11Nuclear installation—prescribed activity level for facilities for production of radioisotopes

11 Nuclear installation—prescribed activity level for facilities for production of radioisotopes

(1) For paragraph (d) of the definition of nuclear installation in section 13 of the Act, the activity level, for a facility for production of radioisotopes, is: (a) if the facility contains, or is designed to contain, unsealed sources—the level at which the result worked out for the unsealed sources using the steps mentioned in subregulation (2) is 106; or (b) if the facility contains, or is designed to contain, sealed sources—the level at which the result worked out for the sealed sources using the steps mentioned in subregulation (2) is 1010.

Note: Under section 13 of the Act, a facility for production of radioisotopes with an activity that is greater than the activity level prescribed is a nuclear installation.

(2) For paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), the steps are: (a) divide the activity of each nuclide in the sources by the activity value mentioned in an item in the table in clause 2 of Schedule 2 for the nuclide; and (b) if there is more than 1 nuclide in the sources—add the result for each nuclide worked out under paragraph (a).