Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598:section:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 22
Character Range: 88723–90730

22  What is a nuclear action?
 (1) In this Act:
nuclear action means any of the following:
 (a) establishing or significantly modifying a nuclear installation;
 (b) transporting spent nuclear fuel or radioactive waste products arising from reprocessing;
 (c) establishing or significantly modifying a facility for storing radioactive waste products arising from reprocessing;
 (d) mining or milling uranium ore;
 (e) establishing or significantly modifying a large‑scale disposal facility for radioactive waste;
 (f) de‑commissioning or rehabilitating any facility or area in which an activity described in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) has been undertaken;
 (g) any other action prescribed by the regulations.
nuclear installation means any of the following:
 (a) a nuclear reactor for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and sub‑critical assemblies);
 (b) a plant for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor as described in paragraph (a);
 (c) a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility with an activity that is greater than the activity level prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this section;
 (d) a facility for production of radioisotopes with an activity that is greater than the activity level prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this section.
Note: A nuclear waste storage or disposal facility could include a facility for storing spent nuclear fuel, depending on the regulations.
radioactive waste means radioactive material for which no further use is foreseen.
reprocessing means a process or operation to extract radioactive isotopes from spent nuclear fuel for further use.
spent nuclear fuel means nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor core and permanently removed from the core.
 (2) In this Act:
large‑scale disposal facility for radioactive waste means, if regulations are made for the purposes of this definition, a facility prescribed by the regulations.