National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999)RegulationsRegulations on Licensing of Sites for New Nuclear Installations, 20104. Factors to be considered when evaluating sites for nuclear installation |
Factors to be considered in evaluating an application for a nuclear installation site licence will include, but not be limited, to—
(1) | Factors relating to all nuclear installations in the vicinity. |
(2) | The proposed nuclear installation design(s), and the characteristics specific to the site. New nuclear installation(s) must reflect through their design, construction and operation an acceptably low probability of postulated events that could result in release of quantities of radioactive material. |
(3) | The site location and the engineered safety features of all nuclear installations, included as safety measures against the hazardous consequences of postulated events, must ensure an acceptably low risk of public exposure. |
(4) | The site must be such that radiological doses and risks from normal operation and postulated events associated with all nuclear Installations In the vicinity will be acceptably low. |
(5) | Natural phenomena and potential man-made hazards must be appropriately accounted for in the design of the new nuclear installation(s), and that adequate emergency plans and nuclear security measures can be developed. |
(6) | The cumulative radiological impact of all nuclear Installations and actions, in the vicinity, for which authorizations have already been granted by the Regulator, including the potential impact of nuclear installation(s) referred to in the scope of the nuclear installation site licence to be granted by the Regulator. |