For a licence to authorise a facility activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone, the Regulator must be satisfied that the site evaluation for the proposed NNP facility (as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence) demonstrates the suitability of the site for the proposed NNP facility.\n\nNote: For the information and documents that the applicant must provide that are relevant to this section, see section 25.\n\n","sortOrder":51},{"sectionNumber":"45","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional matters—activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"45  Additional matters—activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to a licence to authorise a facility activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\n (2) If subsection 27(3) applies in relation to the application for the licence, the Regulator must be satisfied that the construction evaluation for the facility (as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence) demonstrates the suitability of the facility for the possession or control.\n\nNote: For whether subsection 27(3) applies, see subsections 27(1) and (4).\n\n (3) The Regulator must take into account the results of the field exercise provided under subsection 27(6).\n\n","sortOrder":52},{"sectionNumber":"46","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional matters—activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"46  Additional matters—activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to a licence to authorise a facility activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\n (2) The Regulator must be satisfied that the evaluation of the readiness of the facility for its proposed operation (as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence) demonstrates the suitability of the facility for its proposed operation.\n\nNote: For the information and documents that the applicant must provide that are relevant to this subsection, see subsection 28(3).\n\n (3) The Regulator must take into account the results of the field exercise provided under subsection 28(6).\n\n","sortOrder":53},{"sectionNumber":"47","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional matters—activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"47  Additional matters—activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to a licence to authorise a facility activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\n (2) The Regulator must take into account:\n\n (a) the strategy for decommissioning the facility provided under subsection 29(3); and\n\n (b) the results of the field exercise provided under subsection 29(4).\n\n","sortOrder":54},{"sectionNumber":"48","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional matters—activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"48  Additional matters—activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies to a licence to authorise a facility activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\n (2) The Regulator must be satisfied that the evaluation of the decommissioning of the facility demonstrates the suitability of the facility for disposal.\n\nNote: For the information and documents that the applicant must provide that are relevant to this subsection, see subsection 30(3).\n\n (3) The Regulator must take into account the independent assessment provided under subsection 30(5).\n\nSubdivision C—Licence authorising material activity—additional matters\n\n","sortOrder":55},{"sectionNumber":"49","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional matters—any kind of material activity","content":"49  Additional matters—any kind of material activity\n\n  For a licence to authorise any kind of material activity, the Regulator must take into account the following matters:\n\n (a) the details of the types, categories, forms and quantities of any NNP material or NNP equipment or plant provided under paragraph 31(2)(a);\n\n (b) the proposed arrangements, described and documented in information and documents provided under paragraph 31(2)(b), for storing, managing and handling any such NNP material or NNP equipment or plant;\n\n (c) the description and documentation of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant provided under subsection 31(3).\n\nNote: The licence, if issued, would be subject to a condition that the information and documents specified in the relevant item in the table in subsection 31(3) are kept up‑to‑date: see section 86.\n\n","sortOrder":56},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Conditions applying to licence authorising facility activity or material activity","content":"Part 4—Conditions applying to licence authorising facility activity or material activity\n\n","sortOrder":57},{"sectionNumber":"50","sectionType":"section","heading":"Simplified outline of this Part","content":"50  Simplified outline of this Part\n\nA person authorised by an Australian naval nuclear power safety licence to conduct a regulated activity must comply with the conditions of the licence that apply to the person (see sections 23 and 25 of the Act for the offences and civil penalty provisions relating to breach of conditions).\n\nUnder section 32 of the Act, a licence is subject to all of the following conditions:\n\n (a) the condition set out in subsection 32(2) of the Act;\n\n (b) the conditions prescribed by the regulations;\n\n (c) conditions specified by the Regulator in the licence at the time of issuing the licence;\n\n (d) any conditions specified by the Regulator under subsection 34(2) of the Act after the licence is issued.\n\nThis Part prescribes conditions for a licence authorising a facility activity or material activity. The conditions apply to the licence holder and may also apply to other persons authorised under the licence. The conditions may apply to:\n\n (a) all licences authorising a facility activity or material activity (these are set out in Division 2); or\n\n (b) only licences authorising facility activities or a particular kind of facility activity (these are set out in Division 3); or\n\n (c) only licences authorising material activities or a particular kind of material activity (these are set out in Division 4); or\n\n (d) only licences that are transitional licences (these are mainly set out in Division 5).\n\nA licence authorising a facility activity or material activity is also subject to the conditions in section 105 (in Part 5) in relation to nuclear safety incidents that the licence holder is required to report under section 21 of the Act.\n\n","sortOrder":58},{"sectionNumber":"51","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of this Part","content":"51  Application of this Part\n\n  This Part does not apply to a licence authorising a submarine activity.\n\nNote: For the meaning of submarine activity, see section 13 of the Act.\n\n","sortOrder":59},{"sectionNumber":"52","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conditions to which a licence authorising a facility activity or material activity is subject","content":"52  Conditions to which a licence authorising a facility activity or material activity is subject\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 32(1)(b) of the Act, a licence authorising:\n\n (a) a facility activity; or\n\n (b) a material activity in a designated zone;\n\nis subject to the conditions prescribed by this Part that are applicable to the activity.\n\nNote: The licence is also subject to conditions relating to a nuclear safety incident that the licence holder must report under section 21 of the Act: see section 105 of this instrument.\n\n (2) Each condition prescribed by this Part applies to:\n\n (a) the licence holder; and\n\n (b) if the condition specifies that it applies to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity—that other person.\n\n (3) To avoid doubt, if a provision in this Part mentions a period of time during which the licence is in force, the calculation of the period of time is not to include any periods during which the licence is suspended.\n\nNote: A licence is not in force during any period it is suspended (to the extent it is suspended): see subsection 33(3) of the Act.\n\nDivision 2—Conditions applying to licence authorising any kind of facility activity or material activity\n\nSubdivision A—General conditions relating to the conduct of the regulated activity\n\n","sortOrder":60},{"sectionNumber":"53","sectionType":"section","heading":"General conduct of the regulated activity","content":"53  General conduct of the regulated activity\n\n  It is a condition that the regulated activity is conducted in accordance with the following:\n\n (a) radiation exposure resulting from the conduct of the activity is to be controlled and monitored;\n\n (b) ingestion and inhalation of radioactive material, and absorption of radioactive material through direct contact with intact or broken skin, resulting from the conduct of the activity are to be prevented, or mitigated if prevention is not achievable;\n\n (c) radiation exposure resulting from the conduct of the activity is to be kept as low as reasonably achievable;\n\n (d) material contaminated with radioactive material or radionuclides resulting from the conduct of the activity is to be controlled;\n\n (e) NNP material and NNP equipment or plant is to be controlled;\n\n (f) the reactivity of naval nuclear propulsion plant is to be controlled;\n\n (g) the naval nuclear propulsion plant is to be effectively cooled and residual decay heat removed;\n\n (h) the radioactivity of NNP material and naval nuclear propulsion plant is to be controlled and contained;\n\n (i) the health, in relation to nuclear safety, of all persons authorised under the licence and all other occupationally exposed persons is to be maintained;\n\n (j) the public and environment are to be protected from exposure to ionising radiation and harmful non‑ionising radiation resulting from the conduct of the activity;\n\n (k) hazards or risks that may result in damage to naval nuclear propulsion plant are to be prevented, or mitigated if prevention is not achievable.\n\nNote: There are also nuclear safety duties in Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act that apply to people when they conduct regulated activities.\n\n","sortOrder":61},{"sectionNumber":"54","sectionType":"section","heading":"Adequate resources for the safe conduct of the regulated activity","content":"54  Adequate resources for the safe conduct of the regulated activity\n\n  It is a condition that the licence holder must, at all times during the period of the licence, have, control and maintain adequate financial, human and technical resources to conduct the regulated activity safely.\n\n","sortOrder":62},{"sectionNumber":"55","sectionType":"section","heading":"Changes to the conduct of the regulated activity and to systems, arrangements, designs and plans","content":"55  Changes to the conduct of the regulated activity and to systems, arrangements, designs and plans\n\n (1) This section applies to the following:\n\n (a) changes related to the conduct of the regulated activity;\n\n (b) changes to the nuclear safety management system, arrangements or a plan for the regulated activity required under section 60;\n\n (c) changes to the records management system for the regulated activity required under section 61;\n\n (d) changes to a plan or design for the regulated activity required under Division 3 of this Part (plans or designs for particular facility activities);\n\n (e) changes to a plan or arrangements for the regulated activity required under Division 4 of this Part (plans or arrangements for particular material activities).\n\nChanges that must be approved\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must comply with subsection (3) if:\n\n (a) the licence holder proposes to implement or make the changes; and\n\n (b) for changes to the nuclear safety plan, the radiation protection plan, the emergency management and response plan or the environmental protection plan (which are covered by paragraph (1)(b))—the proposed changes are not insubstantial, insignificant or trivial or a correction of an administrative error; and\n\n (c) for any other changes not covered by paragraph (b) of this subsection—the proposed changes are significant or may have significant implications for nuclear safety.\n\n (3) The licence holder must:\n\n (a) obtain approval from the Regulator before implementing or making the changes; and\n\n (b) for changes mentioned in paragraphs (1)(b) to (e)—provide the Regulator with any updated documentation of the system, arrangements, design or plan proposed to be changed.\n\nChanges that must be notified\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must comply with subsection (5) if:\n\n (a) the licence holder implements or makes the changes; and\n\n (b) the changes are:\n\n (i) not of a kind required to be approved under subsection (3); and\n\n (ii) not insubstantial, insignificant or trivial; and\n\n (c) for changes covered by paragraph (1)(a)—the changes modify any NNP facility, NNP material or NNP equipment or plant, that are, or could be, involved in the regulated activity.\n\n (5) The licence holder must:\n\n (a) notify the Regulator of the changes implemented or made; and\n\n (b) for changes mentioned in paragraphs (1)(b) to (e)—provide the Regulator with any updated documentation of the system, arrangements, design or plan.\n\n","sortOrder":63},{"sectionNumber":"56","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conducting the regulated activity","content":"56  Conducting the regulated activity\n\n  It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must do the following when conducting the regulated activity:\n\n (a) take all reasonably practicable steps to prevent or minimise human errors and organisational failures in the conduct of the activity;\n\n (b) take all reasonably practicable steps to prevent or minimise incidents (including accidents, near misses and deficiencies) and to minimise the consequences of any incidents.\n\n","sortOrder":64},{"sectionNumber":"57","sectionType":"section","heading":"Nuclear safety site induction","content":"57  Nuclear safety site induction\n\nSite inductions\n\n (1) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that all persons entering the site of the regulated activity receive a site induction:\n\n (a) before first entering the site; and\n\n (b) if the person has not received a site induction in the previous 12 months—before entering an NNP facility, or interacting with NNP material or NNP equipment or plant, at the site; and\n\n (c) before interacting with a kind of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant, at the site, if the person has not received a site induction that covered that kind of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in the previous 12 months.\n\n (2) The site induction must cover:\n\n (a) nuclear safety and radiation hazards and risks at the site in relation to the regulated activity and the kinds of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant at the site; and\n\n (b) for persons at higher risk—the severity of such hazards and risks; and\n\n (c) how to respond to a nuclear safety incident and any other emergency or incident that could occur in relation to the regulated activity at the site; and\n\n (d) reporting requirements for nuclear safety incidents and other emergencies or incidents.\n\nReview of induction material and reporting\n\n (3) It is a condition that the licence holder must review the appropriateness and effectiveness of the induction material:\n\n (a) after the end of each period of 12 months during which the licence is in force (with the first of those periods beginning on the day the licence is issued); and\n\n (b) each time significant changes are required to ensure nuclear safety.\n\nNote: The calculation of a period mentioned in paragraph (a) is not to include any periods during which the licence is suspended: see subsection 52(3).\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must cause the review to be completed within 3 months after:\n\n (a) if paragraph (3)(a) applies—the end of the relevant 12 month period; or\n\n (b) if paragraph (3)(b) applies—the significant change is made.\n\n (5) It is a condition that the licence holder must, within 14 days of the completion of the review, provide the Regulator with a report on the outcomes of the review that includes details of:\n\n (a) the assessment of the appropriateness and effectiveness of the material; and\n\n (b) how any identified deficiencies were, or are proposed to be, rectified.\n\nNote: The licence holder must receive approval from the Regulator before implementing a change identified in the review if the change is significant or may have significant implications for nuclear safety: see section 55.\n\n (6) However, if the remaining period of the licence, following any periods mentioned in paragraph (3)(a), is 12 months or less, subsections (3) to (5) do not apply to the period.\n\n (7) If the licence is a transitional licence, this section applies in relation to a review of induction material as if:\n\n","sortOrder":65},{"sectionNumber":"58","sectionType":"section","heading":"Warning placards and warning devices","content":"58  Warning placards and warning devices\n\nWarning placards\n\n (1) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that a sufficient number of warning placards, in relation to nuclear safety hazards and risks, are prominently displayed in the area in which the regulated activity is conducted.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the placards must be:\n\n (a) clearly legible by persons approaching the placard; and\n\n (b) separate from any other sign or writing that contradicts, qualifies or distracts attention from the placard; and\n\n (c) located:\n\n (i) as close as is reasonably practicable to the main entrance of each NNP facility or workspace involved in the activity; and\n\n (ii) at the entrance to each room or walled section in which NNP material or NNP equipment or plant involved in the activity is used, handled or stored; and\n\n (iii) on, next to, or at the entrance of, each container or outside storage area in which NNP material or NNP equipment or plant involved in the activity is stored or transported; and\n\n (iv) at each entrance where an emergency service organisation (within the meaning of the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011) may enter a NNP facility or workspace involved in the activity.\n\n (3) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must:\n\n (a) ensure that the placards remain accurate; and\n\n (b) ensure that the placards are:\n\n (i) kept clean; and\n\n (ii) maintained in good repair; and\n\n (iii) not covered or obscured.\n\nWarning devices\n\n (4) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must:\n\n (a) ensure that a sufficient number of warning devices are operational in the area in which the regulated activity is conducted, and during the conduct of the activity, to minimise nuclear safety risks; and\n\n (b) ensure that each warning device is positioned to ensure that the device will work to best effect; and\n\n (c) ensure that sufficient information, training and instruction is provided to persons in the area in relation to the use of the devices and responding to warnings; and\n\n (d) take all reasonable steps to ensure that the warning devices are used in accordance with that information, training and instruction.\n\nIncident review\n\n (5) If a deficiency in the effectiveness or appropriateness of a warning placard or a warning device may have been a factor in an incident relating to the regulated activity, it is a condition that the licence holder must review the appropriateness and effectiveness of the warning placards or warning devices used at the site of the regulated activity.\n\nNote: The licence holder must receive approval from the Regulator before implementing a change identified in the review if the change is significant or may have significant implications for nuclear safety: see section 55.\n\n","sortOrder":66},{"sectionNumber":"59","sectionType":"section","heading":"Radiation monitoring boundaries and exclusion zones","content":"59  Radiation monitoring boundaries and exclusion zones\n\nRadiation monitoring boundaries\n\n (1) It is a condition that the licence holder must have set boundaries for the radiation monitoring of the regulated activity that:\n\n (a) ensure nuclear safety; and\n\n (b) are as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence, as changed from time to time by the licence holder:\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder undertake radiation monitoring of the activity within the boundaries in accordance with the radiation protection plan for the activity.\n\nNote: For the radiation protection plan, see section 60.\n\nExclusion zones\n\n (3) It is a condition that the licence holder must set one or more exclusion zones around the boundary of the area in which the regulated activity is conducted that:\n\n (a) ensure nuclear safety; and\n\n (b) are as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence, as changed from time to time by the licence holder:\n\n (4) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must enforce the exclusion zones.\n\n (a) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide information and documents that describe and document the set boundaries and the exclusion zones to the Regulator; and\n\n (b) paragraph (1)(b) applies as if the reference to the set boundaries as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence were a reference to the set boundaries as described and documented in the information and documents provided to the Regulator on the day the Act commences; and\n\n (c) paragraph (3)(b) applies as if the reference to the exclusion zones as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence were a reference to the exclusion zones as described and documented in the information and documents provided to the Regulator on the day the Act commences.\n\nSubdivision B—Conditions relating to nuclear management system, arrangements and plans for the activity\n\n60  Nuclear safety management system, arrangements and plans for the conduct of the activity\n\n (1) It is a condition that the regulated activity is conducted in accordance with each of the following:\n\n (a) a nuclear safety management system;\n\n (b) arrangements for organisational and human control of the activity;\n\n (c) a regulatory compliance plan;\n\n (d) a supply chain management plan;\n\n (e) a nuclear safety plan;\n\n (f) a radiation protection plan;\n\n (g) a radioactive waste management plan;\n\n (h) a security plan;\n\n (i) an emergency management and response plan;\n\n (j) an environmental protection plan;\n\n (k) an insolvency plan.\n\nNote: The regulated activity must also be conducted in accordance with obligations imposed by other laws. The regulatory compliance plan mentioned in paragraph (c) deals with compliance with Commonwealth law and regulatory requirements: see subsection (3).\n\nGeneral requirements for systems, arrangements and plans\n\n (2) It is a condition that each system, arrangements and plan mentioned in subsection (1):\n\n (a) be as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence, as changed from time to time by the licence holder:\n\n (ii) to comply with a condition specified by the Regulator for the purposes of subsection 34(2) of the Act; and\n\n (b) be effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\nNote 1: No condition in this section that relates to the system, arrangements or plan limits what the licence holder may otherwise choose to deal with in the system, arrangements or plan.\n\nNote 2: The system, arrangements and plans must be audited and reviewed: see section 68.\n\nSpecific requirements for each system, arrangements and plan\n\n (3) It is a condition that the system, arrangements or plan specified in an item in the following table complies with the requirement specified in that item.\n\n \n\n- Requirements for systems, arrangements and plans\n- Item Column 1The… Column 2must…\n- 1 nuclear safety management system ensure control of the activity\n- 2 arrangements for organisational and human control of the activity maintain control of the organisation and nuclear safety\n- 3 regulatory compliance plan ensure continual compliance with Commonwealth law and regulatory requirements\n- 4 supply chain management plan ensure effective supply chains\n- 5 nuclear safety plan (a) ensure that:(i) the activity is conducted safely; and(ii) radiation exposure is kept as low as reasonably achievable within the applicable dose limits (see Subdivision D); and(b) include a safety case for the activity that deals with any hazards or risks\n- 6 radiation protection plan ensure:(a) radiation protection to prevent harmful or accidental irradiation of any person; and(b) radiation exposure is kept as low as reasonably achievable\n- 7 radioactive waste management plan ensure effective radioactive waste management\n- 8 security plan ensure the security of any NNP facilities, NNP material and NNP equipment or plant that are, or could be, involved in the activity\n- 9 emergency management and response plan ensure that the management of, and response to, emergencies removes or minimises risk or harm to persons or the environment\n- 10 environmental protection plan ensure environmental management and protection\n- 11 insolvency plan eliminate or reduce the risk to nuclear safety from potential insolvency, by making effective arrangements for:(a) potential insolvency of the licence holder; and(b) the impact of insolvency of the licence holder on nuclear safety; and(c) indemnities in relation to the regulated activity\n\n (4) If the licence is a transitional licence:\n\n (a) the condition in subsection (1) in relation to the arrangements and plans mentioned in paragraphs (1)(b), (c), (d) and (k) does not apply until the day that is 6 months after the commencement of the Act; and\n\n (b) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day that is 6 months after the commencement of the Act, provide information and documents that describe and document those arrangements and plans to the Regulator; and\n\n (c) paragraph (2)(a) applies in relation to those arrangements and plans as if the reference to the arrangements or plan as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence were a reference to the arrangements or plan as provided to the Regulator on the day that is 6 months after the commencement of the Act.\n\n (a) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide information and documents that describe and document the nuclear safety management system and the plans mentioned in paragraphs (1)(a), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) to the Regulator; and\n\n (b) paragraph (2)(a) applies to that system and those plans as if the reference to the system or plan as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence were a reference to the system or plan as described and documented in the information and documents provided to the Regulator on the day the Act commences.\n\nSubdivision C—Conditions relating to reporting, record keeping, audit and review\n\n","sortOrder":67},{"sectionNumber":"61","sectionType":"section","heading":"Records management system","content":"61  Records management system\n\nRecords management system\n\n (1) It is a condition that records relating to the conduct of the regulated activity are kept in the records management system for the activity.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the records management system for the activity must:\n\n (a) ensure that:\n\n (i) records of all matters of significance in relation to the regulated activity are kept; and\n\n (ii) all records remain accessible in Australia for at least 90 years or, if the record relates to radiation monitoring or exposure to radiation, for at least 180 years; and\n\n (iii) all records relating to nuclear safety are traceable in respect of the information they contain; and\n\n (iv) in the event that the licence expires or is surrendered or cancelled, or the licence holder ceases to exist, all records remain accessible in Australia and are transferrable to the Regulator; and\n\n (b) be as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence, as changed from time to time by the licence holder:\n\nNote: Paragraph (a) does not limit what the licence holder may otherwise choose to deal with in the system.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the records management system is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\nNote: The records management system must be audited and reviewed every 3 years: see section 68.\n\nAccess on request\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must provide access to records relating to nuclear safety and radiation protection to the Regulator on request.\n\n","sortOrder":68},{"sectionNumber":"62","sectionType":"section","heading":"Information and documents on request","content":"62  Information and documents on request\n\n (1) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must provide the following information and documents if requested by the Regulator:\n\n (a) information and documents that describe and document how a condition to which the licence is subject has been, or is being, complied with;\n\n (b) information that describes how international best practice in relation to nuclear safety has been considered:\n\n (i) in implementing or maintaining systems, arrangements or plans required under this Part; and\n\n (ii) in conducting the regulated activity;\n\n (c) records of doses (both occupational and otherwise) to persons in relation to the conduct of the regulated activity;\n\n (d) records of any incidents (including accidents, near misses and deficiencies) in relation to the regulated activity and the consequences and management of those incidents;\n\n (e) any other information or document that is necessary to assist the Regulator to perform any of the Regulator’s functions to ensure nuclear safety.\n\nDiscussions with subject matter experts\n\n (2) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must, if requested by the Regulator in relation to a request by the Regulator for information under subsection (1), facilitate discussions between the Regulator and a subject matter expert in relation to that area of inquiry who is:\n\n (a) nominated by the Regulator; or\n\n (b) if the Regulator requests, nominated by the licence holder or other person.\n\n (3) If the Regulator makes a request for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), the licence holder or person must nominate a suitably qualified and experienced subject matter expert as soon as practicable, and in any event within 14 days of the request.\n\n","sortOrder":69},{"sectionNumber":"63","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reporting—potential serious impacts and breaches","content":"63  Reporting—potential serious impacts and breaches\n\nPotential serious impacts to nuclear safety or radiation protection\n\n (1) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that if the licence holder or other person becomes aware of any event or circumstance (including a near miss), that:\n\n (a) may seriously impact, or could have seriously impacted, nuclear safety or radiation protection; and\n\n (b) that occurs in relation to:\n\n (i) the regulated activity; or\n\n (ii) any NNP facility, NNP material or NNP equipment or plant, involved in the conduct of the activity;\n\nthe licence holder or other person must immediately report the event or circumstance to the Regulator.\n\nNote: The licence holder must immediately report any nuclear safety incident that occurs in relation to the regulated activity authorised by the licence: see section 21 of the Act and section 104 of this instrument.\n\nBreach of licence condition\n\n (2) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that if the licence holder or other person becomes aware of a breach of a condition to which the licence is subject, the licence holder or other person must report the breach to the Regulator as soon as possible after becoming aware.\n\nSuspected breach of licence condition\n\n (3) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that if the licence holder or other person suspects that a breach of a condition to which the licence is subject may have occurred, the licence holder or other person must, as soon as practicable after forming the suspicion:\n\n (a) investigate the suspected breach; and\n\n (b) report their findings to the Regulator.\n\nSerious offences and contraventions of serious civil penalty provisions\n\n (4) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person (the other authorised person) authorised to conduct the regulated activity that if the licence holder or other authorised person suspects that:\n\n (a) the licence holder, or any other person authorised under the licence, has committed or is committing a serious offence against a Commonwealth, State or Territory law; or\n\n (b) the licence holder, or any other person authorised under the licence, has contravened or is contravening a serious civil penalty provision of a Commonwealth, State or Territory law;\n\nthe licence holder or the other authorised person must report their suspicion to the Regulator within 28 days of forming the suspicion.\n\n (5) It is a condition that the licence holder must report to the Regulator any proceedings against the licence holder for a serious offence against, or contravention of a serious civil penalty provision of, a Commonwealth, State or Territory law within 28 days of the proceeding being brought.\n\n (6) A serious offence is an offence against the law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that:\n\n (a) is an offence involving fraud or dishonesty punishable by imprisonment for life or for a period, or a maximum period, of at least 3 months; or\n\n (b) is an offence punishable by imprisonment for life or for a period, or a maximum period, of at least 3 years.\n\n (7) A serious civil penalty provision is a civil penalty provision of a Commonwealth, State or Territory law with a maximum penalty that is at least equivalent to 5,000 penalty units.\n\n","sortOrder":70},{"sectionNumber":"64","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reporting—incidents","content":"64  Reporting—incidents\n\nPeriodic review and reporting of incidents\n\n (1) It is a condition that the licence holder must:\n\n (a) for each period of 12 months during which the licence is in force (with the first of those periods beginning on the day the licence is issued)—review:\n\n (i) all incidents (for example, accidents, near misses and deficiencies) that occurred in relation to the regulated activity during that period; and\n\n (ii) the management and consequences of those incidents; and\n\n  (b) provide the Regulator, by the day that is 28 days after the end of the period, with a report on the outcomes of the review that includes details of:\n\n (i) key themes and trends identified for the period; and\n\n (ii) any practices or procedures that have had a significant number of near misses or deficiencies which has resulted in increased nuclear safety and radiation protection risks; and\n\n (iii) how any identified deficiencies were, or are proposed to be, rectified.\n\nNote: The calculation of a period mentioned in paragraph (a) is not to include any periods during which the licence is suspended: see subsection 52(3).\n\n (2) However, if the remaining period of the licence, following any periods mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), is 12 months or less, subsection (1) does not apply to the period.\n\nReport on investigation of incident\n\n (3) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that if the licence holder or other person receives a report on:\n\n (a) an internal investigation of an incident in relation to the regulated activity; or\n\n (b) an investigation by a Commonwealth, State or Territory agency (other than the Regulator) of an incident in relation to the regulated activity;\n\nthe licence holder or other person must provide the report to the Regulator within 14 days after receiving the report.\n\n (4) If the licence is a transitional licence, this section applies in relation to a review of incidents and the management and consequences of those incidents as if:\n\n","sortOrder":71},{"sectionNumber":"65","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reporting—holdings of radioactive waste awaiting disposal","content":"65  Reporting—holdings of radioactive waste awaiting disposal\n\nReporting holdings of radioactive waste\n\n (1) It is a condition that the licence holder report to the Regulator, at the end of each period of 12 months during which the licence is in force (with the first of those periods beginning on the day the licence is issued):\n\n (a) the amount of radioactive waste from the regulated activity that is in a designated zone at that time, awaiting disposal; and\n\n (b) a description of the kind of the waste and its hazard level and classification.\n\nNote: The calculation of a period mentioned in this subsection is not to include any periods during which the licence is suspended: see subsection 52(3).\n\n (2) However, if the remaining period of the licence, following any periods mentioned in subsection (1), is 12 months or less, subsection (1) does not apply to the period.\n\n (3) If the licence is a transitional licence, this section applies as if:\n\n","sortOrder":72},{"sectionNumber":"66","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reporting—change of office holder with control of activity","content":"66  Reporting—change of office holder with control of activity\n\n (1) If the person who is the office holder of the licence holder that has organisational, financial and operational control of the conduct of the regulated activity changes, it is a condition that the licence holder must:\n\n (a) notify the Regulator; and\n\n (b) provide details of the new office holder to the Regulator.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must notify the Regulator and provide the details:\n\n (a) at least 6 weeks before the change; or\n\n (b) if the licence holder was not aware of the change 6 weeks before—as soon as practicable after becoming aware.\n\n","sortOrder":73},{"sectionNumber":"67","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reporting—final report for final period of licence","content":"67  Reporting—final report for final period of licence\n\n (1) This section does not apply in relation to a licence that is cancelled by the Regulator.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must provide to the Regulator, in accordance with subsection (3), a final report relating to the regulated activity.\n\n (3) The final report must be provided by the day that is 28 days before the following:\n\n (a) if the licence holder intends to surrender the licence under section 37 of the Act—the day the licence is surrendered;\n\n (b) otherwise—the day the licence will cease under paragraph 33(2)(b) of the Act.\n\n","sortOrder":74},{"sectionNumber":"68","sectionType":"section","heading":"Nuclear safety management system, arrangements, plans and records management system must be audited and reviewed","content":"68  Nuclear safety management system, arrangements, plans and records management system must be audited and reviewed\n\n (1) This section applies in relation to all of the following:\n\n (a) the nuclear safety management system, arrangements and each plan for the activity required under section 60;\n\n (b) the records management system for the activity required under section 61;\n\n (c) each plan for the activity required under Division 3 of this Part (plans for particular facility activities);\n\n (d) each plan or arrangements for the activity required under Division 4 of this Part (plans or arrangements for particular material activities).\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must, in accordance with subsection (3):\n\n (a) audit the implementation of the system, arrangements or plan; and\n\n (b) review the appropriateness and effectiveness of the system, arrangements or plan.\n\n (3) The audit and review must be undertaken:\n\n (a) for a plan mentioned in paragraph 60(1)(f), (i) or (j)—for each period of 12 months during which the licence is in force;\n\n (b) otherwise—for each period of 3 years during which the licence is in force;\n\nwith the first of those periods beginning on the day the licence is issued.\n\nNote 1: The plans mentioned in paragraph 60(1)(f), (i) and (j) are the radiation protection plan, the emergency management and response plan and the environmental protection plan.\n\nNote 2: The calculation of a period mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) is not to include any periods during which the licence is suspended: see subsection 52(3).\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must cause the audit and review to be completed within 3 months after the end of the period to which the audit and review relates.\n\n (5) It is a condition that the licence holder must, within 14 days after the completion of the audit and review, provide the Regulator with a report on the outcomes of the audit and review that includes details of:\n\n (a) the assessment of the implementation of the system, arrangements or plan; and\n\n (b) the assessment of the appropriateness and effectiveness of the system, arrangements or plan; and\n\n (c) how any identified deficiencies were, or are proposed to be, rectified.\n\n (6) However:\n\n (a) if, apart from this paragraph, paragraph (3)(a) would apply—if the remaining period of the licence, following any periods mentioned in paragraph (3)(a), is 12 months or less, subsections (3) to (5) do not apply to the period; and\n\n (b) if, apart from this paragraph, paragraph (3)(b) would apply—if the remaining period of the licence, following any periods mentioned in paragraph (3)(b), is 3 years or less, subsections (3) to (5) do not apply to the period.\n\n (7) If the licence is a transitional licence, this section applies in relation to an audit and review as if:\n\nSubdivision D—Conditions relating to dose limits\n\n","sortOrder":75},{"sectionNumber":"69","sectionType":"section","heading":"Dose limits","content":"69  Dose limits\n\n (1) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must ensure that radiation protection, in relation to the conduct of the regulated activity, is optimised:\n\n (a) to achieve the outcome that all of the following are kept as low as reasonably achievable:\n\n (i) the magnitude of individual doses;\n\n (ii) the number of people who are exposed;\n\n (iii) the likelihood of incurring exposures to ionising radiation and harmful non‑ionising radiation; and\n\n (b) in accordance with the limits in this Subdivision; and\n\n (c) if the Regulator has specified, as a condition for the purposes of paragraph 32(1)(c) or subsection 34(2) of the Act, that other codes or standards for dose limits must be complied with—in accordance with those codes or standards.\n\nNote 1: Records must be kept: see section 61.\n\nNote 2: Any moderate or significant increase in the magnitude of individual doses, or the number of people who are exposed, must be reported to the Regulator: see section 76.\n\nNote 3: If the significant increase involves a breach of dose limits, this must also be reported to the Regulator: see section 76.\n\n (2) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must ensure that exposure (both occupational and public) to harmful non‑ionising radiation produced by any NNP equipment or plant that are involved in the conduct of the regulated activity is kept as low as reasonably achievable within applicable dose limits.\n\nNote: Any moderate or significant increase in the magnitude of individual doses, or the number of people who are exposed, from the NNP equipment or plant must be reported to the Regulator: see section 76.\n\n","sortOrder":76},{"sectionNumber":"70","sectionType":"section","heading":"Dose limits—facility activity","content":"70  Dose limits—facility activity\n\n (2) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must ensure that the doses that a person (whether or not an occupationally exposed person) receives from ionising radiation inside, or in connection with, the NNP facility, do not exceed the applicable dose limits in sections 72 and 73.\n\nNote:  A significant increase in the magnitude of individual doses that involves a breach of dose limits must also be reported to the Regulator: see section 76.\n\n","sortOrder":77},{"sectionNumber":"71","sectionType":"section","heading":"Dose limits—activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant","content":"71  Dose limits—activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the material activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone.\n\n (2) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must ensure that the doses that a person (whether or not an occupationally exposed person) is exposed to from ionising radiation from the NNP material or the NNP equipment or plant do not exceed the applicable dose limits in sections 72 and 74.\n\nNote:  A significant increase in the magnitude of individual doses that involves a breach of dose limits must also be reported to the Regulator: section 76.\n\n","sortOrder":78},{"sectionNumber":"72","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effective dose limits for ionising radiation","content":"72  Effective dose limits for ionising radiation\n\nLimit for occupational exposure of persons who are at least 18\n\n (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (6), the effective dose for occupational exposure of a person who is at least 18 years old must not be greater than 20 mSv annually, averaged over 5 consecutive years.\n\n (2) However, subject to subsection (6), the effective dose for a person who is at least 18 years old subject to occupational exposure must not, in a year, be greater than 50 mSv.\n\nLimit for occupational exposure of persons who are 16 or 17\n\n (3) Subject to subsection (4), the effective dose for occupational exposure of a person who is 16 or 17 years old must not be greater than 6 mSv annually.\n\nLimit for occupational exposure of persons declared to be pregnant or breastfeeding\n\n (4) The effective dose for occupational exposure of a person who has declared to the licence holder that the person is pregnant or breastfeeding must not be greater than 1 mSv annually.\n\nLimit for public exposure\n\n (5) Subject to subsection (6), the effective dose for public exposure (including of an unborn child) must not be greater than 1 mSv annually.\n\nLimit for emergency workers and helpers\n\n (6) The effective dose for exposure of a person who undertakes an action mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table must not be greater than as set out in column 2 of that item.\n\n \n\n- Limit for emergency workers and helpers\n- Item Column 1Action Column 2Limit\n- 1 An emergency worker undertaking mitigatory actions and urgent protective actions on‑site during a nuclear or radiological emergency, including:(a) lifesaving actions; and(b) actions to prevent serious injury; and(c) actions to prevent the development of catastrophic conditions that could significantly affect people and the environment, and(d) actions to prevent severe tissue reactions that the worker considers is unlikely to result in serious injury (a) in relation to actions of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of column 1 of this item—500 mSv during the nuclear or radiological emergency;(b) in relation to all other actions—50 mSv during the nuclear or radiological emergency\n- 2 An emergency worker or helper undertaking urgent or early protective actions during the emergency response phase of a nuclear or radiological emergency 50 mSv during the nuclear or radiological emergency\n- 3 An emergency worker undertaking long‑term recovery operations during transition or termination phases of a nuclear or radiological emergency and beyond 20 mSv annually, averaged over 5 consecutive years\n\nNote: A nuclear or radiological emergency is a nuclear safety incident: see subsection 21(2) of the Act.\n\n (7) An emergency worker includes:\n\n (a) a person authorised to conduct the regulated activity; and\n\n (b) a person employed, either directly or indirectly, by a licence holder; and\n\n (c) personnel of a response organisation, such as a police officer, firefighter, medical personnel, and a driver or a crew of a vehicle used for evacuation.\n\n","sortOrder":79},{"sectionNumber":"73","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effective doses","content":"73  Effective doses\n\n (1) For the purposes of section 72, a person’s effective dose for a period that is relevant to the person under subsection (2) of this section is the sum of:\n\n (a) the effective dose that the person receives, from a source outside the person’s body, during the relevant period; and\n\n (b) the person’s committed effective dose, received from intakes during the relevant period, for the next 50 years.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a period that is relevant to a person is:\n\n (a) if the person is an occupationally exposed person—5 years; or\n\n (b) if the person is a member of the public—1 year.\n\n (3) Despite paragraph (1)(b), if the person is under 18 years of age, the committed effective dose must be worked out on the basis of the number of years calculated by subtracting the person’s age, at the time of the calculation, from 70.\n\n","sortOrder":80},{"sectionNumber":"74","sectionType":"section","heading":"Annual equivalent dose limit for ionising radiation","content":"74  Annual equivalent dose limit for ionising radiation\n\nLimit for occupational exposure of the lens of the eye\n\n (1) For occupational exposure, the equivalent dose to the lens of the eye must not be greater than 20 mSv annually, averaged over 5 consecutive years.\n\n (2) However, the equivalent dose to the lens of the eye for a person subject to occupational exposure must not, in a year, be greater than 50 mSv.\n\nLimit for public exposure of the lens of the eye\n\n (3) The equivalent dose to the lens of the eye for a person subject to public exposure must not, in a year, be greater than 15 mSv.\n\nLimit for occupational exposure of hands and feet\n\n (4) For occupational exposure, the annual equivalent dose to the hands and feet must not be greater than 500 mSv.\n\nLimits for occupational exposure and public exposure of skin\n\n (5) The annual equivalent dose to the skin must not be greater than:\n\n (a) for occupational exposure—500 mSv; and\n\n (b) for public exposure—50 mSv.\n\n (6) The annual equivalent dose limit to the skin applies to the average dose received by any 1 cm2 of skin.\n\nException for emergency workers and helpers\n\n (7) This section is subject to subsection 72(6).\n\n","sortOrder":81},{"sectionNumber":"75","sectionType":"section","heading":"Occupationally exposed persons","content":"75  Occupationally exposed persons\n\n (1) It is a condition that the licence holder must:\n\n (a) identify all persons (the occupationally exposed persons) who are, or could be, occupationally exposed to ionising radiation or high levels of non‑ionising radiation in relation to the conduct of the regulated activity; and\n\n (b) ensure that each occupationally exposed person’s age, and whether they have declared that they are pregnant or breastfeeding, can be effectively taken into account for the purposes of keeping exposure as low as reasonably achievable within the applicable dose limits; and\n\n (c) provide for a personal radiation monitoring service for each occupationally exposed person; and\n\n (d) record doses received by each occupationally exposed person, including results from the personal radiation monitoring and how doses were calculated; and\n\n (e) register each occupationally exposed person on the Australian National Radiation Dose Register; and\n\n (f) provide data on doses received by each occupationally exposed person to the Australian National Radiation Dose Register:\n\n (i) at least once every 3 months during which the licence is in force (beginning on the day the licence is issued); or\n\n (ii) if the Regulator has specified, as a condition for the purposes of paragraph 32(1)(c) or subsection 34(2) of the Act, that the licence holder must provide data more frequently—at least as frequently as specified.\n\nNote: The calculation of a period mentioned in subparagraph (f)(i) is not to include any periods during which the licence is suspended: see subsection 52(3).\n\nDose record to be provided to occupationally exposed person\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder provides a copy of the dose record of an occupationally exposed person to the person:\n\n (a) annually until termination of the person’s employment or contract; and\n\n (b) at the termination of the person’s employment or contract; and\n\n (c) on request at any time during the period of the licence.\n\nAudit and review\n\n (3) It is a condition that the licence holder must:\n\n (a) for each period of 12 months during which the licence is in force (with the first of those periods beginning on the day the licence is issued), audit and review the doses received by occupationally exposed persons during that period for the purposes of optimising radiation protection in relation to the conduct of the regulated activity as required under subsection 69(1); and\n\n (b) cause the audit and review to be completed within 3 months after the end of the period to which the audit and review relates; and\n\n (c) within 14 days after the completion of the audit and review, provide the Regulator with a report on the outcomes of the review that includes details of:\n\n (i) the assessment of the doses received; and\n\n (ii) how any identified deficiencies in the optimisation of radiation protection were, or are proposed to be, rectified.\n\nNote 1: The licence holder must receive approval from the Regulator before making a change identified in the review that is significant or may have significant implications for nuclear safety: see section 55.\n\nNote 2: The calculation of a period mentioned in paragraph (a) is not to include any periods during which the licence is suspended: see subsection 52(3).\n\n (4) However, if the remaining period of the licence, following any periods mentioned in paragraph (3)(a), is 12 months or less, subsection (3) does not apply to the period.\n\n (5) If the licence is a transitional licence, this section applies as if:\n\n","sortOrder":82},{"sectionNumber":"76","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reporting—increases in radiation exposure","content":"76  Reporting—increases in radiation exposure\n\n (1) Subsection (2) applies if the licence holder or any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity becomes aware of any moderate or significant increase in the magnitude of individual doses or in the number of people who are exposed:\n\n (a) in relation to the conduct of the regulated activity; or\n\n (b) from any NNP material or NNP equipment or plant that are involved in the conduct of the regulated activity.\n\n (2) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and the other person that the licence holder or person must report the increase to the Regulator:\n\n (a) if the increase is significant—immediately after becoming aware of the increase; or\n\n (b) if the increase is moderate—within 24 hours after becoming aware of the increase.\n\n (3) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person (the other authorised person) authorised to conduct the regulated activity that if the significant increase involves:\n\n (a) a person (whether or not an occupationally exposed person) being exposed to doses of a magnitude that breaches a condition in section 70 or 71 that applies to the licence holder or the other authorised person; or\n\n (b) any other breach of a condition relating to dose limits that applies to the licence holder or the other authorised person;\n\nthe licence holder or the other authorised person must also report that fact under subsection (2).\n\nDivision 3—Additional conditions applying to licence authorising facility activity\n\n","sortOrder":83},{"sectionNumber":"77","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions for any kind of facility activity—risk levels and activity levels","content":"77  Additional conditions for any kind of facility activity—risk levels and activity levels\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must maintain a current description of the level of nuclear safety risk posed by the regulated activity, having regard to the matters in paragraph 24(3)(b).\n\n (3) It is a condition that the licence holder must measure and record the activity levels of the NNP facility.\n\n78  Additional conditions for any kind of facility activity—sale, transfer or abandonment of a site, NNP facility or proposed NNP facility\n\nSale or transfer by licence holder\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must notify the Regulator of the proposed sale or transfer of:\n\nbefore it is sold or transferred.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the licence holder must not sell or transfer:\n\nother than to a Commonwealth‑related person that holds a licence authorising the conduct of a facility activity involving the site, NNP facility or proposed NNP facility.\n\nSite, facility or proposed facility not to be abandoned\n\n (4) It is a condition that:\n\nis not abandoned.\n\nNo sale or transfer by person authorised under licence\n\n (5) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person (the other authorised person) authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the other authorised person must not sell or transfer:\n\n (b) the NNP facility or proposed NNP facility.\n\n","sortOrder":84},{"sectionNumber":"79","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"79  Additional conditions—activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the facility activity of preparing a site for an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nPlan for preparing the site\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the plan for preparing the site for the proposed NNP facility.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the plan for preparing the site must ensure nuclear safety during the preparation of the site.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the plan for preparing the site is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\n (a) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide information and documents that describe and document the plan for preparing the site for the facility to the Regulator; and\n\n (b) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day that is 6 months after the commencement of the Act, provide a preliminary decommissioning plan for the proposed NNP facility to the Regulator.\n\n","sortOrder":85},{"sectionNumber":"80","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—activity of constructing an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"80  Additional conditions—activity of constructing an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the facility activity of constructing an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nDesign of the proposed NNP facility (construction)\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is conducted in accordance with the design of the proposed NNP facility (that ensures nuclear safety of the facility and its proposed operation), as that design is proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence, as changed from time to time by the licence holder:\n\nConstruction plan\n\n (3) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the construction plan for the facility.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the construction plan must ensure nuclear safety during the construction of the facility.\n\n (5) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the construction plan is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\nConstruction of items important for nuclear safety\n\n (6) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must not, as part of the construction of the facility, construct an item that is important for nuclear safety unless the licence holder or other person has obtained the approval of the Regulator to construct the item.\n\nPermit to establish facility\n\n (7) If the permit under the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987 to establish the facility was not provided to the Regulator under section 16 of this instrument, it is a condition that the licence holder must provide the permit to the Regulator before conducting the activity.\n\n (8) If the licence is a transitional licence:\n\n (a) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide the following to the Regulator:\n\n (i) information and documents that describe and document the construction plan for the proposed NNP facility;\n\n (ii) the design of the proposed NNP facility that ensures nuclear safety of the facility and its proposed operation, as in effect immediately before the day the Act commences; and\n\n (b) subsection (7) applies as if the reference to the licence holder providing the permit to the Regulator before conducting the activity were a reference to the licence holder providing the permit to the Regulator on the day the Act commences; and\n\n (c) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day that is 6 months after the commencement of the Act, provide a preliminary decommissioning plan for the proposed NNP facility to the Regulator.\n\n","sortOrder":86},{"sectionNumber":"81","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"81  Additional conditions—activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the facility activity of having possession or control of an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nPossession or control period plan\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the possession or control period plan for the facility.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the possession or control period plan must ensure nuclear safety during the possession or control period.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the possession or control period plan is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\nWhat must occur before any NNP facility or NNP equipment or plant is tested or operated\n\n (5) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that no NNP facility or NNP equipment or plant involved in the conduct of the activity is tested or operated unless:\n\n (a) effective safety mechanisms, devices or circuits are connected to the facility or equipment or plant to prevent or mitigate any nuclear safety hazards or risks and those mechanisms, devices or circuits are in good working order; and\n\n (b) if the Regulator requests the licence holder to demonstrate that paragraph (a) has been complied with before the testing or operation—the licence holder provides the Regulator with information or documents to demonstrate that compliance.\n\n (6) If the licence is a transitional licence:\n\n (a) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide information and documents that describe and document the possession or control period plan for the facility to the Regulator; and\n\n (b) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day that is 6 months after the commencement of the Act, provide the following to the Regulator:\n\n (i) if a licence authorising the operation of the facility has never been issued under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998—a preliminary operational plan for the NNP facility;\n\n (ii) a preliminary decommissioning plan for the NNP facility;\n\n (iii) a preliminary disposal plan for the NNP facility.\n\n","sortOrder":87},{"sectionNumber":"82","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"82  Additional conditions—activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the facility activity of operating an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nCommissioning plan\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the commissioning plan for the facility.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the commissioning plan must ensure nuclear safety during the commissioning of the facility.\n\nOperational plan\n\n (4) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the operational plan for the facility.\n\n (5) It is a condition that the operational plan must ensure nuclear safety during the operation of the facility.\n\nPlans must be implemented and maintained\n\n (6) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the commissioning plan and the operational plan are effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\nNote: The plans must be audited and reviewed every 3 years: see section 68.\n\n (7) If the licence is a transitional licence:\n\n (a) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide information and documents that describe and document the commissioning plan for the facility and the operational plan for the facility to the Regulator; and\n\n (b) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day that is 6 months after the commencement of the Act, provide the following to the Regulator:\n\n (i) a preliminary decommissioning plan for the NNP facility;\n\n (ii) a preliminary disposal plan for the NNP facility.\n\n","sortOrder":88},{"sectionNumber":"83","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"83  Additional conditions—activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the facility activity of decommissioning an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nDecommissioning plan\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the decommissioning plan for the facility.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the decommissioning plan must ensure nuclear safety during and after the decommissioning of the facility.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the decommissioning plan is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\n (a) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide information and documents that describe and document the decommissioning plan for the facility to the Regulator; and\n\n (b) it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day that is 6 months after the commencement of the Act, provide a preliminary disposal plan for the NNP facility to the Regulator.\n\n","sortOrder":89},{"sectionNumber":"84","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone","content":"84  Additional conditions—activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the facility activity of disposing of an NNP facility in a designated zone.\n\nDisposal plan\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the disposal plan for the facility.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the disposal plan must ensure nuclear safety during and after the disposal of the facility.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the disposal plan is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\nFinal disposal and post closure report\n\n (5) It is a condition that the licence holder provide to the Regulator a final disposal and post closure report by the day that is 28 days after the later of the following:\n\n (a) the completion of the final actions to be taken under the disposal plan;\n\n (b) if, under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, an environmental impact assessment of the site following disposal of the NNP facility would be required—the issuing, by a Commonwealth, State or Territory agency, of a notice of the agency’s decision in relation to the assessment that has been undertaken.\n\n (6) It is a condition that the final disposal and post closure report include a copy of the notice of the decision mentioned in paragraph (5)(b).\n\n (7) If the licence is a transitional licence, it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide information and documents that describe and document the disposal plan for the facility to the Regulator.\n\n","sortOrder":90},{"sectionNumber":"85","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—general requirements for plans required under this Division","content":"85  Additional conditions—general requirements for plans required under this Division\n\n (1) This section applies in relation to each plan for the regulated activity required under this Division.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the plan must be as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence, as changed from to time to time by the licence holder:\n\n (3) If the licence is a transitional licence, subsection (2) applies as if the reference to the plan as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence were a reference to the plan as described and documented in the information and documents provided to the Regulator on the day the Act commences.\n\nNote: For the requirements to provide such information and documents to the Regulator, see subsections 79(5), 80(8), 81(6), 82(7), 83(5) and 84(7).\n\nDivision 4—Additional conditions applying to licence authorising material activity\n\n","sortOrder":91},{"sectionNumber":"86","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—maintaining inventory, information and documents","content":"86  Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—maintaining inventory, information and documents\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must:\n\n (a) maintain a current inventory of any NNP material and NNP equipment or plant involved in the activity; and\n\n (b) keep the information and documents specified in column 2 of the item in the table in subsection 31(3) up‑to‑date for any such NNP material and NNP equipment or plant.\n\n (3) If the licence is a transitional licence, it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide to the Regulator the information and documents specified in column 2 of the item in the table in subsection 31(3) for any NNP material and NNP equipment or plant involved in the activity.\n\n87  Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—storing, managing and handling NNP material or NNP equipment or plant\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is conducted in accordance with the arrangements for storing, managing and handling of any NNP material or NNP equipment or plant involved in the conduct of the activity.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the arrangements must be as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence, as changed from time to time by the licence holder:\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the arrangements are effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\nNote: The arrangements must be audited and reviewed every 3 years: see section 68.\n\n88  Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—field exercises\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must:\n\n (a) ensure that a field exercise is conducted every 2 years during which the licence is in force (beginning on the day the licence is issued), for the purpose of testing the emergency management and response plan for the activity; and\n\n (b) if the results of the field exercise indicate that the emergency management and response plan, or any other system, arrangements or plan mentioned in section 60, needs to be changed—proceed to change the system, arrangements or plan in accordance with section 55.\n\nNote: The calculation of a period mentioned in paragraph (a) is not to include any periods during which the licence is suspended: see subsection 52(3).\n\n89  Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—transport or movement of naval nuclear propulsion plant\n\n (1) This section applies:\n\n (a) if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is a material activity; and\n\n (b) the activity includes:\n\n (i) the movement within a designated zone of naval nuclear propulsion plant; or\n\n (ii) the transport of naval nuclear propulsion plant into, or out of, a designated zone, other than on an operational AUKUS submarine.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must, before a particular movement or transport of naval nuclear propulsion plant:\n\n (a) submit to the Regulator a plan and arrangements for the particular movement or transport; and\n\n (b) obtain the approval of the Regulator for:\n\n (i) the plan and arrangements; and\n\n (ii) the movement or transport.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the movement or transport of naval nuclear propulsion plant is conducted in accordance with the plan and arrangements as approved by the Regulator.\n\n90  Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—transport of NNP material and NNP equipment or plant only as approved\n\n (1) This section applies:\n\n (a) if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is a material activity; and\n\n (b) the activity includes the transport into, or out of, a designated zone of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant not covered by section 89, other than on an operational AUKUS submarine.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must obtain the approval of the Regulator for the transport of the NNP material or NNP equipment or plant before it is transported into, or out of, the designated zone.\n\nNote: The transport must also be in accordance with the transport management plan for the activity: see section 91.\n\n91  Additional conditions for any kind of material activity—transport management and movement plans\n\n (2) This section does not apply to naval nuclear propulsion plant (which is dealt with in section 89).\n\nTransport management plan\n\n (3) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the transport management plan for transporting NNP material or NNP equipment or plant into, or out of, a designated zone for the activity.\n\nNote 1: NNP material and NNP equipment or plant (other than naval nuclear propulsion plant) may only be transported into, or out of, the designated zone in which the activity is conducted with the Regulator’s approval: see section 90.\n\nNote 2: The transport of naval nuclear propulsion plant requires a specific plan, arrangements and the approval of the Regulator for each transport: see section 89.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the transport management plan must ensure nuclear safety during, and control of, the transport of the NNP material or NNP equipment or plant into, or out of, the designated zone in which the regulated activity is conducted.\n\nMovement plan\n\n (5) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the movement plan for moving NNP material or NNP equipment or plant within a designated zone for the activity.\n\nNote: The movement of naval nuclear propulsion plant requires a specific plan, arrangements and the approval of the Regulator for each movement: see section 89.\n\n (6) It is a condition that the movement plan must ensure nuclear safety during, and control of, the movement of the NNP material or NNP equipment or plant within the designated zone in which the regulated activity is conducted.\n\nOther requirements for plans\n\n (7) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the transport management plan and the movement plan are effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\nNote: The plans must be audited and reviewed every 3 years: see section 68.\n\n (8) If the licence is a transitional licence it is a condition that the licence holder must, on the day the Act commences, provide information and documents that describe and document the transport management plan and the movement plan for the activity to the Regulator.\n\n92  Additional conditions for activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant—sale, transfer or abandonment\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the material activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone.\n\nSale or transfer by licence holder\n\n (2) It is a condition that the licence holder must obtain approval from the Regulator for the sale or transfer of naval nuclear propulsion plant before it is sold or transferred.\n\n (3) It is a condition that the licence holder must notify the Regulator of the proposed sale or transfer of NNP material, or NNP equipment or plant not covered by subsection (2), before it is sold or transferred.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must not sell or transfer NNP material, or NNP equipment or plant not covered by subsection (2), other than to a Commonwealth‑related person that holds a licence authorising the conduct of a material activity involving the NNP material or NNP equipment or plant.\n\nMaterial, equipment or plant not to be abandoned\n\n (5) It is a condition that the NNP material or NNP equipment or plant is not abandoned.\n\nNo sale or transfer by person authorised under licence\n\n (6) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person (the other authorised person) authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the other authorised person must not sell or transfer the NNP material or NNP equipment or plant.\n\n93  Additional conditions for activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant—plan for possession or control\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the material activity of having possession or control of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the plan for the possession or control of the NNP material or NNP equipment or plant.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the plan is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\n94  Additional conditions—activity of using NNP material in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the material activity of using NNP material in a designated zone.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the plan for using the NNP material.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the plan is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\n95  Additional conditions—activity of using or operating NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the material activity of using or operating NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the plan for using or operating the NNP equipment or plant.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the plan is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\n96  Additional conditions—activity of maintaining, storing or disposing of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone\n\n (1) This section applies if the regulated activity authorised by the licence is the material activity of maintaining, storing or disposing of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant in a designated zone.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the regulated activity is, so far as reasonably practicable, conducted in accordance with the plan for maintaining, storing or disposing of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant.\n\n (4) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that the plan is effectively implemented and maintained throughout the period of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":92},{"sectionNumber":"97","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—general requirements for certain plans required under this Division","content":"97  Additional conditions—general requirements for certain plans required under this Division\n\n (1) This section applies in relation to each plan for the regulated activity required under this Division, other than a plan required under section 89.\n\n (2) It is a condition that the plan must be as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence, as changed from time to time by the licence holder:\n\n (3) If the licence is a transitional licence, subsection (2) applies as if the reference to the plan as proposed at the time of making the decision to issue the licence were a reference to the plan as described and documented in the information and documents provided to the Regulator on the day the Act commences.\n\nNote: For the requirements to provide such information and documents to the Regulator, see subsection 91(8).\n\n","sortOrder":93},{"sectionNumber":"Div 5","sectionType":"division","heading":"Additional conditions applying to transitional licences","content":"Division 5—Additional conditions applying to transitional licences\n\n","sortOrder":94},{"sectionNumber":"98","sectionType":"section","heading":"Preliminary","content":"98  Preliminary\n\n (1) This Division applies to a licence that is a transitional licence authorising any kind of regulated activity.\n\n (2) In this Division:\n\nARPANS licence, in relation to a transitional licence, means the licence issued under section 32 or 33 of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 that, on and after commencement of the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Act 2024, is the transitional licence.\n\nNote: A transitional licence is a licence that has effect as if it were an Australian naval nuclear power safety licence issued under the Act due to the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Act 2024: see the definition of transitional licence in section 4.\n\n","sortOrder":95},{"sectionNumber":"99","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—information and documents relating to application for ARPANS licence","content":"99  Additional conditions—information and documents relating to application for ARPANS licence\n\n (1) It is a condition that the licence holder for the transitional licence must, within 28 days after the Act commences, provide to the Regulator all information and documents that were provided by the applicant, to the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), in relation to the application for the ARPANS licence.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), information and documents provided in relation to the application for the ARPANS licence include the following:\n\n (a) information and documents included in, or accompanying, the application;\n\n (b) information and documents provided in response to a request by the CEO of ARPANSA that the applicant provide the information or documents.\n\nNote: See sections 46 and 47 of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 2018 for information and documents that the application must include or that may be requested by the CEO of ARPANSA.\n\n","sortOrder":96},{"sectionNumber":"100","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—enforcement actions relating to ARPANS licence","content":"100  Additional conditions—enforcement actions relating to ARPANS licence\n\n  It is a condition that the licence holder for the transitional licence must, within 28 days after the Act commences, notify the Regulator, and (if relevant) provide a copy to the Regulator, of the following:\n\n (a) any improvement notices that were issued in relation to the ARPANS licence under section 80A of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998;\n\n (b) any directions that were given under section 41 of that Act to a person covered by the ARPANS licence and that relate to the ARPANS licence;\n\n (c) any injunctions that were granted under section 43 of that Act in relation to a person covered by the ARPANS licence and that relate to the ARPANS licence;\n\n (d) any suspensions of the ARPANS licence that were made under section 38 of that Act;\n\n (e) any of the following amendments to the ARPANS licence that were made under section 36 of that Act:\n\n (i) imposing additional licence conditions or varying conditions that were imposed by the CEO of ARPANSA;\n\n (ii) reducing the authority granted by the licence;\n\n (f) any matter relating to the ARPANS licence that was the subject of a recommendation to the Director of Public Prosecutions.\n\n","sortOrder":97},{"sectionNumber":"101","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional conditions—information and documents relating to ARPANS licence on request","content":"101  Additional conditions—information and documents relating to ARPANS licence on request\n\n (1) It is a condition that the licence holder for the transitional licence must, within the period specified by the Regulator, provide any information or documents requested by the Regulator relating to the ARPANS licence that is necessary to assist the Regulator to perform any of the Regulator’s functions to ensure nuclear safety.\n\n (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the information or documents may relate to, or be in addition to, other information or documents provided to the Regulator in accordance with another condition that applies to the transitional licence.\n\n","sortOrder":98},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Nuclear safety incidents","content":"Part 5—Nuclear safety incidents\n\n \n\n","sortOrder":99},{"sectionNumber":"102","sectionType":"section","heading":"Simplified outline of this Part","content":"102  Simplified outline of this Part\n\nLicence holders are subject to a nuclear safety duty in section 21 of the Act to report nuclear safety incidents.\n\nNuclear safety incidents include incidents that relate to nuclear safety and are of a kind prescribed in section 103 of this instrument.\n\nA report of a nuclear safety incident provided under subsection 21(1) of the Act must contain the information prescribed in section 104 of this instrument.\n\nA licence authorising a facility activity or material activity is subject to the conditions in section 105 in relation to a nuclear safety incident that the licence holder must report.\n\n","sortOrder":100},{"sectionNumber":"103","sectionType":"section","heading":"Kinds of incidents that are nuclear safety incidents","content":"103  Kinds of incidents that are nuclear safety incidents\n\n (1) For the purposes of subparagraph 21(2)(b)(iii) of the Act, the following kinds of incidents, that relate to nuclear safety and occur in relation to the conduct of a regulated activity, are prescribed:\n\n (a) an uncontrolled emission, escape, spillage or leakage of:\n\n (i) NNP material; or\n\n (ii) NNP equipment or plant;\n\n (b) an uncontrolled emission, escape, spillage or leakage of ionising radiation that results in a significant increase in the magnitude of individual doses;\n\n (c) an uncontrolled exposure to harmful non‑ionising radiation:\n\n (i) from equipment or plant described in section 12 of this instrument; and\n\n (ii) that results in an exposure limit specified in subsection (2) of this section being exceeded;\n\n (d) a theft or loss of NNP material or NNP equipment or plant;\n\n (e) damage to a package (however described) that contains NNP material or NNP equipment or plant;\n\n (f) a near miss that could have resulted in any of the following:\n\n (i) a significant increase in the magnitude of individual doses of ionising radiation;\n\n (ii) an applicable dose limit under section 72 or 74 for a person being exceeded;\n\n (iii) an exposure limit, specified in subsection (2), being exceeded in relation to harmful non‑ionising radiation from equipment or plant described in section 12.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subparagraphs (1)(c)(ii) and (1)(f)(iii), the following, to the extent they relate to naval nuclear propulsion, are specified as exposure limits:\n\n (a) the reference levels mentioned in the ICNIRP Guidelines For Limiting Exposure To Time‑Varying Electric And Magnetic Fields (1 Hz—100 kHz), published by the International Commission on Non‑Ionizing Radiation Protection, as existing on 4 April 2025;\n\n (b) the maximum permissible exposure limits mentioned in AS/NZS IEC 60825.1:2014;\n\n (c) the exposure limits mentioned in AS/NZS IEC 62471:2011;\n\n (d) the exposure limits mentioned in the ICNIRP Guidelines On Limits Of Exposure To Static Magnetic Fields, published by the International Commission on Non‑Ionizing Radiation Protection, as existing on 4 April 2025;\n\n (e) the exposure limits mentioned in the ICNIRP Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz), published by the International Commission on Non‑Ionizing Radiation Protection, as existing on 4 April 2025.\n\nNote: The documents mentioned in paragraphs (a), (d) and (e) could in 2025 be viewed on the website of the International Commission on Non‑Ionizing Radiation Protection (https://www.icnirp.org).\n\n","sortOrder":101},{"sectionNumber":"104","sectionType":"section","heading":"Information to be given in report of a nuclear safety incident","content":"104  Information to be given in report of a nuclear safety incident\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 21(3)(d) of the Act, the information to be contained in a report given under subsection 21(1) of the Act of a nuclear safety incident that occurs in relation to a regulated activity authorised by a licence is as follows:\n\n (a) the name of, and reference number for, the licence holder;\n\n (b) the date and time the report is given;\n\n (c) the name and role of the person giving the report;\n\n (d) a description of any NNP facility, NNP material or NNP equipment or plant involved in the incident;\n\n (e) a description of the incident, including:\n\n (i) the date and time of the incident; and\n\n (ii) the suspected cause of the incident; and\n\n (iii) details of any deaths of, serious injuries to, or serious illnesses in, individuals that were, or could have been, a result of the incident; and\n\n (iv) details of any serious environmental incidents that were, or could have been, a result of the incident;\n\n (f) a description of steps that have been taken or are proposed to be taken to:\n\n (i) manage or respond to the incident; or\n\n (ii) mitigate the consequences of the incident; or\n\n (iii) preserve the site of the incident;\n\n (g) the likelihood that another nuclear safety incident would or could occur as a result of the incident;\n\n (h) if the person giving the report is aware of any other information that is relevant to the effective management of, or response to, the incident—that information.\n\nNote 1: The report must be given immediately after the licence holder becomes aware of the incident. It may be given orally but must be confirmed by written notice as soon as practicable after being given orally: see paragraphs 21(3)(a) and (b) of the Act.\n\nNote 2: This section does not limit what the person giving the report may otherwise choose to include in it.\n\n","sortOrder":102},{"sectionNumber":"105","sectionType":"section","heading":"Actions after initial report of a nuclear safety incident","content":"105  Actions after initial report of a nuclear safety incident\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 32(1)(b) of the Act, a licence authorising a facility activity or a material activity is subject to the conditions prescribed by this section in relation to a nuclear safety incident that the licence holder must report under section 21 of the Act.\n\nNote: Part 4 of this instrument prescribes other conditions to which the licence is subject.\n\nInformation or action required to ensure effective management of nuclear safety incident\n\n (2) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must, if requested by the Regulator:\n\n (a) provide information and documents that the Regulator requires to be assured that the nuclear safety incident is being effectively managed; and\n\n (b) take any action that the Regulator requires to be assured that the nuclear safety incident is being effectively managed.\n\nPreservation of incident site etc.\n\n (3) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must, so far as reasonably practicable and subject to subsection (4), ensure that the site of the nuclear safety incident, including any naval nuclear propulsion plant, vessel, substance, structure or thing associated with the incident, is not disturbed until the Regulator directs that the site of the incident no longer needs to be preserved.\n\n (4) In complying with the condition prescribed in subsection (3), a person is not prevented from taking any action:\n\n (a) to assist an injured person; or\n\n (b) to remove a deceased person; or\n\n (c) that is essential to make the site of the incident safe; or\n\n (d) to minimise the risk of a further nuclear safety incident; or\n\n (e) that is associated with a police investigation; or\n\n (f) for which the Regulator has given approval in relation to the nuclear safety incident.\n\nCompliance with emergency management and response plan\n\n (5) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must, as soon as practicable after there is no longer a need to preserve the site of the nuclear safety incident, and in any event, within 6 months after the incident occurred, provide information and documents to the Regulator that demonstrate:\n\n (a) action that has been, or is proposed to be, taken to manage or respond to the nuclear safety incident; and\n\n (b) the extent to which that action deviates, or is proposed to deviate, from the emergency management and response plan for the regulated activity.\n\nNote: For the emergency management and response plan: see section 60.\n\nImplementation of recommendations\n\n (6) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must, subject to any approval under subsection (7):\n\n (a) implement any recommendations identified in the following:\n\n (i) a final report of the Regulator’s investigation of the nuclear safety incident;\n\n (ii) the final independent investigation report of the nuclear safety incident (see subsection (8));\n\n (iii) a final report of an internal investigation by the licence holder of the nuclear safety incident; and\n\n (b) provide information and documents to the Regulator to demonstrate that the licence holder has implemented all recommendations for preventing or mitigating the occurrence of nuclear safety incidents.\n\n (7) If the licence holder or person proposes not to implement a recommendation identified in a report mentioned in subsection (6), the licence holder or person must:\n\n (a) obtain approval for not implementing the recommendation from the Regulator; and\n\n (b) explain to the Regulator why implementing the recommendation is not possible, feasible or otherwise desirable; and\n\n (c) provide the Regulator with any information or documents the Regulator reasonably requires to decide whether to give the approval.\n\nIndependent investigation of the nuclear safety incident\n\n (8) It is a condition that the licence holder must:\n\n (a) as soon as practicable after the nuclear safety incident occurred, arrange for a suitably qualified and experienced independent person to investigate and report on the nuclear safety incident; and\n\n (b) provide any interim reports and the final report on the investigation to the Regulator within 7 days of receiving that report.\n\n (9) A report for the purpose of paragraph (8)(a) must address (but is not to be limited to) the following:\n\n (a) the events and circumstances that lead to the nuclear safety incident;\n\n (b) the facts of the nuclear safety incident;\n\n (c) the facts of what occurred during the nuclear safety incident and the response to it;\n\n (d) the essential factors and causes of the nuclear safety incident;\n\n (e) conclusions as to the cause of the nuclear safety incident or other issues identified in the investigation;\n\n (f) recommendations for preventing or mitigating the occurrence of nuclear safety incidents.\n\n","sortOrder":103},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"Suspension of licences and review of licence decisions","content":"Part 6—Suspension of licences and review of licence decisions\n\n \n\n","sortOrder":104},{"sectionNumber":"106","sectionType":"section","heading":"Simplified outline of this Part","content":"106  Simplified outline of this Part\n\nUnder section 35 of the Act, the Regulator may, and in certain circumstances must, suspend a licence. The default period of suspension is 12 months (see section 107 of this instrument). However, the Regulator may, under subparagraph 35(5)(b)(i) of the Act, specify a shorter period.\n\nInternal review may be sought for any decision of the Regulator in relation to a licence made under Part 3 of the Act (other than a decision made under subsection 35(3) of the Act which requires the Regulator to suspend a licence in certain circumstances). These decisions are called original decisions. An application for internal review of an original decision must contain the information in section 108 of this instrument.\n\n","sortOrder":105},{"sectionNumber":"107","sectionType":"section","heading":"Period of licence suspension","content":"107  Period of licence suspension\n\nMaximum period of licence suspension\n\n (1) For the purposes of subparagraph 35(5)(b)(i) of the Act, the period of 12 months is prescribed.\n\nNote: This means that the period specified by the Regulator as the period for which a licence suspension remains in force must not exceed 12 months.\n\nDefault period\n\n (2) For the purposes of subparagraph 35(5)(b)(ii) of the Act, the period of 12 months is prescribed.\n\nNote: This means that if the Regulator does not specify a period, a licence suspension remains in force until the end of the period of 12 months.\n\n","sortOrder":106},{"sectionNumber":"108","sectionType":"section","heading":"Information to be included in application for review of licence decision","content":"108  Information to be included in application for review of licence decision\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 38(5)(b) of the Act, the information to be contained in an application, under subsection 38(4) of the Act, for review of an original decision is as follows:\n\n (a) the name and contact details of the applicant for review;\n\n (b) the reference number for the application for the licence or the reference number for the licence;\n\n (c) details of the original decision, including the date and reference number of the original decision;\n\n (d) the applicant’s reasons for making the application for review;\n\n (e) any other information relating to the original decision or the applicant’s reasons for review that the applicant wishes to be taken into account in the review.\n\n","sortOrder":107},{"sectionNumber":"Part 7","sectionType":"part","heading":"Other matters","content":"Part 7—Other matters\n\n \n\n","sortOrder":108},{"sectionNumber":"109","sectionType":"section","heading":"Simplified outline of this Part","content":"109  Simplified outline of this Part\n\nThe annual report prepared for the Regulator and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 must also include the matters prescribed in section 110 of this instrument.\n\nThis Part makes provision for the interaction between this Act and State and Territory laws, and international agreements etc.\n\nUnder section 144 of the Act, the Regulator may, in writing, exempt a specified person from:\n\n (a) the application of subsection 19(1) of the Act in relation to a regulated activity; or\n\n (b) the application of a specified licence condition.\n\nAn application by a person for an exemption must be in accordance with section 113 of this instrument.\n\n","sortOrder":109},{"sectionNumber":"110","sectionType":"section","heading":"Annual report—other matters to be included","content":"110  Annual report—other matters to be included\n\n (1) For the purposes of section 122 of the Act, the matters to be included in the annual report for a reporting period are as follows:\n\n (a) details of any breach of licence conditions, by a licence holder or any other person authorised under a licence, that the Director‑General is aware has occurred during the period;\n\n (b) details of directions given by inspectors under section 75 of the Act during the period;\n\n (c) details of improvement notices given by inspectors under section 77 of the Act during the period;\n\n (d) the number of each of the following, during the period:\n\n (i) licence applications;\n\n (ii) licences issued;\n\n (iii) licences refused to be issued;\n\n (iv) licences varied;\n\n (v) licences suspended;\n\n (vi) licences cancelled;\n\n (vii) licences surrendered;\n\n (e) the number of nuclear safety incidents that the Director‑General is aware have occurred in relation to a regulated activity during the period;\n\n (f) the number of other incidents that the Director‑General is aware have occurred, during the period, in relation to regulated activities conducted under a licence, that:\n\n (i) relate to nuclear safety; and\n\n (ii) resulted in, or could have resulted in, significant injury to or significant illness in an individual or a significant environmental incident;\n\n (g) the number of other frequent incidents that the Director‑General is aware have occurred, during the period, in relation to regulated activities conducted under a licence, that:\n\n (i) relate to nuclear safety; and\n\n (ii) resulted in, or could have resulted in, lower level injury to or illness in an individual or a lower level environmental incident;\n\n (h) the number of court proceedings relating to an offence or contravention of a civil penalty provision of the Act brought during the period;\n\n (i) the number of reviews (other than internal reviews) of decisions made under the Act during the period;\n\n (j) the number of activities involving the use of the monitoring powers that concluded during the period;\n\n (k) the number of activities involving the use of the investigation powers that concluded during the period;\n\n (l) the number of warrants issued under the Act during the period;\n\n (m) the number of exemptions granted under section 144 of the Act during the period, and the following details in relation to each:\n\n (i) if the exempted person is not an individual—the name of the exempted person;\n\n (ii) if the exempted person is an individual—the name of the organisation (however described) in which the exempted person is employed or engaged (however described);\n\n (iii) the regulated activity to which the exemption relates;\n\n (iv) the provision of the Act, or licence condition, to which the exemption relates;\n\n (v) any conditions to which the exemption is subject;\n\n (vi) any breach of a condition (specified in an instrument of exemption under subsection 144(3) of the Act) by the exempted person that the Director‑General is aware has occurred during the period;\n\n (vii) any event or circumstance, that would have resulted in a breach of any licence conditions that would have applied to the exempted person if the exempted person were authorised under a licence to conduct the regulated activity, that the Director‑General is aware has occurred during the period.\n\n (2) However, the report is not required to include details of any of the above matters if, in the opinion of the Director‑General, the inclusion may prejudice the security or defence of the Commonwealth.\n\n","sortOrder":110},{"sectionNumber":"111","sectionType":"section","heading":"State and Territory laws that do not apply in relation to a regulated activity","content":"111  State and Territory laws that do not apply in relation to a regulated activity\n\n (1) For the purposes of section 135 of the Act:\n\n (a) subsection (2) of this section prescribes State or Territory laws; and\n\n (b) subsection (3) prescribes provisions of State or Territory laws;\n\nthat do not apply in relation to a regulated activity.\n\n (2) The following laws of a State or Territory are prescribed:\n\n (a) the Protection from Harmful Radiation Act 1990 (NSW);\n\n (b) the Radiation Act 2005 (Vic.);\n\n (c) the Radiation Safety Act 1999 (Qld);\n\n (d) the Nuclear Activities Regulation Act 1978 (WA);\n\n (e) the Nuclear Waste Storage and Transportation (Prohibition) Act 1999 (WA);\n\n (f) the Radiation Safety Act 1975 (WA);\n\n (g) the Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) Act 2000 (SA);\n\n (h) the Radiation Protection and Control Act 2021 (SA);\n\n (i) the Radiation Protection Act 2005 (Tas.);\n\n (j) the Radiation Protection Act 2006 (ACT);\n\n (k) the Radiation Protection Act 2004 (NT);\n\n (l) an instrument made under an Act mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (k).\n\n (3) Any provision, of any other State or Territory law, that regulates nuclear activities is prescribed.\n\nNote: For example, this includes provisions regulating the disposal of nuclear waste, the handling or storage of nuclear material or material contaminated with radiation, or the design, construction, operation, decommissioning or disposal of nuclear facilities.\n\n (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a provision of a law that is predominately for the purposes of:\n\n (a) regulating work or occupational health and safety; or\n\n (b) protecting the environment.\n\n","sortOrder":111},{"sectionNumber":"112","sectionType":"section","heading":"Obligations under international agreements that a person must have regard to when performing functions under the Act","content":"112  Obligations under international agreements that a person must have regard to when performing functions under the Act\n\n  For the purposes of section 136 of the Act, the following international agreements, as in force for Australia at the commencement of this instrument, are prescribed:\n\n (a) Agreement among the Government of Australia, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation Related to Naval Nuclear Propulsion, done at Washington on 5 August 2024;\n\n (b) Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at London, Moscow and Washington on 1 July 1968;\n\n (c) South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, done at Rarotonga on 6 August 1985;\n\n (d) Agreement between Australia and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1 July 1968, done at Vienna on 10 July 1974;\n\n (e) Protocol Additional to the Agreement [of 10 July 1974] between Australia and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1 July 1968, done at Vienna on 23 September 1997.\n\nNote 1: A person, in performing any function conferred on that person by the Act or an instrument made under the Act, must have regard to Australia’s obligations under the international agreements prescribed in this section: see section 136 of the Act.\n\nNote 2: The international agreements mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) are in the following Australian Treaties Series:\n\n(a) the Agreement mentioned in paragraph (a)—Australian Treaty Series 2025 No. 5 ([2025] ATS 5);\n\n(b) the Treaty mentioned in paragraph (b)—Australian Treaty Series 1973 No. 3 ([1973] ATS 3);\n\n(c) the Treaty mentioned in paragraph (c)—Australian Treaty Series 1986 No. 32 ([1986] ATS 32);\n\n(d) the Agreement mentioned in paragraph (d)—Australian Treaty Series 1974 No. 16 ([1974] ATS 16);\n\n(e) the Protocol mentioned in paragraph (e)—Australian Treaty Series 1997 No. 28 ([1997] ATS 28).\n\n They could in 2025 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (https://www.austlii.edu.au).\n\n","sortOrder":112},{"sectionNumber":"113","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for exemption from a provision of Act or licence condition","content":"113  Application for exemption from a provision of Act or licence condition\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 144(2)(a) of the Act, an application for an exemption to be granted under subsection (1) of that section must be in writing, in the approved form (if any), and include the following:\n\n (a) the name of the person to be exempted;\n\n (b) the name and contact details of the applicant;\n\n (c) if the application is in relation to an NNP facility, NNP material, or NNP equipment or plant, that is covered by a licence—the reference number for the licence;\n\n (d) whether the application seeks an exemption from subsection 19(1) of the Act or from a licence condition;\n\n (e) if the application seeks an exemption from subsection 19(1) of the Act, to allow a person who is not authorised under a licence to conduct a regulated activity—an explanation of the operational imperative for seeking the exemption;\n\n (f) if the application seeks an exemption from a particular licence condition—the licence condition;\n\n (g) the period for which the exemption is sought including the period’s start date and end date;\n\n (h) reasons why the exemption is sought;\n\n (i) an explanation of why the applicant believes that granting the exemption would not negatively impact the following:\n\n (i) nuclear safety;\n\n (ii) the objects of the Act;\n\n (iii) the ability of any person conducting a regulated activity covered by, or related to, the application for exemption, to comply with the nuclear safety duties applying to the person under Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act;\n\n (j) any other information the applicant wishes the Regulator to consider in determining the application.\n\n","sortOrder":113},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Designated zones","content":"Schedule 1—Designated zones\n\nNote: See sections 8 and 9.\n\n  \n\n","sortOrder":114},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Stirling designated zone (the area known as HMAS Stirling at Garden Island in Western Australia)","content":"1  Stirling designated zone (the area known as HMAS Stirling at Garden Island in Western Australia)\n\n![Aerial photographic map showing the Stirling designated zone](image.002.png)\n\n \n\n2  Osborne designated zone (the area known as Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia)\n\n![Aerial photographic map showing the Osborne designated zone](image.003.png)\n\n \n\n","sortOrder":115},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Activity values for nuclides","content":"Schedule 2—Activity values for nuclides\n\nNote: See sections 5 and 6.\n\nPart 1—Activity values for nuclides\n\n \n\n1  Activity values for nuclides\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 5(1), the activity value for a nuclide mentioned in an item in column 1 of the following table is as follows:\n\n (a) if the nuclide is in solid form—the activity value specified in column 2 of the item;\n\n (b) if the nuclide is in liquid form—the activity value specified in column 3 of the item;\n\n (c) if the nuclide is in the form of gas or vapour—the activity value specified in column 4 of the item.\n\n \n\n- Activity values for nuclides\n- Item Column 1Nuclide Column 2Activity value (Bq) for nuclide in solid form Column 3Activity value for nuclide in liquid form (Bq) Column 4Activity value for nuclide in form of gas or vapour (Bq)\n- 1 H‑3 1 x 109 2.0 x 1011 1.0 x 1012\n- 2 Be‑7 1 x 107\n- 3 Be‑10 1 x 106\n- 4 C‑11 1 x 106\n- 5 C‑14 1 x 107 1.8 x 108 1.0 x 1011\n- 6 N‑13 1 x 109\n- 7 Ne‑19 1 x 109\n- 8 O‑15 1 x 109\n- 9 F‑18 1 x 106 2.3 x 109 2.5 x 1013\n- 10 Na‑22 1 x 106 1.0 x 106 1.0 x 107\n- 11 Na‑24 1 x 105 1.0 x 108 1.0 x 1010\n- 12 Mg‑28 1 x 105\n- 13 Al‑26 1 x 105\n- 14 Si‑31 1 x 106\n- 15 Si‑32 1 x 106\n- 16 P‑32 1 x 105 1.0 x 107 1.0 x 109\n- 17 P‑33 1 x 108 3.0 x 108 3.0 x 1010\n- 18 S‑35 1 x 108\n- 19 S‑35 (inorganic) 3.3 x 108 1.0 x 109\n- 20 Cl‑36 1 x 106 7.1 x 106 1.0 x 108\n- 21 Cl‑38 1 x 105\n- 22 Cl‑39 1 x 105\n- 23 Ar‑37 1 x 108\n- 24 Ar‑39 1 x 104\n- 25 Ar‑41 1 x 109\n- 26 K‑40 1 x 106\n- 27 K‑42 1 x 106\n- 28 K‑43 1 x 106\n- 29 K‑44 1 x 105\n- 30 K‑45 1 x 105\n- 31 Ca‑41 1 x 107\n- 32 Ca‑45 1 x 107 3.0 x 109 1.0 x 109\n- 33 Ca‑47 1 x 106\n- 34 Sc‑43 1 x 106\n- 35 Sc‑44 1 x 105\n- 36 Sc‑45 1 x 107\n- 37 Sc‑46 1 x 106\n- 38 Sc‑47 1 x 106\n- 39 Sc‑48 1 x 105\n- 40 Sc‑49 1 x 105\n- 41 Ti‑44 1 x 105\n- 42 Ti‑45 1 x 106\n- 43 V‑47 1 x 105\n- 44 V‑48 1 x 105\n- 45 V‑49 1 x 107\n- 46 Cr‑48 1 x 106\n- 47 Cr‑49 1 x 106\n- 48 Cr‑51 1 x 107 1.0 x 109 1.0 x 1010\n- 49 Mn‑51 1 x 105\n- 50 Mn‑52 1 x 105\n- 51 Mn‑52m 1 x 105\n- 52 Mn‑53 1 x 109\n- 53 Mn‑54 1 x 106\n- 54 Mn‑56 1 x 105\n- 55 Fe‑52 1 x 106\n- 56 Fe‑55 1 x 106\n- 57 Fe‑59 1 x 106 1.0 x 107 1.0 x 109\n- 58 Fe‑60 1 x 105\n- 59 Co‑55 1 x 106\n- 60 Co‑56 1 x 105\n- 61 Co‑57 1 x 106 6.3 x 108 1.0 x 1010\n- 62 Co‑58 1 x 106\n- 63 Co‑58m 1 x 107\n- 64 Co‑60 1 x 105 5.6 x 106 8.3 x 109\n- 65 Co‑60m 1 x 106\n- 66 Co‑61 1 x 106\n- 67 Co‑62m 1 x 105\n- 68 Ni‑56 1 x 106\n- 69 Ni‑57 1 x 106\n- 70 Ni‑59 1 x 108\n- 71 Ni‑63 1 x 108 6.3 x 1010 8.3 x 1012\n- 72 Ni‑65 1 x 106\n- 73 Ni‑66 1 x 107\n- 74 Cu‑60 1 x 105\n- 75 Cu‑61 1 x 106\n- 76 Cu‑64 1 x 106\n- 77 Cu‑67 1 x 106\n- 78 Zn‑62 1 x 106\n- 79 Zn‑63 1 x 105\n- 80 Zn‑65 1 x 106 7.0 x 106 3.0 x 1010\n- 81 Zn‑69 1 x 106\n- 82 Zn‑69m 1 x 106\n- 83 Zn‑71m 1 x 106\n- 84 Zn‑72 1 x 106\n- 85 Ga‑65 1 x 105\n- 86 Ga‑66 1 x 105\n- 87 Ga‑67 1 x 106 1.0 x 109 1.0 x 1011\n- 88 Ga‑68 1 x 105\n- 89 Ga‑70 1 x 106\n- 90 Ga‑72 1 x 105\n- 91 Ga‑73 1 x 106\n- 92 Ge‑66 1 x 106\n- 93 Ge‑67 1 x 105\n- 94 Ge‑68a 1 x 105\n- 95 Ge‑69 1 x 106\n- 96 Ge‑71 1 x 108\n- 97 Ge‑75 1 x 106\n- 98 Ge‑77 1 x 105\n- 99 Ge‑78 1 x 106\n- 100 As‑69 1 x 105\n- 101 As‑70 1 x 105\n- 102 As‑71 1 x 106\n- 103 As‑72 1 x 105\n- 104 As‑73 1 x 107\n- 105 As‑74 1 x 106\n- 106 As‑76 1 x 105\n- 107 As‑77 1 x 106\n- 108 As‑78 1 x 105\n- 109 Se‑70 1 x 106\n- 110 Se‑73 1 x 106\n- 111 Se‑73m 1 x 106\n- 112 Se‑75 1 x 106\n- 113 Se‑79 1 x 107\n- 114 Se‑81 1 x 106\n- 115 Se‑81m 1 x 107\n- 116 Se‑83 1 x 105\n- 117 Br‑74 1 x 105\n- 118 Br‑74m 1 x 105\n- 119 Br‑75 1 x 106\n- 120 Br‑76 1 x 105\n- 121 Br‑77 1 x 106\n- 122 Br‑80 1 x 105\n- 123 Br‑80m 1 x 107\n- 124 Br‑82 1 x 106\n- 125 Br‑83 1 x 106\n- 126 Br‑84 1 x 105\n- 127 Kr‑74 1 x 109\n- 128 Kr‑76 1 x 109\n- 129 Kr‑77 1 x 109\n- 130 Kr‑79 1 x 105\n- 131 Kr‑81 1 x 107\n- 132 Kr‑81m 1 x 1010\n- 133 Kr‑83m 1 x 1012\n- 134 Kr‑85 1 x 104 7.7 x 1015\n- 135 Kr‑85m 1 x 1010\n- 136 Kr‑87 1 x 109\n- 137 Kr‑88 1 x 109\n- 138 Rb‑79 1 x 105\n- 139 Rb‑81 1 x 106\n- 140 Rb‑81m 1 x 107\n- 141 Rb‑82m 1 x 106\n- 142 Rb‑83a 1 x 106\n- 143 Rb‑84 1 x 106\n- 144 Rb‑86 1 x 105\n- 145 Rb‑87 1 x 107\n- 146 Rb‑88 1 x 105\n- 147 Rb‑89 1 x 105\n- 148 Sr‑80 1 x 107\n- 149 Sr‑81 1 x 105\n- 150 Sr‑82a 1 x 105\n- 151 Sr‑83 1 x 106\n- 152 Sr‑85 1 x 106\n- 153 Sr‑85m 1 x 107\n- 154 Sr‑87m 1 x 106\n- 155 Sr‑89 1 x 106 2.0 x 109 1.0 x 109\n- 156 Sr‑90a 1 x 104\n- 157 Sr‑90 1.0 x 107 3.0 x 1010\n- 158 Sr‑91 1 x 105\n- 159 Sr‑92 1 x 106\n- 160 Y‑86 1 x 105\n- 161 Y‑86m 1 x 107\n- 162 Y‑87a 1 x 106\n- 163 Y‑88 1 x 106\n- 164 Y‑90 1 x 105 4.2 x 1010 1.0 x 1011\n- 165 Y‑90m 1 x 106\n- 166 Y‑91 1 x 106\n- 167 Y‑91m 1 x 106\n- 168 Y‑92 1 x 105\n- 169 Y‑93 1 x 105\n- 170 Y‑94 1 x 105\n- 171 Y‑95 1 x 105\n- 172 Zr‑86 1 x 107\n- 173 Zr‑88 1 x 106\n- 174 Zr‑89 1 x 106\n- 175 Zr‑93a 1 x 107\n- 176 Zr‑95 1 x 106\n- 177 Zr‑97a 1 x 105\n- 178 Nb‑88 1 x 105\n- 179 Nb‑89 1 x 105\n- 180 Nb‑89m 1 x 105\n- 181 Nb‑90 1 x 105\n- 182 Nb‑93m 1 x 107\n- 183 Nb‑94 1 x 106\n- 184 Nb‑95 1 x 106\n- 185 Nb‑95m 1 x 107\n- 186 Nb‑96 1 x 105\n- 187 Nb‑97 1 x 106\n- 188 Nb‑98 1 x 105\n- 189 Mo‑90 1 x 106\n- 190 Mo‑93 1 x 108\n- 191 Mo‑93m 1 x 106\n- 192 Mo‑99 1 x 106 1.0 x 109 1.0 x 1010\n- 193 Mo‑101 1 x 106\n- 194 Tc‑93 1 x 106\n- 195 Tc‑93m 1 x 106\n- 196 Tc‑94 1 x 106\n- 197 Tc‑94m 1 x 105\n- 198 Tc‑95 1 x 106\n- 199 Tc‑95m 1 x 106\n- 200 Tc‑96 1 x 106\n- 201 Tc‑96m 1 x 107\n- 202 Tc‑97 1 x 108\n- 203 Tc‑97m 1 x 107\n- 204 Tc‑98 1 x 106\n- 205 Tc‑99 1 x 107 2.0 x 106 1.0 x 108\n- 206 Tc‑99m 1 x 107 7.0 x 108 1.0 x 1012\n- 207 Tc‑101 1 x 106\n- 208 Tc‑104 1 x 105\n- 209 Ru‑94 1 x 106\n- 210 Ru‑97 1 x 107\n- 211 Ru‑103 1 x 106\n- 212 Ru‑105 1 x 106\n- 213 Ru‑106a 1 x 105\n- 214 Rh‑99 1 x 106\n- 215 Rh‑99m 1 x 106\n- 216 Rh‑100 1 x 106\n- 217 Rh‑101 1 x 107\n- 218 Rh‑101m 1 x 107\n- 219 Rh‑102 1 x 106\n- 220 Rh‑102m 1 x 106\n- 221 Rh‑103m 1 x 108\n- 222 Rh‑105 1 x 107\n- 223 Rh‑106m 1 x 105\n- 224 Rh‑107 1 x 106\n- 225 Pd‑100 1 x 107\n- 226 Pd‑101 1 x 106\n- 227 Pd‑103 1 x 108\n- 228 Pd‑107 1 x 108\n- 229 Pd‑109 1 x 106\n- 230 Ag‑102 1 x 105\n- 231 Ag‑103 1 x 106\n- 232 Ag‑104 1 x 106\n- 233 Ag‑104m 1 x 106\n- 234 Ag‑105 1 x 106\n- 235 Ag‑106 1 x 106\n- 236 Ag‑106m 1 x 106\n- 237 Ag‑108ma 1 x 106\n- 238 Ag‑110m 1 x 106\n- 239 Ag‑111 1 x 106\n- 240 Ag‑112 1 x 105\n- 241 Ag‑115 1 x 105\n- 242 Cd‑104 1 x 107\n- 243 Cd‑107 1 x 107\n- 244 Cd‑109 1 x 106\n- 245 Cd‑113 1 x 106\n- 246 Cd‑113m 1 x 106\n- 247 Cd‑115 1 x 106\n- 248 Cd‑115m 1 x 106\n- 249 Cd‑117 1 x 106\n- 250 Cd‑117m 1 x 106\n- 251 In‑109 1 x 106\n- 252 In‑110 1 x 106\n- 253 In‑110m 1 x 105\n- 254 In‑111 1 x 106 1.0 x 109 1.0 x 1010\n- 255 In‑112 1 x 106\n- 256 In‑113m 1 x 106\n- 257 In‑114 1 x 105\n- 258 In‑114m 1 x 106\n- 259 In‑115 1 x 105\n- 260 In‑115m 1 x 106\n- 261 In‑116m 1 x 105\n- 262 In‑117 1 x 106\n- 263 In‑117m 1 x 106\n- 264 In‑119m 1 x 105\n- 265 Sn‑110 1 x 107\n- 266 Sn‑111 1 x 106\n- 267 Sn‑113 1 x 107\n- 268 Sn‑117m 1 x 106\n- 269 Sn‑119m 1 x 107\n- 270 Sn‑121 1 x 107\n- 271 Sn‑121ma 1 x 107\n- 272 Sn‑123 1 x 106\n- 273 Sn‑123m 1 x 106\n- 274 Sn‑125 1 x 105\n- 275 Sn‑126a 1 x 105\n- 276 Sn‑127 1 x 106\n- 277 Sn‑128 1 x 106\n- 278 Sb‑115 1 x 106\n- 279 Sb‑116 1 x 106\n- 280 Sb‑116m 1 x 105\n- 281 Sb‑117 1 x 107\n- 282 Sb‑118m 1 x 106\n- 283 Sb‑119 1 x 107\n- 284 Sb‑120 1 x 106\n- 285 Sb‑120m 1 x 106\n- 286 Sb‑122 1 x 104\n- 287 Sb‑124 1 x 106\n- 288 Sb‑124m 1 x 106\n- 289 Sb‑125 1 x 106\n- 290 Sb‑126 1 x 105\n- 291 Sb‑126m 1 x 105\n- 292 Sb‑127 1 x 106\n- 293 Sb‑128 1 x 105\n- 294 Sb‑128m 1 x 105\n- 295 Sb‑129 1 x 106\n- 296 Sb‑130 1 x 105\n- 297 Sb‑131 1 x 106\n- 298 Te‑116 1 x 107\n- 299 Te‑121 1 x 106\n- 300 Te‑121m 1 x 106\n- 301 Te‑123 1 x 106\n- 302 Te‑123m 1 x 107\n- 303 Te‑125m 1 x 107\n- 304 Te‑127 1 x 106\n- 305 Te‑127m 1 x 107\n- 306 Te‑129 1 x 106\n- 307 Te‑129m 1 x 106\n- 308 Te‑131 1 x 105\n- 309 Te‑131m 1 x 106\n- 310 Te‑132 1 x 107\n- 311 Te‑133 1 x 105\n- 312 Te‑133m 1 x 105\n- 313 Te‑134 1 x 106\n- 314 I‑120 1 x 105\n- 315 I‑120m 1 x 105\n- 316 I‑121 1 x 106\n- 317 I‑123 1 x 107 8.3 x 109 1.0 x 1011\n- 318 I‑124 1 x 106\n- 319 I‑125 1 x 106 1.0 x 109 1.0 x 109\n- 320 I‑126 1 x 106\n- 321 I‑128 1 x 105\n- 322 I‑129 1 x 105 1.8 x 107 1.3 x 109\n- 323 I‑130 1 x 106\n- 324 I‑131 1 x 106 1.0 x 108 1.0 x 109\n- 325 I‑132 1 x 105\n- 326 I‑132m 1 x 106\n- 327 I‑133 1 x 106\n- 328 I‑134 1 x 105\n- 329 I‑135 1 x 106\n- 330 Xe‑120 1 x 109\n- 331 Xe‑121 1 x 109\n- 332 Xe‑122a 1 x 109\n- 333 Xe‑123 1 x 109\n- 334 Xe‑125 1 x 109\n- 335 Xe‑127 1 x 105\n- 336 Xe‑129m 1 x 104\n- 337 Xe‑131m 1 x 104\n- 338 Xe‑133m 1 x 104\n- 339 Xe‑133 1 x 104\n- 340 Xe‑135 1 x 1010\n- 341 Xe‑135m 1 x 109\n- 342 Xe‑138 1 x 109\n- 343 Cs‑125 1 x 104\n- 344 Cs‑127 1 x 105\n- 345 Cs‑129 1 x 105\n- 346 Cs‑130 1 x 106\n- 347 Cs‑131 1 x 106\n- 348 Cs‑132 1 x 105\n- 349 Cs‑134m 1 x 105\n- 350 Cs‑134 1 x 104\n- 351 Cs‑135 1 x 107\n- 352 Cs‑135m 1 x 106\n- 353 Cs‑136 1 x 105\n- 354 Cs‑137a 1 x 104\n- 355 Cs‑137 1.7 x 107 1.4 x 1010\n- 356 Cs‑138 1 x 104\n- 357 Ba‑126 1 x 107\n- 358 Ba‑128 1 x 107\n- 359 Ba‑131 1 x 106\n- 360 Ba‑131m 1 x 107\n- 361 Ba‑133 1 x 106\n- 362 Ba‑133m 1 x 106\n- 363 Ba‑135m 1 x 106\n- 364 Ba‑137m 1 x 106\n- 365 Ba‑139 1 x 105\n- 366 Ba‑140a 1 x 105\n- 367 Ba‑141 1 x 105\n- 368 Ba‑142 1 x 106\n- 369 La‑131 1 x 106\n- 370 La‑132 1 x 106\n- 371 La‑135 1 x 107\n- 372 La‑137 1 x 107\n- 373 La‑138 1 x 106\n- 374 La‑140 1 x 105\n- 375 La‑141 1 x 105\n- 376 La‑142 1 x 105\n- 377 La‑143 1 x 105\n- 378 Ce‑134 1 x 107\n- 379 Ce‑135 1 x 106\n- 380 Ce‑137 1 x 107\n- 381 Ce‑137m 1 x 106\n- 382 Ce‑139 1 x 106\n- 383 Ce‑141 1 x 107\n- 384 Ce‑143 1 x 106\n- 385 Ce‑144a 1 x 105\n- 386 Pr‑136 1 x 105\n- 387 Pr‑137 1 x 106\n- 388 Pr‑138m 1 x 106\n- 389 Pr‑139 1 x 107\n- 390 Pr‑142 1 x 105\n- 391 Pr‑142m 1 x 109\n- 392 Pr‑143 1 x 106\n- 393 Pr‑144 1 x 105\n- 394 Pr‑145 1 x 105\n- 395 Pr‑147 1 x 105\n- 396 Nd‑136 1 x 106\n- 397 Nd‑138 1 x 107\n- 398 Nd‑139 1 x 106\n- 399 Nd‑139m 1 x 106\n- 400 Nd‑141 1 x 107\n- 401 Nd‑147 1 x 106\n- 402 Nd‑149 1 x 106\n- 403 Nd‑151 1 x 105\n- 404 Pm‑141 1 x 105\n- 405 Pm‑143 1 x 106\n- 406 Pm‑144 1 x 106\n- 407 Pm‑145 1 x 107\n- 408 Pm‑146 1 x 106\n- 409 Pm‑147 1 x 107 1.0 x 1011 1.0 x 1011\n- 410 Pm‑148 1 x 105\n- 411 Pm‑148m 1 x 106\n- 412 Pm‑149 1 x 106\n- 413 Pm‑150 1 x 105\n- 414 Pm‑151 1 x 106\n- 415 Sm‑141 1 x 105\n- 416 Sm‑141m 1 x 106\n- 417 Sm‑142 1 x 107\n- 418 Sm‑145 1 x 107\n- 419 Sm‑146 1 x 105\n- 420 Sm‑147 1 x 104\n- 421 Sm‑151 1 x 108\n- 422 Sm‑153 1 x 106 3.2 x 1010 6.3 x 1012\n- 423 Sm‑155 1 x 106\n- 424 Sm‑156 1 x 106\n- 425 Eu‑145 1 x 106\n- 426 Eu‑146 1 x 106\n- 427 Eu‑147 1 x 106\n- 428 Eu‑148 1 x 106\n- 429 Eu‑149 1 x 107\n- 430 Eu‑150 1 x 106\n- 431 Eu‑150m 1 x 106\n- 432 Eu‑152 1 x 106\n- 433 Eu‑152m 1 x 106\n- 434 Eu‑154 1 x 106\n- 435 Eu‑155 1 x 107\n- 436 Eu‑156 1 x 106\n- 437 Eu‑157 1 x 106\n- 438 Eu‑158 1 x 105\n- 439 Gd‑145 1 x 105\n- 440 Gd‑146a 1 x 106\n- 441 Gd‑147 1 x 106\n- 442 Gd‑148 1 x 104\n- 443 Gd‑149 1 x 106\n- 444 Gd‑151 1 x 107\n- 445 Gd‑152 1 x 104\n- 446 Gd‑153 1 x 107\n- 447 Gd‑159 1 x 106\n- 448 Tb‑147 1 x 106\n- 449 Tb‑149 1 x 106\n- 450 Tb‑150 1 x 106\n- 451 Tb‑151 1 x 106\n- 452 Tb‑153 1 x 107\n- 453 Tb‑154 1 x 106\n- 454 Tb‑155 1 x 107\n- 455 Tb‑156 1 x 106\n- 456 Tb‑156 (24.4 h) 1 x 107\n- 457 Tb‑156m’ (5 h) 1 x 107\n- 458 Tb‑157 1 x 107\n- 459 Tb‑158 1 x 106\n- 460 Tb‑160 1 x 106\n- 461 Tb‑161 1 x 106\n- 462 Dy‑155 1 x 106\n- 463 Dy‑157 1 x 106\n- 464 Dy‑159 1 x 107\n- 465 Dy‑165 1 x 106\n- 466 Dy‑166 1 x 106\n- 467 Ho‑155 1 x 106\n- 468 Ho‑157 1 x 106\n- 469 Ho‑159 1 x 106\n- 470 Ho‑161 1 x 107\n- 471 Ho‑162 1 x 107\n- 472 Ho‑162m 1 x 106\n- 473 Ho‑164 1 x 106\n- 474 Ho‑164m 1 x 107\n- 475 Ho‑166 1 x 105\n- 476 Ho‑166m 1 x 106\n- 477 Ho‑167 1 x 106\n- 478 Er‑161 1 x 106\n- 479 Er‑165 1 x 107\n- 480 Er‑169 1 x 107\n- 481 Er‑171 1 x 106\n- 482 Er‑172 1 x 106\n- 483 Tm‑162 1 x 106\n- 484 Tm‑166 1 x 106\n- 485 Tm‑167 1 x 106\n- 486 Tm‑170 1 x 106\n- 487 Tm‑171 1 x 108\n- 488 Tm‑172 1 x 106\n- 489 Tm‑173 1 x 106\n- 490 Tm‑175 1 x 106\n- 491 Yb‑162 1 x 107\n- 492 Yb‑166 1 x 107\n- 493 Yb‑167 1 x 106\n- 494 Yb‑169 1 x 107\n- 495 Yb‑175 1 x 107\n- 496 Yb‑177 1 x 106\n- 497 Yb‑178 1 x 106\n- 498 Lu‑169 1 x 106\n- 499 Lu‑170 1 x 106\n- 500 Lu‑171 1 x 106\n- 501 Lu‑172 1 x 106\n- 502 Lu‑173 1 x 107\n- 503 Lu‑174 1 x 107\n- 504 Lu‑174m 1 x 107\n- 505 Lu‑176 1 x 106\n- 506 Lu‑176m 1 x 106\n- 507 Lu‑177 1 x 107\n- 508 Lu‑177m 1 x 106\n- 509 Lu‑178 1 x 105\n- 510 Lu‑178m 1 x 105\n- 511 Lu‑179 1 x 106\n- 512 Hf‑170 1 x 106\n- 513 Hf‑172a 1 x 106\n- 514 Hf‑173 1 x 106\n- 515 Hf‑175 1 x 106\n- 516 Hf‑177m 1 x 105\n- 517 Hf‑178m 1 x 106\n- 518 Hf‑179m 1 x 106\n- 519 Hf‑180m 1 x 106\n- 520 Hf‑181 1 x 106\n- 521 Hf‑182 1 x 106\n- 522 Hf‑182m 1 x 106\n- 523 Hf‑183 1 x 106\n- 524 Hf‑184 1 x 106\n- 525 Ta‑172 1 x 106\n- 526 Ta‑173 1 x 106\n- 527 Ta‑174 1 x 106\n- 528 Ta‑175 1 x 106\n- 529 Ta‑176 1 x 106\n- 530 Ta‑177 1 x 107\n- 531 Ta‑178 1 x 106\n- 532 Ta‑179 1 x 107\n- 533 Ta‑180 1 x 106\n- 534 Ta‑180m 1 x 107\n- 535 Ta‑182 1 x 104\n- 536 Ta‑182m 1 x 106\n- 537 Ta‑183 1 x 106\n- 538 Ta‑184 1 x 106\n- 539 Ta‑185 1 x 105\n- 540 Ta‑186 1 x 105\n- 541 W‑176 1 x 106\n- 542 W‑177 1 x 106\n- 543 W‑178a 1 x 106\n- 544 W‑179 1 x 107\n- 545 W‑181 1 x 107\n- 546 W‑185 1 x 107\n- 547 W‑187 1 x 106\n- 548 W‑188a 1 x 105\n- 549 Re‑177 1 x 106\n- 550 Re‑178 1 x 106\n- 551 Re‑181 1 x 106\n- 552 Re‑182 1 x 106\n- 553 Re‑182m 1 x 106\n- 554 Re‑184 1 x 106\n- 555 Re‑184m 1 x 106\n- 556 Re‑186 1 x 106\n- 557 Re‑186m 1 x 107\n- 558 Re‑187 1 x 109\n- 559 Re‑188 1 x 105\n- 560 Re‑188m 1 x 107\n- 561 Re‑189a 1 x 106\n- 562 Os‑180 1 x 107\n- 563 Os‑181 1 x 106\n- 564 Os‑182 1 x 106\n- 565 Os‑185 1 x 106\n- 566 Os‑189m 1 x 107\n- 567 Os‑191 1 x 107\n- 568 Os‑191m 1 x 107\n- 569 Os‑193 1 x 106\n- 570 Os‑194a 1 x 105\n- 571 Ir‑182 1 x 105\n- 572 Ir‑184 1 x 106\n- 573 Ir‑185 1 x 106\n- 574 Ir‑186 1 x 106\n- 575 Ir‑186m 1 x 106\n- 576 Ir‑187 1 x 106\n- 577 Ir‑188 1 x 106\n- 578 Ir‑189a 1 x 107\n- 579 Ir‑190 1 x 106\n- 580 Ir‑190m (3.1 h) 1 x 106\n- 581 Ir‑190m’ (1.2 h) 1 x 107\n- 582 Ir‑192 1 x 104\n- 583 Ir‑192m 1 x 107\n- 584 Ir‑193m 1 x 107\n- 585 Ir‑194 1 x 105\n- 586 Ir‑194m 1 x 106\n- 587 Ir‑195 1 x 106\n- 588 Ir‑195m 1 x 106\n- 589 Pt‑186 1 x 106\n- 590 Pt‑188a 1 x 106\n- 591 Pt‑189 1 x 106\n- 592 Pt‑191 1 x 106\n- 593 Pt‑193 1 x 107\n- 594 Pt‑193m 1 x 107\n- 595 Pt‑195m 1 x 106\n- 596 Pt‑197 1 x 106\n- 597 Pt‑197m 1 x 106\n- 598 Pt‑199 1 x 106\n- 599 Pt‑200 1 x 106\n- 600 Au‑193 1 x 107\n- 601 Au‑194 1 x 106\n- 602 Au‑195 1 x 107\n- 603 Au‑198 1 x 106\n- 604 Au‑198m 1 x 106\n- 605 Au‑199 1 x 106\n- 606 Au‑200 1 x 105\n- 607 Au‑200m 1 x 106\n- 608 Au‑201 1 x 106\n- 609 Hg‑193 1 x 106\n- 610 Hg‑193m 1 x 106\n- 611 Hg‑194a 1 x 106\n- 612 Hg‑195 1 x 106\n- 613 Hg‑195ma 1 x 106\n- 614 Hg‑197 1 x 107\n- 615 Hg‑197m 1 x 106\n- 616 Hg‑199m 1 x 106\n- 617 Hg‑203 1 x 105\n- 618 Tl‑194 1 x 106\n- 619 Tl‑194m 1 x 106\n- 620 Tl‑195 1 x 106\n- 621 Tl‑197 1 x 106\n- 622 Tl‑198 1 x 106\n- 623 Tl‑198m 1 x 106\n- 624 Tl‑199 1 x 106\n- 625 Tl‑200 1 x 106\n- 626 Tl‑201 1 x 106 1.0 x 109 1.0 x 1011\n- 627 Tl‑202 1 x 106\n- 628 Tl‑204 1 x 104\n- 629 Pb‑195m 1 x 106\n- 630 Pb‑198 1 x 106\n- 631 Pb‑199 1 x 106\n- 632 Pb‑200 1 x 106\n- 633 Pb‑201 1 x 106\n- 634 Pb‑202 1 x 106\n- 635 Pb‑202m 1 x 106\n- 636 Pb‑203 1 x 106\n- 637 Pb‑205 1 x 107\n- 638 Pb‑209 1 x 106\n- 639 Pb‑210a 1 x 104\n- 640 Pb‑211 1 x 106\n- 641 Pb‑212a 1 x 105\n- 642 Pb‑214 1 x 106\n- 643 Bi‑200 1 x 106\n- 644 Bi‑201 1 x 106\n- 645 Bi‑202 1 x 106\n- 646 Bi‑203 1 x 106\n- 647 Bi‑205 1 x 106\n- 648 Bi‑206 1 x 105\n- 649 Bi‑207 1 x 106\n- 650 Bi‑210 1 x 106\n- 651 Bi‑210ma 1 x 105\n- 652 Bi‑212a 1 x 105\n- 653 Bi‑213 1 x 106\n- 654 Bi‑214 1 x 105\n- 655 Po‑203 1 x 106\n- 656 Po‑205 1 x 106\n- 657 Po‑206 1 x 106\n- 658 Po‑207 1 x 106\n- 659 Po‑208 1 x 104\n- 660 Po‑209 1 x 104\n- 661 Po‑210 1 x 104\n- 662 At‑207 1 x 106\n- 663 At‑211 1 x 107\n- 664 Fr‑222 1 x 105\n- 665 Fr‑223 1 x 106\n- 666 Rn‑220a 1 x 107\n- 667 Rn‑222a 1 x 108\n- 668 Ra‑223a 1 x 105\n- 669 Ra‑223 1.3 x 108 6.9 x 108\n- 670 Ra‑224a 1 x 105\n- 671 Ra‑225 1 x 105\n- 672 Ra‑226a 1 x 104\n- 673 Ra‑227 1 x 106\n- 674 Ra‑228a 1 x 105\n- 675 Ac‑224 1 x 106\n- 676 Ac‑225a 1 x 104\n- 677 Ac‑226 1 x 105\n- 678 Ac‑227a 1 x 103\n- 679 Ac‑228 1 x 106\n- 680 Th‑226a 1 x 107\n- 681 Th‑227 1 x 104\n- 682 Th‑228a 1 x 104\n- 683 Th‑229a 1 x 103\n- 684 Th‑230 1 x 104\n- 685 Th‑231 1 x 107\n- 686 Th‑232 1 x 104\n- 687 Th‑nata 1 x 103\n- 688 Th‑234a 1 x 105\n- 689 Pa‑227 1 x 106\n- 690 Pa228 1 x 106\n- 691 Pa‑230 1 x 106\n- 692 Pa‑231 1 x 103\n- 693 Pa‑232 1 x 106\n- 694 Pa‑233 1 x 107\n- 695 Pa‑234 1 x 106\n- 696 U‑230a 1 x 105\n- 697 U‑231 1 x 107\n- 698 U‑232a 1 x 103\n- 699 U‑233 1 x 104\n- 700 U‑234 1 x 104\n- 701 U‑235a 1 x 104\n- 702 U‑236 1 x 104\n- 703 U‑237 1 x 106\n- 704 U‑238a 1 x 104\n- 705 U‑nata 1 x 103\n- 706 U‑239 1 x 106\n- 707 U‑240 1 x 107\n- 708 U‑240a 1 x 106\n- 709 Np‑232 1 x 106\n- 710 Np‑233 1 x 107\n- 711 Np‑234 1 x 106\n- 712 Np‑235 1 x 107\n- 713 Np‑236 1 x 105\n- 714 Np‑236m 1 x 107\n- 715 Np‑237a 1 x 103\n- 716 Np‑238 1 x 106\n- 717 Np‑239 1 x 107\n- 718 Np‑240 1 x 106\n- 719 Pu‑234 1 x 107\n- 720 Pu‑235 1 x 107\n- 721 Pu‑236 1 x 104\n- 722 Pu‑237 1 x 107\n- 723 Pu‑238 1 x 104\n- 724 Pu‑239 1 x 104\n- 725 Pu‑240 1 x 103\n- 726 Pu‑241 1 x 105\n- 727 Pu‑242 1 x 104\n- 728 Pu‑243 1 x 107\n- 729 Pu‑244 1 x 104\n- 730 Pu‑245 1 x 106\n- 731 Pu‑246 1 x 106\n- 732 Am‑237 1 x 106\n- 733 Am‑238 1 x 106\n- 734 Am‑239 1 x 106\n- 735 Am‑240 1 x 106\n- 736 Am‑241 1 x 104 1.3 x 108 1.0 x 108\n- 737 Am‑242 1 x 106\n- 738 Am‑242ma 1 x 104\n- 739 Am‑243a 1 x 103\n- 740 Am‑244 1 x 106\n- 741 Am‑244m 1 x 107\n- 742 Am‑245 1 x 106\n- 743 Am‑246 1 x 105\n- 744 Am‑246m 1 x 106\n- 745 Cm‑238 1 x 107\n- 746 Cm‑240 1 x 105\n- 747 Cm‑241 1 x 106\n- 748 Cm‑242 1 x 105\n- 749 Cm‑243 1 x 104\n- 750 Cm‑244 1 x 104\n- 751 Cm‑245 1 x 103\n- 752 Cm‑246 1 x 103\n- 753 Cm‑247 1 x 104\n- 754 Cm‑248 1 x 103\n- 755 Cm‑249 1 x 106\n- 756 Cm‑250 1 x 103\n- 757 Bk‑245 1 x 106\n- 758 Bk‑246 1 x 106\n- 759 Bk‑247 1 x 104\n- 760 Bk‑249 1 x 106\n- 761 Bk‑250 1 x 106\n- 762 Cf‑244 1 x 107\n- 763 Cf‑246 1 x 106\n- 764 Cf‑248 1 x 104\n- 765 Cf‑249 1 x 103\n- 766 Cf‑250 1 x 104\n- 767 Cf‑251 1 x 103\n- 768 Cf‑252 1 x 104\n- 769 Cf‑253 1 x 105\n- 770 Cf‑254 1 x 103\n- 771 Es‑250 1 x 106\n- 772 Es‑251 1 x 107\n- 773 Es‑253 1 x 105\n- 774 Es‑254 1 x 104\n- 775 Es‑254m 1 x 106\n- 776 Fm‑252 1 x 106\n- 777 Fm‑253 1 x 106\n- 778 Fm‑254 1 x 107\n- 779 Fm‑255 1 x 106\n- 780 Fm‑257 1 x 105\n- 781 Md‑257 1 x 107\n- 782 Md‑258 1 x 105\n- 783 An alpha‑emitting nuclide not mentioned in another item 1 x 103\n- 784 A nuclide that is not alpha‑emitting and not mentioned in another item 1 x 104\n\nNote 1: The activity of a progeny nuclide included in secular equilibrium with a parent nuclide is dealt with in section 6. Parent nuclides and progeny nuclides are set out in clause 2 of this Schedule, and parent nuclides are also marked a in the table in this clause.\n\nNote 2: A nuclide marked m or m’ in the table indicates a metastable state of the nuclide, with the metastable state m’ indicating a state of higher energy than the metastable state m.\n\nPart 2—Parent and progeny nuclides\n\n \n\n2  Parent nuclides and progeny nuclides\n\n  The following table lists parent nuclides and progeny nuclides for the purposes of section 6.\n\n \n\n- Parent nuclides and progeny nuclides\n- Parent nuclide Progeny nuclide\n- 1 Ge‑68 Ga‑68\n- 2 Rb‑83 Kr‑83m\n- 3 Sr‑82 Rb‑82\n- 4 Sr‑90 Y‑90\n- 5 Y‑87 Sr‑87m\n- 6 Zr‑93 Nb‑93m\n- 7 Zr‑97 Nb‑97\n- 8 Ru‑106 Rh‑106\n- 9 Ag‑108m Ag‑108\n- 10 Sn‑121m Sn‑121 (0.776)\n- 11 Sn‑126 Sb‑126m\n- 12 Xe‑122 I‑122\n- 13 Cs‑137 Ba‑137m\n- 14 Ba‑140 La‑140\n- 15 Ce‑144 Pr‑144\n- 16 Gd‑146 Eu‑146\n- 17 Hf‑172 Lu‑172\n- 18 W‑178 Ta‑178\n- 19 W‑188 Re‑188\n- 20 Re‑189 Os‑189m (0.241)\n- 21 Os‑194 Ir‑194\n- 22 Ir‑189 Os‑189m\n- 23 Pt‑188 Ir‑188\n- 24 Hg‑194 Au‑194\n- 25 Hg‑195m Hg‑195 (0.542)\n- 26 Pb‑210 Bi‑210Po‑210\n- 27 Pb‑212 Bi‑212Tl‑208 (0.36)Po‑212 (0.64)\n- 28 Bi‑210m Tl‑206\n- 29 Bi‑212 Tl‑208 (0.36)Po‑212 (0.64)\n- 30 Rn‑220 Po‑216\n- 31 Rn‑222 Po‑218Pb‑214Bi‑214Po‑214\n- 32 Ra‑223 Rn‑219Po‑215Pb‑211Bi‑211Tl‑207\n- 33 Ra‑224 Rn‑220Po‑216Pb‑212Bi‑212Tl‑208 (0.36)Po‑212 (0.64)\n- 34 Ra‑226 Rn‑222Po‑218Pb‑214Bi‑214Po‑214Pb‑210Bi‑210Po‑210\n- 35 Ra‑228 Ac‑228\n- 36 Ac‑225 Fr‑221At‑217Bi‑213Po‑213 (0.978)Tl‑209 (0.0216)Pb‑209 (0.978)\n- 37 Ac‑227 Fr‑223 (0.0138)\n- 38 Th‑226 Ra‑222Rn‑218Po‑214\n- 39 Th‑228 Ra‑224Rn‑220Po‑216Pb‑212Bi‑212Tl‑208 (0.36)Po‑212 (0.64)\n- 40 Th‑229 Ra‑225Ac‑225Fr‑221At‑217Bi‑213Po‑213Pb‑209\n- 41 Th‑nat Ra‑228Ac‑228Th‑228Ra‑224Rn‑220Po‑216Pb‑212Bi‑212Tl‑208 (0.36)Po‑212 (0.64)\n- 42 Th‑234 Pa‑234m\n- 43 U‑230 Th‑226Ra‑222Rn‑218Po‑214\n- 44 U‑232 Th‑228Ra‑224Rn‑220Po‑216Pb‑212Bi‑212Tl‑208 (0.36)Po‑212 (0.64)\n- 45 U‑235 Th‑231\n- 46 U‑238 Th‑234Pa‑234m\n- 47 U‑nat Th‑234Pa‑234mU‑234Th‑230Ra‑226Rn‑222Po‑218Pb‑214Bi‑214Po‑214Pb‑210Bi‑210Po‑210\n- 48 U‑240 Np‑240m\n- 49 Np‑237 Pa‑233\n- 50 Am‑242m Am‑242\n- 51 Am‑243 Np‑239\n\nNote 1: The activity of a progeny nuclide included in secular equilibrium with a parent nuclide is dealt with in section 6.\n\nNote 2: Parent nuclides are also marked a in the table in clause 1.\n","sortOrder":116}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":9,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations operationalise the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024 rather than altering its substantive scope. They specify designated zones, activity thresholds, application contents, licence conditions, dose limits and enforcement procedures to implement the Act (see ss8–11, Part 2, Part 4, Schedule 2). They also prescribe which State/Territory nuclear provisions do not apply and list international agreements to be considered, clarifying but not expanding the Act’s remit (ss111–112)."},"complexity_factors":["Highly technical radiological prescription: detailed nuclide activity values across hundreds of isotopes (Schedule 2).","Multiple interlocking approval and information requirements across Parts 2–4 (applications, plans, safety cases, field exercises).","Extensive cross‑references to the Act and other Commonwealth/State instruments (many dependencies on Act sections and external permits).","Significant administrative and record‑keeping burdens, including long retention periods (records accessible for 90–180 years) (s61).","Regulator discretion to require further information, approve or reject changes, and to suspend licences (ss30A,38,55,35,107).","Layered transitional arrangements for existing ARPANSA licences and staged compliance timelines (Division 5 of Part 4).","Operational controls and approvals for transport and movement of naval nuclear propulsion plant (ss89–91).","Detailed incident response, independent investigation and mandatory implementation/justification of recommendations (ss103–105).","Carve‑outs and preemption of State/Territory nuclear laws, and prescribed international agreements to be considered (ss111–112)."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations establish the licensing, safety and reporting regime for naval nuclear propulsion activities. They define two designated zones (HMAS Stirling and Osborne), set activity thresholds and specific nuclide activity values, and prescribe what must be in licence applications, safety plans, dose limits and incident reports (see ss8–11, Part 2, Part 4, Schedule 2).\n\nThey apply to Commonwealth‑related persons, licence holders and anyone handling NNP material or equipment in designated zones. The Regulator decides approvals and may require audits, independent investigations and site preservation; licence holders bear insurance, long record‑keeping and compliance costs (see ss31,32,54,61,68,105)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":800},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":9,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations appear consistent with the original scope of the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024. They implement the detailed licensing, safety and compliance framework anticipated by that Act for naval nuclear propulsion under the AUKUS agreement, without apparent expansion beyond the defence and designated zone purposes originally contemplated."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to the parent Act (Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024) and other legislation","47 defined terms in section 4 alone, plus technical definitions for radiation dose calculations","Nested conditional logic throughout — many requirements apply only to specific activity types or facility stages","Multiple overlapping plan requirements (11 distinct management plans required under section 60)","Detailed technical specifications in Schedule 2 covering 784 nuclides with activity values varying by physical state","Complex transitional arrangements for existing ARPANSA licences (Division 5 of Part 4)","Tiered reporting requirements with multiple timeframes (immediate, 24 hours, 14 days, 28 days, 3 months, annual)","Exceptions to exceptions — e.g., dose limits with special provisions for emergency workers, pregnant workers, and different age groups","Extensive tables and schedules with technical data (parent/progeny nuclides in secular equilibrium)","Conditional application based on whether licences are 'transitional licences' under the Transitional Provisions Act"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations, made under the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024, set a national regulatory framework for safely handling nuclear-powered submarine technology under AUKUS. They apply to Defence and government operators, workers at HMAS Stirling and Osborne, and a new independent Regulator, creating licensing and oversight for facilities and nuclear materials.\n\nThe rules require comprehensive safety cases, ongoing safety and radiation protections, long-term recordkeeping, immediate incident reporting, and compliance with international obligations—establishing Australia’s first national regime and overriding most State/Territory radiation laws."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-naval-nuclear-power-safety-regulations-2025","history":"/api/acts/australian-naval-nuclear-power-safety-regulations-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-naval-nuclear-power-safety-regulations-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-naval-nuclear-power-safety-regulations-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-naval-nuclear-power-safety-regulations-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-naval-nuclear-power-safety-regulations-2025/documents"}}