Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites and Transport) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 42 of 2018)

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites and Transport) Regulations 2018. (2) These Regulations come into force on the main commencement day(d). (3) In this regulation— “the main commencement day” means the day on which the Protocols come into force in respect of the United Kingdom(e); “the Protocols” means— (a) the Protocol of 12th February 2004 to amend the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 29th July 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and by the Protocol of 16th November 1982(f), and (b) the Protocol of 12th February 2004 to amend the Convention of 31st January 1963 Supplementary to the Paris Convention of 29th July 1960 on Third Party Liability in the (a) Section 16 is prospectively amended by the Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562). The amendments come into force on the main commencement day but were commenced on 25 May 2016 for the purpose of exercising the power to make regulations under section 16(1) (see article 1(5) of S.I. 2016/562). (b) 1965 c.57. (c) Section 16(6) is prospectively inserted by S.I. 2016/562. (d) The Secretary of State must publish a notice of the date of the main commencement day pursuant to article 1(3) of S.I. 2016/562. (e) It will be possible to find out the date on which the Protocols come into force in respect of the United Kingdom by referring to the relevant page on UK Treaties Online (http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treaty.htm). (f) The Protocol of 12th February 2004 has been published in the Miscellaneous Series No. 6 (2015) Cm. 9135; the Convention of 29th July 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964, was published in the Treaty Series No. 69 (1968), Cmnd. 3755; the Protocol of 16th November 1982 was published in the Treaty Series No. 6 (1989), Cm. 659. The Protocols and Conventions are also available via UK Treaties Online (http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treaty.htm). A hardcopy may be obtained, on request, from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET. Field of Nuclear Energy, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and by the Protocol of 16th November 1982(a). Interpretation

2. In these Regulations— “the Act” means the Nuclear Installations Act 1965; “low level waste” means waste having a radioactive content not exceeding 4 gigabecquerels per tonne (GBq/te) of alpha activity or 12 GBq/te of beta or gamma activity Sites prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(a) of the Act (low risk nuclear sites)

3.—(1) There is prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(a) of the Act any licensed site— (a) which is used for one or both of the purposes set out in paragraphs (2) and (4), but not for any other purpose which would require a nuclear site licence by virtue of section 1(1) of the Act; and (b) where the mass of any fissile material present on site at any time, other than material comprised in associated nuclear fuel, does not exceed the limit specified in the appropriate entry in the table in Schedule 1. (2) The purpose in this paragraph is installing or operating an installation designed or adapted for storage of radioactive material, other than fuel elements or irradiated nuclear fuel, which has been produced or irradiated in the course of the production or use of nuclear fuel, where the radioactive material stored at any time meets the condition in paragraph (3). (3) The condition in this paragraph is that the quantity of any radionuclide listed or described in Schedule 2 which is present in the radioactive material does not exceed the limit specified for that radionuclide in that Schedule. (4) The purpose in this paragraph is installing or operating a small nuclear reactor where the radioactive material present outside the reactor at any time, other than associated nuclear fuel, meets the condition in paragraph (5). (5) The condition in this paragraph is that the quantity of any radionuclide listed or described in Schedule 2 which is present in the radioactive material does not exceed half the limit specified for that radionuclide in that Schedule. (6) For the purpose of paragraphs (3) and (5), a limit specified in Schedule 2 is exceeded if— (a) where the radioactive material contains only one radionuclide, the quantity of that radionuclide exceeds the limit specified in the appropriate entry in the table in Part 1 of that Schedule, or in the case of paragraph (5), half that limit; or (b) where the radioactive material contains more than one radionuclide, the quantity ratio calculated in accordance with Part 2 of that Schedule exceeds one. (7) In this regulation— “associated nuclear fuel” means a quantity of nuclear fuel intended and ready for use or in use or which has been used in a nuclear reactor and which is held in, or on the same site as, that nuclear reactor which does not exceed the quantity of nuclear fuel specified in the nuclear site licence relating to that nuclear reactor or any consent or approval granted under that site licence; (a) The Protocol of 12th February 2004 has been published in the Miscellaneous Series No. 7 (2015) Cm. 9136; the Convention of 31st January 1963 Supplementary to the Paris Convention, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 was published in the Treaty Series No. 44 (1975), Cmnd. 5948; the Protocol of 16th November 1982 was published in the Treaty Series No. 17 (1992), Cm. 1832. The Protocols and Conventions are also available via UK Treaties Online (http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treaty.htm). A hardcopy may be obtained, on request, from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET. 2 “fissile material” means plutonium 239, plutonium 241, uranium 233, uranium 235 (where the mass of the isotope uranium 235 exceeds 1% of the total mass of all the uranium isotopes present), or any material containing any of them; “small nuclear reactor” means a thermal neutron nuclear reactor designed to operate at a thermal power output not exceeding 600 kilowatts. Sites prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(b) of the Act (low risk disposal sites)

4. There is prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(b) of the Act any relevant disposal site which is used for the disposal of low level waste, and which is not used for the disposal of any nuclear matter that is not low level waste. Sites prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(c) of the Act (intermediate risk nuclear sites)

5.—(1) There is prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(c) of the Act any licensed site which— (a) has been, but is no longer being used for the generation of electricity, and from which the nuclear fuel has been removed permanently from the reactor and stored safely in accordance with relevant good practices; (b) is used for one or more of the purposes set out in paragraphs (2) to (5); (c) has been, but is no longer being used for one or more of the purposes set out in paragraphs (2) to (5), and which is being decommissioned; or (d) would be a site prescribed by regulation 3 but for the limit on the mass of fissile material specified in regulation 3(1)(b), or the limit on quantity specified in regulation 3(3) or 3(5), being exceeded. (2) The purpose in this paragraph is installing or operating an installation designed or adapted for the carrying out of any process involved in the manufacture of fuel elements to be used for the production of atomic energy from— (a) enriched uranium; or (b) any alloy, chemical compound, mixture or combination, containing enriched uranium. (3) The purpose in this paragraph is installing or operating an installation designed or adapted for the treatment of uranium, whether or not enriched, such as to increase the proportion of the isotope 235 the uranium contains. (4) The purpose in this paragraph is installing or operating an installation designed or adapted for the carrying on of any process involved in the production from nuclear matter, not being excepted matter, of isotopes prepared for use for industrial, chemical, agricultural, medical or scientific purposes. (5) The purpose in this paragraph is the operation of a national repository for low level waste. (6) In this regulation “enriched uranium” means uranium enriched so as to contain more than 0.72% by mass of the isotope 235. Conditions prescribed for the purposes of sections 16(1)(d) and (e) of the Act (low risk transport)

6.—(1) The conditions prescribed for the purposes of sections 16(1)(d) and (e) of the Act are that nuclear matter has been consigned from a relevant site in packages where each of the packages in the consignment has activity levels less than or equal to— (a) in the case of packages containing nuclear matter in special form, and no other sort of nuclear matter, the lesser of— (i) 3000 x A1, and (ii) 1000 terabecquerels (TBq); 3 (b) in the case of other packages, the lesser of— (i) 3000 x A2, and (ii) 1000 TBq. (2) The activity value for packages containing a mixture of radionuclides is determined in accordance with paragraph 405 of the IAEA Regulations. (3) In this regulation— “A1” means the activity value for each radionuclide specified in Table 2 of Section IV of the IAEA Regulations for nuclear matter in special form contained in the package; “A2” means the activity value for each radionuclide specified in Table 2 of Section IV of the IAEA Regulations for nuclear matter other than in special form contained in the package; “IAEA Regulations” means the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials 2012 Edition published by the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2012(a); “nuclear matter in special form” means nuclear matter which takes the form of either an indispersible solid radioactive material or a sealed capsule containing radioactive material. Review

7.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time— (a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in regulations 3 to 6; and (b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review. (2) The first report must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force for any purpose. (3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years. (4) Section 30(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015(b) requires that a review carried out under this regulation must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the obligations under Articles 7(2)(b) and 7(2)(c) to the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 29th July 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964, the Protocol of 16th November 1982 and the Protocol of 12th February 2004, are implemented in other countries which are subject to the obligations. (5) Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report published under this regulation must, in particular- (a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a) (b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; (c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate; and (d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision. (6) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act). Revocation of the Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites) Regulations 1983

8. The Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites) Regulations 1983(c) are revoked. (a) The Regulations have been published in the safety standards series by the International Atomic Energy Agency (SSR-6) and are also available via www.iaea.org. A hardcopy may be obtained, on request, from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET. (b) 2015 c.26. Section 30(3) was amended by the Enterprise Act (c.12), section 19. (c) S.I. 1983/919. 4 Richard Harrington Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 16th January 2018 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 5

SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 3 Limits on mass of fissile material Fissile material Mass Plutonium as Pu 239 or Pu 241 or as a mixture of plutonium 150 grams isotopes containing Pu 239 or Pu 241 Uranium as U233 150 grams Uranium enriched in U 235 to more than 1% but not more 500 grams than 5% Uranium enriched in U 235 to more than 5% 250 grams

SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 3 Limits on quantities of radionuclides PART 1 Quantities for individual radionuclides Radionuclide Radionuclide form Quantity in Becquerels Actinium Ac-224 2 1015 Ac-225 3 1013 Ac-226 2 1014 Ac-227 4 1011 Ac-228 5 1015 Aluminium Al-26 7 1014 Americium Am-237 4 1016 Am-238 6 1016 Am-239 2 1016 Am-240 4 1016 Am-241 3 1012 Am-242 1 1016 Am-242m 3 1012 Am-243 3 1012 Am-244 2 1016 Am-244m 2 1018 Am-245 2 1016 Am-246 1 1016 Am-246m 2 1016 Antimony Sb-115 2 1016 Sb-116 2 1016 Sb-116m 2 1016 Sb-117 1 1017 Sb-118m 7 1016 Sb-119 1 1017 6 Sb-120 (long lived isotope) 3 1016 Sb-120 (short lived isotope) 2 1016 Sb-122 2 1016 Sb-124 4 1015 Sb-124m 4 1016 Sb-125 4 1015 Sb-126 1 1016 Sb-126m 2 1016 Sb-127 2 1016 Sb-128 (long lived isotope) 2 1016 Sb-128 (short lived isotope) 1 1016 Sb-129 2 1016 Sb-130 1 1016 Sb-131 2 1016 Argon Ar-37 (gas) 4 1021 Ar-39 (gas) 2 1020 Ar-41 (gas) 4 1017 Arsenic As-69 7 1015 As-70 1 1016 As-71 3 1016 As-72 9 1015 As-73 8 1016 As-74 2 1016 As-76 9 1015 As-77 2 1016 As-78 7 1015 Astatine At-207 4 1016 At-211 2 1015 Barium Ba-126 2 1017 Ba-128 6 1017 Ba-131 6 1016 Ba-131m 3 1016 Ba-133 4 1015 Ba-133m 2 1016 Ba-135m 2 1016 Ba-139 1 1016 Ba-140 2 1016 Ba-141 1 1016 Ba-142 2 1016 Berkelium Bk-245 3 1016 Bk-246 6 1016 Bk-247 3 1012 Bk-249 2 1015 Bk-250 2 1016 Beryllium Be-7 2 1017 Be-10 6 1015 Bismuth 7 Bi-200 2 1016 Bi-201 2 1016 Bi-202 2 1016 Bi-203 4 1016 Bi-205 2 1016 Bi-206 2 1016 Bi-207 1 1015 Bi-210 2 1015 Bi-210m 6 1013 Bi-212 7 1015 Bi-213 7 1015 Bi-214 1 1016 Bromine Br-74 8 1015 Br-74m 6 1015 Br-75 2 1016 Br-76 1 1012 Br-77 4 1017 Br-80 1 1016 Br-80m 5 1016 Br-82 3 1016 Br-83 2 1016 Br-84 7 1015 Cadmium Cd-104 1 1017 Cd-107 4 1016 Cd-109 2 1016 Cd-113 2 1015 Cd-113m 1 1015 Cd-115 1 1016 Cd-115m 2 1016 Cd-117 2 1016 Cd-117m 2 1016 Caesium Cs-125 2 1016 Cs-127 1 1017 Cs-129 2 1017 Cs-130 2 1016 Cs-131 6 1017 Cs-132 9 1016 Cs-134 7 1014 Cs-134m 4 1016 Cs-135 9 1015 Cs-135m 8 1016 Cs-136 8 1015 Cs-137 1 1015 Cs-138 8 1015 Calcium Ca-41 3 1017 Ca-45 3 1016 Ca-47 2 1016 Californium Cf-244 2 1016 8 Cf-246 5 1014 Cf-248 2 1013 Cf-249 3 1012 Cf-250 7 1012 Cf-251 3 1012 Cf-252 1 1013 Cf-253 2 1014 Cf-254 4 1012 Carbon C-11 2 1016 C-11 (vapour) 1 1018 C-11 (dioxide gas) 1 1018 C-11 (monoxide gas) 1 1018 C-14 3 1016 C-14 (vapour) 4 1017 C-14 (dioxide gas) 3 1019 C-14 (monoxide gas) 1 1020 Cerium Ce-134 1 1017 Ce-135 2 1016 Ce-137 2 1017 Ce-137m 2 1016 Ce-139 2 1016 Ce-141 2 1016 Ce-143 2 1016 Ce-144 3 1015 Chlorine Cl-36 2 1016 Cl-38 6 1015 Cl-39 1 1016 Chromium Cr-48 4 1017 Cr-49 2 1016 Cr-51 3 1017 Cobalt Co-55 2 1016 Co-56 2 1015 Co-57 1 1016 Co-58 6 1015 Co-58m 2 1017 Co-60 6 1014 Co-60m 7 1016 Co-61 2 1016 Co-62m 9 1015 Copper Cu-60 1 1016 Cu-61 2 1016 Cu-64 4 1016 Cu-67 3 1016 Curium Cm-238 5 1016 Cm-240 7 1013 Cm-241 5 1015 9 Cm-242 4 1013 Cm-243 4 1012 Cm-244 4 1012 Cm-245 2 1012 Cm-246 2 1012 Cm-247 3 1012 Cm-248 7 1013 Cm-249 2 1016 Cm-250 1 1013 Dysprosium Dy-155 1 1017 Dy-157 1 1018 Dy-159 8 1016 Dy-165 2 1016 Dy-166 3 1016 Einsteinium Es-250 1 1017 Es-251 6 1016 Es-253 8 1013 Es-254 2 1013 Es-254m 5 1014 Erbium Er-161 6 1016 Er-165 2 1018 Er-169 3 1016 Er-171 2 1016 Er-172 3 1016 Europium Eu-145 4 1016 Eu-146 3 1016 Eu-147 4 1016 Eu-148 4 1015 Eu-149 8 1016 Eu-150 (long lived isotope) 1 1015 Eu-150 (short lived isotope) 2 1016 Eu-152 1 1015 Eu-152m 2 1016 Eu-154 1 1015 Eu-155 2 1016 Eu-156 2 1016 Eu-157 2 1016 Eu-158 1 1016 Fermium Fm-252 7 1014 Fm-253 6 1014 Fm-254 3 1015 Fm-255 9 1014 Fm-257 3 1013 Fluorine F-18 2 1016 Francium Fr-222 1 1016 Fr-223 2 1016 10 Gadolinium Gd-145 2 1016 Gd-146 2 1016 Gd-147 5 1016 Gd-148 9 1012 Gd-149 6 1016 Gd-151 5 1016 Gd-152 1 1013 Gd-153 2 1016 Gd-159 2 1016 Gallium Ga-65 1 1016 Ga-66 9 1015 Ga-67 5 1016 Ga-68 2 1016 Ga-70 1 1016 Ga-72 2 1016 Ga-73 2 1016 Germanium Ge-66 3 1016 Ge-67 7 1015 Ge-68 1 1016 Ge-69 2 1016 Ge-71 7 1018 Ge-75 2 1016 Ge-77 1 1016 Ge-78 2 1016 Gold Au-193 7 1016 Au-194 1 1017 Au-195 3 1016 Au-198 2 1016 Au-198m 2 1016 Au-199 3 1016 Au-200 1 1016 Au-200m 2 1016 Au-201 2 1016 Hafnium Hf-170 4 1016 Hf-172 5 1015 Hf-173 6 1016 Hf-175 2 1016 Hf-177m 2 1016 Hf-178m 4 1014 Hf-179m 2 1016 Hf-180m 2 1016 Hf-181 1 1016 Hf-182 7 1014 Hf-182m 2 1016 Hf-183 2 1016 Hf-184 2 1016 Holmium Ho-155 2 1016 11 Ho-157 4 1016 Ho-159 6 1016 Ho-161 1 1017 Ho-162 5 1016 Ho-162m 4 1016 Ho-164 2 1016 Ho-164m 4 1016 Ho-166 1 1016 Ho-166m 8 1014 Ho-167 2 1016 Hydrogen H-3 (tritiated water) 7 1017 H-3 (organically bound tritium) 1 1018 H-3 (tritiated water vapour) 1 1019 H-3 (gas) 1 1022 H-3 (tritiated methane gas) 1 1021 H-3 (organically bound tritium gas/vapour) 6 1018 Indium In-109 7 1016 In-110 (long lived isotope) 2 1017 In-110 (short lived isotope) 1 1016 In-111 9 1016 In-112 2 1016 In-113m 5 1016 In-114 1 1016 In-114m 9 1015 In-115 6 1014 In-115m 3 1016 In-116m 2 1016 In-117 2 1016 In-117m 2 1016 In-119m 9 1015 Iodine I-120 6 1015 I-120 2 1017 I-120 2 1017 I-120m 7 1015 I-120m 2 1017 I-120m 2 1017 I-121 4 1016 I-121 1 1018 I-121 1 1018 I-123 9 1016 I-123 5 1017 I-123 6 1017 I-124 2 1016 I-124 9 1015 I-124 1 1016 I-125 1 1015 I-125 1 1016 I-125 1 1016 I-126 8 1015 I-126 5 1015 12 I-126 6 1011 I-128 1 1016 I-128 2 1018 I-128 5 1018 I-129 1 1014 I-129 2 1015 I-129 2 1015 I-130 3 1016 I-130 5 1016 I-130 6 1016 I-131 9 1014 I-131 6 1015 I-131 7 1015 I-132 2 1016 I-132 2 1017 I-132 3 1017 I-132m 2 1016 I-132m 4 1017 I-132m 5 1017 I-133 2 1016 I-133 2 1016 I-133 3 1016 I-134 2 1016 I-134 3 1017 I-134 4 1017 I-135 2 1016 I-135 9 1016 I-135 1 1017 Iridium Ir-182 1 1016 Ir-184 2 1016 Ir-185 3 1016 Ir-186 3 1016 Ir-186 2 1016 Ir-187 6 1016 Ir-188 5 1016 Ir-189 9 1016 Ir-190 2 1016 Ir-190m 3 1016 Ir-190m 1 1017 Ir-192 6 1015 Ir-192m 4 1015 Ir-193m 4 1016 Ir-194 1 1016 Ir-194m 1 1015 Ir-195 2 1016 Ir-195m 2 1016 Iron Fe-52 2 1016 Fe-55 8 1016 Fe-59 8 1015 Fe-60 4 1014 Krypton 13 Kr-74 (gas) 5 1017 Kr-76 (gas) 1 1018 Kr-77 (gas) 6 1017 Kr-79 (gas) 2 1018 Kr-81 (gas) 7 1015 Kr-81m (gas) 5 1018 Kr-83m (gas) 3 1020 Kr-85 (gas) 1 1020 Kr-85m (gas) 4 1018 Kr-87 (gas) 7 1017 Kr-88 (gas) 3 1017 Lanthanum La-131 2 1016 La-132 2 1016 La-135 2 1018 La-137 2 1016 La-138 2 1015 La-140 2 1016 La-141 1 1016 La-142 1 1016 La-143 7 1015 Lead Pb-195m 2 1016 Pb-198 4 1016 Pb-199 6 1016 Pb-200 3 1016 Pb-201 8 1016 Pb-202 6 1015 Pb-202m 4 1016 Pb-203 9 1016 Pb-205 1 1017 Pb-209 2 1016 Pb-210 3 1013 Pb-211 2 1016 Pb-212 1 1015 Pb-214 1 1016 Lutetium Lu-169 6 1016 Lu-170 3 1016 Lu-171 4 1016 Lu-172 3 1016 Lu-173 2 1016 Lu-174 1 1016 Lu-174m 3 1016 Lu-176 3 1015 Lu-176m 2 1016 Lu-177 3 1016 Lu-177m 3 1015 Lu-178 1 1016 Lu-178m 1 1016 Lu-179 2 1016 Magnesium Mg-28 5 1016 14 Manganese Mn-51 1 1016 Mn-52 2 1016 Mn-52m 8 1015 Mn-53 1 1018 Mn-54 3 1015 Mn-56 1 1016 Mendelevium Md-257 9 1015 Md-258 4 1013 Mercury Hg-193 (organic) 3 1016 Hg-193 (inorganic) 3 1016 Hg-193 (vapour) 2 1017 Hg-193m (organic) 2 1016 Hg-193m (inorganic) 2 1016 Hg-193m (vapour) 6 1016 Hg-194 (organic) 3 1015 Hg-194 (inorganic) 1 1016 Hg-194 (vapour) 6 1015 Hg-195 (organic) 5 1016 Hg-195 (inorganic) 5 1016 Hg-195 (vapour) 1 1017 Hg-195m (organic) 3 1016 Hg-195m (inorganic) 3 1016 Hg-195m (vapour) 3 1016 Hg-197 (organic) 7 1016 Hg-197 (inorganic) 7 1016 Hg-197 (vapour) 5 1016 Hg-197m (organic) 2 1016 Hg-197m (inorganic) 2 1016 Hg-197m (vapour) 4 1016 Hg-199m (organic) 2 1016 Hg-199m (inorganic) 2 1016 Hg-199m (vapour) 1 1018 Hg-203 (organic) 3 1016 Hg-203 (inorganic) 3 1016 Hg-203 (vapour) 3 1016 Molybdenum Mo-90 2 1016 Mo-93 2 1016 Mo-93m 4 1016 Mo-99 2 1016 Mo-101 2 1016 Neodymium Nd-136 4 1016 Nd-138 5 1017 Nd-139 2 1016 Nd-139m 3 1016 Nd-141 2 1017 Nd-147 2 1016 Nd-149 2 1016 Nd-151 1 1016 15 Neon Ne-19 (gas) 6 1017 Neptunium Np-232 3 1016 Np-233 2 1018 Np-234 5 1016 Np-235 2 1017 Np-236 (long lived isotope) 3 1013 Np-236 (short lived isotope) 3 1016 Np-237 5 1012 Np-238 2 1016 Np-239 1 1016 Np-240 7 1015 Nickel Ni-56 4 1012 Ni-56 (carbonyl vapour) 1 1017 Ni-57 2 1016 Ni-57 (carbonyl vapour) 2 1017 Ni-59 4 1017 Ni-59 (carbonyl vapour) 2 1017 Ni-63 1 1017 Ni-63 (carbonyl vapour) 1 1017 Ni-65 1 1016 Ni-65 (carbonyl vapour) 4 1017 Ni-66 5 1016 Ni-66 (carbonyl vapour) 1 1017 Niobium Nb-88 7 1015 Nb-89 (long lived isotope) 1 1016 Nb-89 (short lived isotope) 8 1015 Nb-90 2 1016 Nb-93m 1 1017 Nb-94 1 1015 Nb-95 2 1016 Nb-95m 2 1016 Nb-96 2 1016 Nb-97 2 1016 Nb-98 1 1016 Nitrogen N-13 (gas) 6 1017 Osmium Os-180 1 1017 Os-181 3 1016 Os-182 6 1016 Os-185 7 1015 Os-189m 1 1017 Os-191 4 1016 Os-191m 7 1016 Os-193 2 1016 Os-194 2 1015 Palladium Pd-100 7 1016 Pd-101 8 1016 16 Pd-103 4 1017 Pd-107 3 1017 Pd-109 2 1016 Phosphorus P-32 1 1015 P-33 3 1016 Platinum Pt-186 9 1017 Pt-188 6 1016 Pt-189 6 1016 Pt-191 7 1016 Pt-193 1 1018 Pt-193m 3 1016 Pt-195m 3 1016 Pt-197 2 1016 Pt-197m 2 1016 Pt-199 2 1016 Pt-200 2 1016 Plutonium Pu-234 1 1016 Pu-235 2 1017 Pu-236 6 1012 Pu-237 1 1017 Pu-238 2 1012 Pu-239 2 1012 Pu-240 2 1012 Pu-241 1 1014 Pu-242 2 1012 Pu-243 2 1016 Pu-244 2 1012 Pu-245 2 1016 Pu-246 2 1016 Polonium Po-203 3 1016 Po-205 7 1016 Po-206 1 1015 Po-207 8 1016 Po-208 2 1013 Po-209 2 1013 Po-210 4 1013 Potassium K-40 2 1016 K-42 7 1015 K-43 2 1016 K-44 6 1015 K-45 9 1015 Praseodymium Pr-136 1 1016 Pr-137 2 1016 Pr-138m 2 1016 Pr-139 7 1016 Pr-142 1 1012 Pr-142m 2 1019 17 Pr-143 2 1016 Pr-144 2 1016 Pr-145 1 1016 Pr-147 1 1016 Promethium Pm-141 1 1012 Pm-143 9 1015 Pm-144 2 1015 Pm-145 3 1016 Pm-146 2 1015 Pm-147 4 1016 Pm-148 1 1016 Pm-148m 5 1015 Pm-149 2 1016 Pm-150 1 1012 Pm-151 2 1016 Protactinium Pa-227 3 1015 Pa-228 3 1015 Pa-230 3 1014 Pa-231 2 1012 Pa-232 2 1016 Pa-233 2 1016 Pa-234 5 1015 Radium Ra-223 3 1013 Ra-224 7 1013 Ra-225 3 1013 Ra-226 2 1013 Ra-227 2 1016 Ra-228 1 1013 Rhenium Re-177 2 1016 Re-178 2 1016 Re-181 3 1016 Re-182 (long lived isotope) 2 1016 Re-182 (short lived isotope) 4 1016 Re-184 1 1016 Re-184m 7 1015 Re-186 2 1016 Re-186m 1 1016 Re-187 5 1018 Re-188 1 1016 Re-188m 3 1016 Re-189 2 1016 Rhodium Rh-99 4 1016 Rh-99m 9 1016 Rh-100 4 1016 Rh-101 7 1015 Rh-101m 2 1017 Rh-102 1 1015 Rh-102m 6 1015 18 Rh-103m 3 1019 Rh-105 2 1016 Rh-106m 2 1016 Rh-107 2 1016 Rubidium Rb-79 1 1016 Rb-81 2 1016 Rb-81m 4 1016 Rb-82m 3 1016 Rb-83 1 1016 Rb-84 1 1016 Rb-86 2 1015 Rb-87 4 1016 Rb-88 5 1015 Rb-89 9 1015 Ruthenium Ru-94 1 1018 Ru-94 (tetroxide vapour) 1 1018 Ru-97 3 1017 Ru-97 (tetroxide vapour) 1 1018 Ru-103 2 1016 Ru-103 (tetroxide vapour) 1 1017 Ru-105 2 1016 Ru-105 (tetroxide vapour) 6 1017 Ru-106 3 1015 Ru-106 (tetroxide vapour) 8 1015 Samarium Sm-141 1 1016 Sm-141m 2 1016 Sm-142 9 1016 Sm-145 3 1016 Sm-146 2 1013 Sm-147 3 1013 Sm-151 6 1016 Sm-153 2 1016 Sm-155 2 1016 Sm-156 2 1016 Scandium Sc-43 2 1016 Sc-44 2 1016 Sc-44m 9 1016 Sc-46 3 1015 Sc-47 3 1016 Sc-48 2 1016 Sc-49 1 1016 Selenium Se-70 2 1016 Se-73 2 1016 Se-73m 2 1016 Se-75 2 1015 Se-79 5 1014 Se-81 2 1016 Se-81m 4 1016 19 Se-83 2 1016 Silicon Si-31 2 1016 Si-32 2 1015 Silver Ag-102 1 1016 Ag-103 2 1016 Ag-104 3 1016 Ag-104m 2 1016 Ag-105 2 1016 Ag-106 2 1016 Ag-106m 2 1016 Ag-108m 1 1015 Ag-110m 3 1014 Ag-111 2 1016 Ag-112 7 1015 Ag-115 9 1015 Sodium Na-22 1 1015 Na-24 2 1016 Strontium Sr-80 1 1018 Sr-81 9 1015 Sr-82 2 1016 Sr-83 3 1016 Sr-85 1 1016 Sr-85m 3 1017 Sr-87m 7 1016 Sr-89 1 1016 Sr-90 8 1014 Sr-91 2 1016 Sr-92 2 1016 Sulphur S-35 (inorganic) 1 1016 S-35 (organic) 2 1015 S-35 (carbon disulphide vapour) 2 1017 S-35 (vapour) 2 1018 S-35 (dioxide gas) 1 1018 Tantalum Ta-172 2 1016 Ta-173 2 1016 Ta-174 2 1016 Ta-175 2 1016 Ta-176 3 1016 Ta-177 1 1017 Ta-178 (long lived isotope) 3 1016 Ta-179 6 1016 Ta-180 9 1015 Ta-180m 6 1016 Ta-182 3 1015 Ta-182m 2 1016 Ta-183 2 1016 Ta-184 2 1016 20 Ta-185 1 1016 Ta-186 9 1015 Technetium Tc-93 5 1017 Tc-93m 4 1016 Tc-94 6 1016 Tc-94m 1 1016 Tc-95 4 1017 Tc-95m 1 1016 Tc-96 4 1016 Tc-96m 2 1017 Tc-97 9 1016 Tc-97m 5 1016 Tc-98 1 1015 Tc-99 5 1014 Tc-99m 1 1017 Tc-101 2 1016 Tc-104 6 1015 Tellurium Te-116 6 1016 Te-116 (vapour) 2 1018 Te-121 4 1016 Te-121 (vapour) 3 1017 Te-121m 1 1016 Te-121m (vapour) 3 1016 Te-123 6 1016 Te-123 (vapour) 2 1016 Te-123m 2 1016 Te-123m (vapour) 5 1016 Te-125m 2 1016 Te-125m (vapour) 8 1016 Te-127 2 1016 Te-127 (vapour) 2 1018 Te-127m 1 1016 Te-127m (vapour) 2 1016 Te-129 2 1016 Te-129 (vapour) 4 1018 Te-129m 1 1016 Te-129m (vapour) 3 1016 Te-131 1 1016 Te-131 (vapour) 1 1018 Te-131m 2 1016 Te-131m (vapour) 5 1016 Te-132 3 1016 Te-132 (vapour) 2 1016 Te-133 1 1016 Te-133 (vapour) 7 1017 Te-133m 1 1016 Te-133m (vapour) 2 1017 Te-134 3 1016 Te-134 (vapour) 7 1017 Terbium Tb-147 2 1016 21 Tb-149 2 1016 Tb-150 2 1016 Tb-151 4 1016 Tb-153 7 1016 Tb-154 4 1016 Tb-155 1 1017 Tb-156 3 1016 Tb-156m (long lived isotope) 1 1017 Tb-156m (short lived isotope) 4 1016 Tb-157 1 1017 Tb-158 2 1015 Tb-160 5 1015 Tb-161 2 1016 Thallium Tl-194 1 1017 Tl-194m 2 1016 Tl-195 4 1016 Tl-197 5 1016 Tl-198 7 1016 Tl-198m 2 1016 Tl-199 6 1016 Tl-200 1 1017 Tl-201 7 1016 Tl-202 7 1016 Tl-204 2 1016 Thorium Th-226 4 1015 Th-227 2 1013 Th-228 6 1012 Th-229 1 1012 Th-230 2 1012 Th-231 2 1016 Th-232 2 1012 Th-234 3 1016 Thulium Tm-162 2 1016 Tm-166 3 1016 Tm-167 4 1016 Tm-170 2 1016 Tm-171 1 1017 Tm-172 2 1016 Tm-173 2 1016 Tm-175 2 1016 Tin Sn-110 6 1017 Sn-111 2 1016 Sn-113 5 1016 Sn-117m 3 1016 Sn-119m 5 1016 Sn-121 3 1016 Sn-121m 4 1016 Sn-123 2 1016 Sn-123m 2 1016 22 Sn-125 1 1016 Sn-126 5 1015 Sn-127 2 1016 Sn-128 2 1016 Titanium Ti-44 2 1015 Ti-45 2 1016 Tungsten W-176 5 1016 W-177 3 1016 W-178 6 1017 W-179 1 1017 W-181 1 1017 W-185 4 1016 W-187 2 1016 W-188 3 1016 Uranium U-230 2 1013 U-231 7 1016 U-232 6 1012 U-233 3 1013 U-234 3 1013 U-235 3 1013 U-236 3 1013 U-237 2 1016 U-238 3 1013 U-239 2 1016 U-240 2 1016 Vanadium V-47 1 1016 V-48 1 1016 V-49 2 1018 Xenon Xe-120 (gas) 1 1018 Xe-121 (gas) 3 1017 Xe-122 (gas) 1 1019 Xe-123 (gas) 9 1017 Xe-125 (gas) 2 1018 Xe-127 (gas) 2 1018 Xe-129m (gas) 2 1019 Xe-131m (gas) 4 1019 Xe-133 (gas) 1 1019 Xe-133m (gas) 2 1019 Xe-135 (gas) 2 1018 Xe-135m (gas) 1 1018 Xe-138 (gas) 5 1017 Ytterbium Yb-162 1 1017 Yb-166 8 1016 Yb-167 4 1016 Yb-169 3 1016 Yb-175 4 1016 Yb-177 2 1016 23 Yb-178 2 1016 Yttrium Y-86 2 1016 Y-86m 1 1017 Y-87 2 1017 Y-88 2 1015 Y-90 2 1016 Y-90m 7 1016 Y-91 2 1016 Y-91m 2 1017 Y-92 6 1015 Y-93 8 1015 Y-94 6 1015 Y-95 6 1015 Zinc Zn-62 1 1017 Zn-63 1 1016 Zn-65 5 1014 Zn-69 2 1016 Zn-69m 2 1017 Zn-71m 2 1016 Zn-72 3 1016 Zirconium Zr-86 2 1017 Zr-88 1 1016 Zr-89 4 1016 Zr-93 8 1015 Zr-95 8 1015 Zr-97 2 1016 Other radionuclides 4 1011 not listed above PART 2 Quantity ratios for more than one radionuclide 1. For the purpose of regulation 3(6)(b), the quantity ratio for more than one radionuclide is the sum of the quotients, for each radionuclide present (i), of the quantity of that radionuclide Qp divided by the quantity of that radionuclide specified in the appropriate column of Part 1 of this Schedule Qlim, namely— n Q p (i ) ∑ Q (i) i =1 lim Where n equals the total number of radionuclides. 2. In any case where the isotopic composition of a radioactive substance is not known or is only partially known, the quantity ratio for that substance must be calculated by using the values specified in the appropriate column in Part 1 for “other radionuclides not listed above” for any radionuclide that has not been identified or where the quantity of a radionuclide is uncertain. 24 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations prescribe the sites and transport for which lower liability limits apply under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (“the Act”). The liability regime imposed by the Act on operators of nuclear sites and disposal sites taking nuclear waste sets the standard liability limit at €1200 million, but allows a lower limit to be set for sites and transport prescribed under section 16(1) of the Act. These Regulations do not apply to excepted matter, which is the subject of separate regulation, the Nuclear Installations (Excepted Matter) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/920). All but one of the categories prescribed by these Regulations are new and result from the extension of the liability regime by prospective amendments to the Act made by the Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562). Regulation 3 prescribes low risk nuclear sites, which are broadly the same sites as those prescribed by the Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/919) which these Regulations revoke. The liability limit for these sites is €70 million (see section 16(1)(a) of the Act). These are sites licensed under the Act which are used for (i) small nuclear reactors or (ii) storage of radioactive material (within the radioactivity limits set out in Schedule 1); and in both cases subject to restrictions (set out in Schedule 2) on the quantity of fissile material at the site. Regulation 4 prescribes low risk disposal sites, for which the liability limit is €70 million (see section 16(1)(b) of the Act). These are disposal sites taking only low level waste as defined in regulation 2. Regulation 5 prescribes intermediate risk nuclear sites, for which the liability limit is €160 million (see section 16(1)(c) of the Act). These are sites used for purposes for which the risk is higher than for low risk sites, but which do not justify the standard liability limit. Regulation 6 prescribes low risk transport, for which the liability limit is €80 million (see section 16(1)(d) and (e) of the Act). These are situations where nuclear matter transported from a licensed site or a disposal site meets prescribed conditions, namely that the matter is in packages that do not exceed radioactivity levels set by reference to values used in the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials 2012. Regulation 7 requires the Secretary of State to review the operation and effect of these Regulations and publish a report within five years after they come into force and within every five years after that. Following a review it will fall to the Secretary of State to consider whether the Regulations should remain as they are, or be revoked or be amended. A further instrument would be needed to revoke the Regulations or to amend them. These Regulations come into force when the prospective amendments to the Act come into force. A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector has been prepared in relation to low risk disposal sites and low risk transport, in conjunction with the Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016. That assessment is available from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy at 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum to these Regulations and to the Order respectively on www.legislation.gov.uk. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument in relation to intermediate sites as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen. © Crown copyright 2018 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Jeff James, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. 25 £6.00 UK201801161006 01/2018 19585 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/42