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National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999)

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Categorisation of the Various Nuclear Installations in the Republic, the Level of Financial Security to be provided by holder of Nuclear Installation Licences in respect of each Category of Nuclear Installation and the manner in which that Financial Security is to be provided

3. Categorisation of nuclear installations

 

(1) Nuclear installations in the Republic of South Africa are categorised, based on the potential consequences of a nuclear accident, in accordance with the following scheme:
(a) Category 1
(i) Any nuclear reactor, other than one intended as a means to power any sea or air transport, with a thermal power level greater than 100 MW.
(ii) Any nuclear installation designed or adapted for or which may involve the carrying out of any process involving nuclear fuel or the reprocessing of nuclear fuel or used fuel for a reactor referred to in sub-item (i).
(iii) Any nuclear installation where used fuel can be permanently disposed of or is stored containing more than the equivalent of a 3000 MW(th) reactor core.

 

(b) Category 2
(i) Any nuclear reactor, other than one intended as a means to power any sea or air transport, with thermal power levels greater than 2 MW and less than 100 MW.
(ii) Any nuclear installation designed or adapted for or which may involve the carrying out of any process involving processing or reprocessing of nuclear fuel, used fuel for a reactor referred to in sub-item (i) or irradiated special nuclear material.
(iii) Any nuclear installation where used fuel can be permanently disposed of or is stored containing between the equivalent of a 10 to a 3000 MW(th) reactor core.

 

(c) Category 3

Any other nuclear installation not mentioned in Category 1 or 2.

 

(2) Based on the above categorisation scheme the nuclear installations in the Republic of South Africa are categorised as follows:

 

Category

Nuclear Installation

Category 1

Koeberg Nuclear Power Station

Category 2

The following nuclear installations on the Necsa Pelindaba site—

• SAFARI -1 Research Reactor;
• P2700 Complex (UCHEM);
• ELPROD in Building P2500; and
• NTP Radiochemicals Complex (Hot Cell Complex).

Category 3

Vaalputs National Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility

The following nuclear installations on the Necsa Pelindaba site—

• Thabana Complex
• HEU Vault
• A-8 Decontamination Facility
• Building A-West Drum Store
• UMET in Building P2600
• Conversion Plant Complex
• Area 14 Waste Management Complex
• Quarantine Storage Facility
• V-YB Pelindaba East Bus Shed Complex;
• Pelindaba East Evaporation Ponds Complex
• Oil Purification Facility
• Area 21 Storage Facility
• Beva K3 Storage Complex
• Area 16 Complex
• Area 40 Complex
• Area 27 De-Heeling Facility
• J-Building;
• D-Building;
• C-Building
• Building P2900
• Building XB
• Beva Evaporation Ponds
• Building P-2800
• Area 26
• E-Building
• Dorbyl Camp
• X-Building
• Building P-1500
• YM Vacuum Workshop
• V-H Building Laboratories
• P-1900 Laboratories
• P-1600 Laboratories
• Fuel Development Laboratories Complex
• Pelindaba Analytical Laboratories (PAL) in Building BEVA-El
• Liquid Effluent Treatment facility
• B-1 Building Basement