# The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 31: Handling of Qualifying Nuclear Material (For Each Accounting Area)


Maintenance, decontamination, clean-out: describe plans and procedures for decontamination and clean-out of equipment containing qualifying nuclear material, defining all sampling and measurement points associated with the following (or in cases where clean-out and/or sampling is not possible, indicate how the hold-up of qualifying nuclear material is measured or calculated)—
i)normal facility maintenance;
ii)facility and equipment decontamination and subsequent recovery of qualifying nuclear material;
iii)facility and equipment clean-out including means of ensuring vessels are empty;
iv)facility start-up and facility shutdown (if different from normal operation).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/196/schedule/1/paragraph/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-safeguards-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-1/paragraph-31
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