Regulation 2 Fissionable materialI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State specifies the material, which is set out in paragraph (2), as “fissionable material” for the purposes of the definition of “qualifying nuclear material” set out in section 76A(6) of the Energy Act 2013 M1.

(2)

“Fissionable material” means—

(a)

plutonium-239;

(b)

uranium-233;

(c)

uranium containing the isotopes 235 or 233 or both, in an amount such that the abundance ratio of the sum of these isotopes to the isotope 238 is greater than the ratio of the isotope 235 to the isotope 238 occurring in nature; and

(d)

any material containing one or more of the materials described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c).

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: Section 76A(6) was inserted into the Energy Act by the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 (c. 15).

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)