Part 2 Nuclear Safety

Part 2 Nuclear Safety

Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c 57)

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The Nuclear Installations Act 1965 is amended as follows.

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For section 1 substitute—

“1 Restriction of certain nuclear installations to licensed sites

(1)     No person may use a site for the purpose of installing or operating—

(a)     any nuclear reactor (other than a nuclear reactor comprised in a means of transport, whether by land, water or air), or

(b)     any other installation of a prescribed kind,

unless a licence to do so has been granted in respect of the site by the appropriate national authority and is in force.

(2)     Such a licence is referred to in this Act as a “nuclear site licenceâ€.

(3)     The only kinds of installation that may be prescribed under subsection (1)(b) are installations (other than nuclear reactors) designed or adapted for—

(a)     producing or using atomic energy,

(b)     any process which—

(i)     is preparatory or ancillary to producing or using atomic energy, and

(ii)     involves, or is capable of causing, the emission of ionising radiations, or

(c)     storing, processing or disposing of—

(i)     nuclear fuel, or

(ii)     bulk quantities of other radioactive matter which has

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