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National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999)NoticesNotice in terms of section 28 of the National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No 47 or 1999) on fees for Nuclear AuthorisationsNotice No. 2128 of 2022 |
Notice No. 2128
3 June 2022
GG 46471
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy
I Mr. Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Minerals Resources and Energy acting under section 28 of the National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999), on the recommendation of the NNR Board and in consultation with the Minister of Finance and by notice in the Government Gazette hereby determine the fees contained in the attached schedule payable to the Regulator in respect of—
| (a) | any application for the granting of a nuclear authorisation. |
| (b) | an annual nuclear authorisation fee increase of 5.7% for the financial year (2022-23). |
The fees shall be payable to the National Nuclear Regulator of South Africa, for the period of 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 by the licensed holders concerned.
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Mr. Gwede Mantashe, MP
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
Date:
The fees payable by new applicants to the Nuclear Regulator for its regulatory services have increase from an hourly rate of R2,205 for 2021-22 financial year to an hourly rate of R2,331 for the 2022-23 financial year.
Authorisation fees shall be billed annually in advance and payment of such fees shall be due within thirty (30) days of issuance of invoice. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding amount after 30 days of the issuance of the invoice.
Furthermore, Interest shall be calculated on the daily balance owing and compounded monthly. The interest rate determined by the Minister of Finance in terms of Section 80 of the Public Finance Management Act 1999, (Act no. 1 of 1999) shall be applicable.
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Facilities |
Type of Facility
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Number of authorisation holders per category |
Authorisation fees for the 2021-22 financial year per licenced holder. |
Authorisation fees for the 2022-23 financial year per licenced holder @ 6,5% |
Total as per NNR proposed fees of 6,5% for the 2022-23 financial year |
Recommended increase by the DMRE @ 5,7% |
Total fees as per the recommended increase in line with the CPI |
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Category 1 |
Small users, laboratories and refurbishes |
42 |
R67,713 |
R72,115 |
R3,028,830 |
R71,573 |
R3,006,066 |
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Category 2 |
Scrap processors, scrap smelter and service providers |
32 |
R84,642 |
R90,144 |
R2,884,608 |
R89,467 |
R2,862,944 |
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Category 3 |
Fertilizers and other lesser mining and mineral processing facilities |
4 |
R473,998 |
R504,807 |
R2,019,228 |
R501,016 |
R2,004,064 |
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Category 4 |
Medium operators and other lesser mining and mineral processing facilities |
31 |
R541,347 |
R576,535 |
R17,872,585 |
R572,204 |
R17,738,324 |
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Category 5 |
Large operators which include major mining and mineral processing facilities |
10 |
R1,286,565 |
R1,370,191 |
R13,701,910 |
R1,359,899 |
R13,598,990 |
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Total |
119 |
R2,454,265 |
R2,613,792 |
R39,507,161 |
R2,594,159 |
R39,210,388 |
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Eskom KNPS -normal operation |
R93,801,884 |
R99,899,006 |
R99,899,006 |
R99,148,591 |
R99,148,591 |
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Eskom KNPS -Steam generator replacement |
R22,911,992 |
R24,401,272 |
R24,401,272 |
R24,217,975 |
R24,217,975 |
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Eskom -Thyspunt- Nuclear installation site license application |
R9,637,957 |
R10,264,424 |
R10,264,424 |
R10,187,321 |
R10,187,321 |
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Eskom - Long Term Operation application |
R14,037,957 |
R14,950,424 |
R14,950,424 |
R14,838,121 |
R14,838,121 |
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Necsa -Pelindaba |
R49,456,726 |
R52,671,413 |
R52,671,413 |
R52,275,759 |
R52,275,759 |
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Necsa- Vaalputs |
R7,617,815 |
R8,112,973 |
R8,112,973 |
R8,052,030 |
R8,052,030 |
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Total |
R197,464,331 |
R210,299,512 |
R210,299,512 |
R208,719,798 |
R208,719,798 |
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Accumulated fees |
R199,918,596 |
R212,913,305 |
R249,806,686 |
R211,313,957 |
R247,930,186 |
