Regulation 3 Amendment to regulation 2

in the definition of “closed down”, after “decommissioned” insert “for safeguards purposes”;

for the defined term “decommissioned” substitute “decommissioned for safeguards purposes”;

in the definition of “decommissioned for safeguards purposes” (as so substituted), after “ONR that” insert “operations have been permanently stopped, the qualifying nuclear material has been removed and”;

after the definition of “decommissioned for safeguards purposes” (as so substituted), insert—

• ““design information” means information which the operator of a qualifying nuclear facility supplies using the relevant questionnaire in Part 1 of Schedule 1;”;

in the definition of “qualifying nuclear facility with limited operation”, for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

which is not a reactor, a critical facility, a conversion facility, a fabrication facility, a reprocessing facility, an isotopic enrichment facility, a spent fuel encapsulation facility nor a separate storage facility;”;

for the definition of “retained waste” substitute—

• ““retained waste” means waste which is generated from processing or from an operational accident, which is irrecoverable for the time being, but which is stored;”;

for the definition of “waste” substitute—

• ““waste” means waste containing qualifying nuclear material, in concentrations or chemical forms which make the qualifying nuclear material no longer useable for any nuclear activity relevant for safeguards, or which has become practicably irrecoverable.”.