PART 3Nuclear Regulation

CHAPTER 1The ONR's purposes

I168Nuclear safety purposes

1

In this Part, the “nuclear safety purposes” means the purposes of protecting persons against risks of harm from ionising radiations from GB nuclear sites, including through—

a

the design and construction of relevant nuclear installations and their associated sites,

b

arrangements for the operation and decommissioning of, and other processes connected with, relevant nuclear installations,

c

arrangements for the storage and use of nuclear matter on GB nuclear sites, and

d

arrangements to minimise those risks in the event of an escape or release of such ionising radiations.

2

For this purpose, ionising radiations from GB nuclear sites are ionising radiations from—

a

relevant nuclear installations, or

b

nuclear matter stored or used on a GB nuclear site;

and an escape or release of ionising radiations from a GB nuclear site includes ionising radiations from nuclear matter that has escaped or been released on or from a GB nuclear site.

3

In this section—

  • “GB nuclear site” means a nuclear site in England, Wales or Scotland;

  • “nuclear installation” has the same meaning as in the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (see section 26 of that Act);

  • “nuclear matter” has the same meaning as in that Act (see section 26 of that Act);

  • “relevant nuclear installation” means a nuclear installation on a site (its “associated site”) in England, Wales or Scotland for which a nuclear site licence is required by virtue of the installation (and includes a proposed or former nuclear installation in respect of which such a licence would be or has ever been so required).