National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999)

Notices

Categorisation of the Various Nuclear Installations in the Republic, the Level of Financial Security to be provided by holder of Nuclear Installation Licences in respect of each Category of Nuclear Installation and the manner in which that Financial Security is to be provided

2. Definitions
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In this Notice, a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999), bears the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

"nuclear fuel"

means nuclear fuel as defined in section 1 of the Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (Act No. 46 of 1999);

 

"Special Drawing Right or SDR"

means the unit of account defined by the International Monetary Fund and used by it for its own operations and transactions;

 

"special nuclear material"

means any material declared under section 2(c) of the Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 to be special nuclear material;

 

"used fuel"

means nuclear fuel removed from a reactor following irradiation, which is no longer usable in its present form because of depletion of fissile material, poison build-up or radiation damage.