The Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites and Transport) Regulations 2018

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 42

Nuclear Energy

The Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites and Transport) Regulations 2018

Made

16th January 2018

Laid before Parliament

16th January 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(1)(1) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965(2), makes the following Regulations. In accordance with section 16(6)(3) of that Act the Secretary of State consulted the Scottish Ministers before making these Regulations.

Citation and commencement

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(4).

(3) In this regulation—

“the main commencement day” means the day on which the Protocols come into force in respect of the United Kingdom(5);

“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(6), 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 Field of Nuclear Energy, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and by the Protocol of 16th November 1982(7).

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;

“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);

(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(8);

“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(9) 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(10) are revoked.

Richard Harrington

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

16th January 2018

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 1 Limits on mass of fissile material

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

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 2 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 not listed above		4 1011

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 Q_p divided by the quantity of that radionuclide specified in the appropriate column of Part 1 of this Schedule Q_lim, namely—

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.

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.

(1)

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).

(2)

1965 c.57.

(3)

Section 16(6) is prospectively inserted by S.I. 2016/562.

(4)

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.

(5)

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).

(6)

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.

(7)

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.

(8)

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.

(9)

2015 c.26. Section 30(3) was amended by the Enterprise Act (c.12), section 19.

(10)

S.I. 1983/919.