Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulations 2025
16General information relating to the regulated activity
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16 General information relating to the regulated activity
For an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity, the following information and documents are required:
(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;
(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;
(c) a list of the NNP facilities or proposed NNP facilities that would be involved in the conduct of the activity;
(d) if it is reasonably foreseeable that:
(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
(ii) those activities or materials could reasonably pose additional risks to the nuclear safety of the regulated activity;
a description of measures proposed to mitigate that additional risk;
(e) an analysis of the radiological consequences to the surrounding environment from a reference incident at the site of the regulated activity;
(f) a description of the proposed arrangements to insure the conduct of the activity;
(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:
(i) if the permit has been granted—a copy of the permit;
(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;
(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;
(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:
(i) if the permit has been granted—a copy of the permit;
(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;
(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;