New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

RADIATION CONTROL REGULATION 2003 - REG 4

4 Definition of “radioactive ore”: section 4

(1) For the purposes of the definition of "radioactive ore" in section 4 (1) of the Act, the prescribed concentrations of uranium and thorium are:

(a) in the case of an ore that contains uranium but not thorium, 0.02 per cent by weight of uranium, or

(b) in the case of an ore that contains thorium but not uranium, 0.05 per cent by weight of thorium, or

(c) in the case of an ore that contains both uranium and thorium, a percentage by weight of uranium and thorium such that the expression:

(2) In the expression referred to in subclause (1) (c):

"U" represents the percentage by weight of uranium.
"Th" represents the percentage by weight of thorium.