• Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (Act No. 46 of 1999)
  • Act
  • I. Introductory Provisions
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Declarations, determinations and exemptions relating to material, substances, equipment and premises, etc
  • II. The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, Limited
    • 3. Establishment of South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, Limited
    • 4. Incorporation of South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, Limited
    • 5. Corporation's memorandum and articles of association
    • 6. Application of Companies Act to Corporation
    • 7. Certain provisions of Companies Act may be declared not applicable to Corporation
    • 8. Corporation successor to property, assets and liabilities of Atomic Energy Corporation
    • 9. Transfer of shares by Minister
    • 10. State's financial interest in Corporation
    • 11. Financial year
    • 12. Judicial management and liquidation
    • 13. Main functions of Corporation
    • 14. Ancillary powers and functions of Corporation
    • 15. Loans
    • 16. Control and management of affairs of Corporation
    • 17. Vacation of office
    • 18. Meetings of Board
    • 19. Committees of Board
    • 20. Board and committees to keep minutes
    • 21. Delegation and assignment of powers and functions by Board
    • 22. Chief executive officer
    • 23. General management of Corporation
    • 24. Delegations and assignments by chief executive officer
    • 25. Staff of Corporation
    • 26. Finances of Corporation
    • 27. Accounting and auditing
    • 28. Rights to discoveries, inventions and improvements made by Corporation's employees and certain other persons
    • 29. Provisions with regard to security of Corporation's installations, sites and premises, etc
    • 30. Exemption from duties and fees
    • 31. Disclosure of confidential information concerning Corporation's activities
    • 32. Minister may authorise performance of Corporation's functions by other person or body in certain circumstances
  • III. Nuclear Non-Proliferation
    • 33. Minister's responsibilities concerning Republic's international obligations with regard to nuclear non-proliferation
    • 34. Authorisations required for acquisition or possession of, and certain activities relating to, nuclear material, restricted material and nuclear-related equipment and material
    • 34A. Prohibitions relating to nuclear material
    • 35. Exportation of source, special nuclear or restricted material or nuclear-related equipment and material
    • 36. Furnishing of information and reports
    • 37. Inspector may enter upon or enter premises to monitor compliance with Act with regard to restricted matter and restricted acts and activities
    • 38. Inspectors, powers of search, seizure, etc
    • 39. Inspectors acting under section 37 or 38 entitled to information concerning safety, and to be accompanied
    • 40. Provisions regarding issuing and execution of warrants
    • 41. Disposal of patents for inventions with regard to nuclear energy, nuclear material and restricted matter
    • 42. Application, in appropriate circumstances, of section 36, 79 or 80 of Patents Act, 1978, to invention contemplated in section 41 of this Act
    • 43. Prohibition of applications by South African subjects for certain patents in other countries
  • IV. Minister's Responsibilities regarding Source Material, Special Nuclear Material, etc
    • 44. Acquisition by State of source material and special nuclear material
    • 45. Authority over management of radioactive waste, and storage of irradiated nuclear fuel
    • 46. Discarding of radioactive waste and storage of irradiated nuclear fuel
    • 47. Reporting of information on occurrence of source material
    • 48. Provision of certain restricted matter for research, development and training purposes
    • 49. This Chapter not applicable to certain substances and certain radioactive material
    • 50. Responsibility for institutional obligations of Republic
  • V. General Provisions
    • 51. Non-disclosure of Minister's reasons for decisions adversely affecting persons, permiss
    • 52. Court proceedings and arbitration proceedings arising from this Act may be held in camera
    • 53. Appointment of inspectors
    • 54. Regulations
    • 55. Delegations and assignments by Minister
    • 56. Offences and penalties
    • 56A. Consent of National Director to institute proceedings and reporting obligations
    • 57. Legal succession to Atomic Energy Corporation
    • 58. Amendment of section 1 of Act 15 of 1973
    • 59. Amendment of Act 87 of 1993
    • 60. Partial repeal of Act 131 of 1993, and savings
    • 61. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule
    • Amendment of Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, 1993
• Regulations
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regulations, 2023
    • Notice No. R. 3145 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Keeping of records
    • 3. Reports to Minister
    • 4. Measurements on nuclear material and maintaining measuring control programmes
    • 5. Provision of information on design of nuclear installation and site concerned and all changes effected to the design thereof
    • 6. Physical stocktaking of nuclear material
    • 7. Prior notification of importation and exportation of nuclear material and nuclear-related equipment and material
    • 8. Notification on any loss of nuclear material
    • 9. Schedules of planned activities
    • 10. Application for authorisation for acquisition, possession of, import and certain activities relating to nuclear material
    • 11. Application for authorisation for exportation of nuclear material
    • 12. General
    • 13. Offences and penalties
    • 14. Exemptions
    • 15. Short title and commencement
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1 : Application forms in terms of section 34 of the Act (DMRE23) (DMRE27)
        • Annexure B : Guidance for completing the Application Form
        • Annexure C : General Information
        • DMRE 27
          • Annexure B : Guidance for completing the Application Form
          • Annexure C : General Information
      • Annexure 2 : Application forms in terms of section 35 of the Act (DMRE25)
        • Annexure B : Guidance for completing the Application Form
        • Annexure C : General Information
• Notices
  • Declaration of certain substances, materials and equipment as restricted material, source material, special nuclear material and nuclear related equipment and material
    • Notice No. 207 of 2009
    • Schedule 1 : Restricted Material
    • Schedule 2 : Source Material
    • Schedule 3 : Special Nuclear Material
    • Schedule 4 : Nuclear Related Material and Equipment
• Policies
  • Nuclear Energy Policy for the Republic of South Africa
    • Notice No. 1347 of 2008
    • A. Nuclear Energy Policy Framework
    • B. Nuclear Energy Governance Framework
    • Annexure A : A. Key Role Players