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Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (Act No. 46 of 1999)

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regulations, 2023

4. 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.