Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
I,
THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting
with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, and pursuant to section 4 of
the
Dated 29 October 1987.
J. A. Rowland
Administrator
By His Excellency’s Command,
John Kerin
Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy
After regulation 4 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:
“4a. (1) For the purposes of subsection 24 (1) of the Act, the following kinds of nuclear material are prescribed:
(a) source material, other than source material consisting of or containing:
(i) 1000 or more kilograms element weight of depleted uranium;
(ii) 500 or more kilograms element weight of natural uranium; or
(iii) 1000 or more kilograms element weight of thorium;
(b) special fissionable material in a quantity not exceeding one gram isotope weight of plutonium—239, uranium—233 and uranium—235.
(S.R. 219/87)—Cat. No. 16/23.9.1987
“(2) For the purposes of subsection 24 (1) of the Act, the following kinds of associated items are prescribed:
(a) deuterium or heavy water in a quantity not exceeding 200 kilograms weight of deuterium atoms;
(b) nuclear grade graphite in a quantity not exceeding 30 tonnes.
“(3) In this regulation:
‘heavy water’ means a deuterium compound in which the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen exceeds the ratio 1 to 5000;
‘nuclear grade graphite’ means graphite having a purity level better than 5 parts per million boron equivalent and a density of more than 1.5 grams per cubic centimetre.”.
1. Notified in the
2. Statutory Rules 1987 No. 75 as amended by 1987 No. 258
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