Notices > Notice in terms of section 28 of the National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No 47 of 1999), on fees for Nuclear Authorisations

Notice No. 417

14 May 2021

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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 for the financial year (2021-22)

The fees shall be payable to the National Nuclear Regulator of South Africa, for the period of 01 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 by the licensed holders concerned.

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Mr. SG Mantashe, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

Date: 09/04/2021

The proposed fees payable by new applicants and authorisation holders of Certificate of Exemption, to the Nuclear Regulator, for its regulatory services, would increase from an hourly rate of R2, 120 for 2020-21 financial year to an hourly rate of R2, 205 for the 2021-22 financial year.

Authorisation fees shall be billed annually in advance, and payment of such fees shall be due within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the 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.

Facilities	Type of Facility	Number of authorisation holders per category	Authorisation fees for the 2020-21 financial year per licenced holder.	Authorisation fees for the 2021-22 financial year per licenced holder.	Total fees for the 2021-22 financial year
Category 1	Small users, laboratories and refurbishes	42	R65,109	R67,713	R2,843,946
Category 2	Scrap processors, scrap smelter and service providers	32	R81,387	R84,642	R2,708,544
Category 3	Fertilizers and other lesser mining and mineral processing facilities	4	R455,767	R473,998	R1,895,992
Category 4	Medium operators and other lesser mining and mineral processing facilities	31	R520,526	R541,347	R16,781,757
Category 5	Large operators which include major mining and mineral processing facilities	10	R1,237,081	R1,286,565	R12,865,650
Total		119	R2,359,870	R2,454,265	R37,095,889

Eskom KNPS -normal operation			R90,194,119	R93,801,884	R93,801,884
Eskom KNPS -Steam generator replacement			R22,030,762	R22,911,992	R22,911,992
Eskom -Thyspunt- Nuclear installation site license application			R18,534,533	R9,637,957	R9,637,957
Eskom - Long Term Operation application			R0.00	R14,037,957	R14,037,957
Necsa -Pelindaba			R47,554,544	R49,456,726	R49,456,726
Necsa- Vaalputs			R7,324,823	R7,617,815	R7,617,815
Total			R185,638,781	R197,464,331	R197,464,331
Accumulated fees			R187,998,651	R199,918,596	R234,560,220

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

Notices

Notice in terms of section 28 of the National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No 47 or 1999) on fees for Nuclear Authorisations

Notice No. 417 of 2021