Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (Act No. 46 of 1999)RegulationsNuclear Non-Proliferation Regulations, 20234. Measurements on nuclear material and maintaining measuring control programmes |
(1) | The measurements to be performed on nuclear material in terms of section 33(3)(c) of the Act by any person in possession of, using, handling or processing nuclear material are— |
(a) | the verification of quantities and mass of nuclear material received, processed, produced, shipped, lost or otherwise removed from the inventory; and |
(b) | the measurement of the inventory based on sampling for destructive analysis or non-destructive assay. |
(2) | The measuring control programme to be maintained in terms of section 33(3)(c) of the Act must include— |
(a) | a measurement system approved by a facility to verify material that has been declared; |
(b) | a sampling system; |
(c) | an analysis and evaluation of results by suitably qualified persons; |
(d) | an operator who introduces the measurement system into the operating system; |
(e) | the counting and item identification, or nuclear material transformation calculations, quantitative and qualitative non-destructive assay; and |
(f) | a dedicated in-plant accounting and measurement system. |