The Nuclear Industries Security (Amendment) and Nuclear Security (Prescribed Material) Regulations 2014

• Citation: S.I. 2014/526
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Nuclear Industries Security (Amendment) and Nuclear Security (Prescribed Material) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 31st March 2014.

Section 2 Prescribed fissile material

(1) For the purposes of the definition of “nuclear material” in section 70(3) of the Energy Act 2013 (meaning of “nuclear material” for the ONR’s nuclear security purposes) fissile material of the following kinds is prescribed—

(a) previously separated americium-241 which is not irradiated;

(b) previously separated americium-242m which is not irradiated;

(c) previously separated americium-243 which is not irradiated;

(d) previously separated neptunium-237 which is not irradiated.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

“irradiated” in relation to any kind of material, means that the material has a total radiation output giving a dose rate exceeding one Gray per hour at one metre from the unshielded surface of the material; and

“previously separated”, in relation to any kind of material, means that the material has been subject to treatment that increases the concentration of the material.

Section 3 Amendment of the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003

In regulation 4(3A) of the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003 , in both places where it occurs, for “to the extent that, and only in relation to, an” substitute “in relation to any”.

Section 4 Review

(1) Before the end of the review period, the Secretary of State must—

(a) carry out a review of regulation 2 of these Regulations;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish the report.

(2) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by regulation 2 of these Regulations;

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a way that imposes less regulation.

(3) The Secretary of State may exclude from the published report anything the publication of which the Secretary of State considers to be contrary to the interests of national security.

(4) In paragraph (1), “review period” means the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.