46Application for facility licence

46 Application for facility licence

What must be included in application (1) An application for a facility licence must include the following: (a) the applicant’s full name, position and business address; (b) a description of the purpose of the facility to which the licence is to relate; (c) a detailed description of the facility and the site of the facility; (d) the applicant’s plans and arrangements for managing the facility to ensure the health and safety of people and the protection of the environment, including the following: (i) arrangements for the applicant to maintain effective control of the facility; (ii) the safety management plan for the facility; (iii) the radiation protection plan for the facility; (iv) the radioactive waste management plan for the facility; (v) the security plan for the facility; (vi) the emergency plan for the facility; (vii) the environment protection plan for the facility; (viii) the decommissioning plan for the facility; (e) for each activity to be authorised by the licence—a safety analysis report that is as complete as possible. Extra information CEO may ask for (2) The CEO may ask an applicant for a facility licence to give the CEO either or both of the following: (a) some or all of the information and documents described (or about a matter described) in an item of the following table relevant to the licence; (b) other information about the facility concerned that is relevant to deciding whether to issue the licence.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Information and documents CEO may ask applicant for facility licence to give</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:5.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:34.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span><br><span>Act to be authorised by licence</span></p></td><td style="width:60.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span><br><span>Information or documents CEO may ask for</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:5.06%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:34.1%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Preparing a site for a controlled facility</span></p></td><td style="width:60.84%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) detailed site evaluation establishing the suitability of the site for the facility;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the characteristics of the site, including the extent to which the site may be affected by natural and human events;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) any environmental impact statement (however described) requested or required by a Commonwealth, State, Territory or local government agency in relation to the site or the facility, and the outcome of the environmental assessment</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:5.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:34.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Constructing a controlled facility</span></p></td><td style="width:60.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the design of the facility, including ways in which the design deals with the physical and environmental characteristics of the site;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) any fundamental difficulties that will need to be resolved before any facility licence relating to the facility is issued;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the construction plan and schedule;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) the arrangements for testing and commissioning safety</span><span>‑</span><span>related items</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:5.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:34.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Having possession or control of a controlled facility</span></p></td><td style="width:60.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) arrangements for maintaining criticality safety during loading, moving or storing nuclear fuel and other fissile materials at the facility;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) arrangements for safe storage of controlled material and maintaining the facility</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:5.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:34.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Operating a controlled facility</span></p></td><td style="width:60.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) description of the structures, components, systems and equipment of the facility as they have been constructed;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) operational limits and conditions of the facility;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) arrangements for commissioning the facility;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) arrangements for operating the facility;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(f) results of a field exercise to respond to a scenario that involves an emergency and has been agreed with the CEO</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:5.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:34.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Decommissioning a controlled facility</span></p></td><td style="width:60.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Schedule for decommissioning the facility</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:5.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:34.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Abandoning a controlled facility</span></p></td><td style="width:60.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) results of decommissioning activities at the facility;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) details of any environmental monitoring program proposed for the site of the facility</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>