NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE FACILITY (PROHIBITION) ACT 2000 - SECT 4
NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE FACILITY (PROHIBITION) ACT 2000 - SECT 4
In this Act—
"Code of Practice" means the Code of Practice for the Near-Surface Disposal of
Radioactive Waste in Australia (1992) approved by the National Health and
Medical Research Council and published by the Australian Government Publishing
Service as Radiation Health Series No. 35 (ISBN 0 644 28673 3);
"environmental harm" has the same meaning as in the
Environment Protection Act 1993 ;
"ionizing radiation" has the same meaning as in the Radiation Protection and
Control Act 1982 ;
"nuclear waste" means—
(a)
Category A, Category B or Category C radioactive waste as defined in the Code
of Practice; or
(b) any
waste material that contains a radioactive substance and is derived
from—
(i)
the operations or decommissioning of—
(A) a nuclear reactor; or
(B) a nuclear weapons facility; or
(C) a radioisotope production facility; or
(D) a uranium enrichment plant; or
(ii)
the testing, use or decommissioning of nuclear weapons;
or
(iii)
the conditioning or reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel;
"nuclear waste storage facility" means any installation for the storage or
disposal of nuclear waste;
"public authority" has the same meaning as in the
Environment Protection Act 1993 ;
"radioactive substance" means any substance that spontaneously emits ionizing
radiation.