10Activity level for radioactive waste management facility to be an NNP facility

10  Activity level for radioactive waste management facility to be an NNP facility

  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.

Note: 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.