Constructing or operating certain nuclear facilities prohibited
8 Constructing or operating certain nuclear facilities prohibited
(1) In this section--
"nuclear facility" means--
(a) a facility for the conversion of uranium ore
into uranium hexafluoride or any other chemical in order to enable its
enrichment,
(b) an isotope separation plant or other facility for the
enrichment of nuclear material,
(c) a fabrication plant or other facility for
transforming nuclear material into a form suitable for use as fuel in a
nuclear reactor,
(d) a nuclear reactor, whether or not designed for the
purpose of generating electricity,
(e) a reprocessing plant or other facility
for the chemical separation of fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear
reactor, or
(f) a separate storage installation for the storage or disposal
of any nuclear material (including radioactive waste material) in the nuclear
fuel cycle, being nuclear material used in or resulting from any of the
facilities described in paragraphs (a)-(e).
(a) the construction or operation, under an
Act of the Commonwealth, of a nuclear facility by the Australian Atomic Energy
Commission or by any authority of the Commonwealth that replaces that
Commission,
(b) the construction or operation of a facility for the storage
or disposal of any radioactive waste material resulting from the use of
nuclear materials for research or medical purposes or for any other purpose
authorised under the Radioactive Substances Act 1957 , or
