Licensing of sites for new Nuclear Installations

This document is a government gazette notice published on 11 November 2011 by the Department of Energy, establishing regulations for licensing sites for new nuclear installations in South Africa. It outlines requirements for site applications, including submission of a Site Safety Report with detailed assessments on safety, risk, emergency planning zones, and radiological impacts. The regulations specify that site licences are valid indefinitely but require renewal confirmation after five years if construction has not commenced, and they do not automatically grant a full nuclear installation licence. The regulations were made under the National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999.