Regulations, 2011

L.N. 299 of 2011

NATIONAL INTEREST (ENABLING POWERS) ACT

(CAP. 365)

Convention on Nuclear Safety Regulations (Amendment)

Regulations, 2011

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the

National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act, the Prime Minister has

made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Convention on

Nuclear Safety Regulations (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 and

they shall be read and construed as one with the Convention on

Nuclear Safety Regulations, 2007, hereinafter referred to as “the

principal regulations”.

(2)

These regulations shall come into force on the 22

July, 2011.

(3) These regulations implement Council Directive

2009/71/Euratom establishing a Community framework for the

safety of nuclear installations.

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) immediately after the definition “the Convention”,

there shall be added the following new definition

“ “nuclear facility” means

(a) an enrichment plant, nuclear fuel

fabrication plant, nuclear power plant, reprocessing

plant, research reactor facility, spent fuel storage

facility; and

(b) storage facilities for radioactive waste

that are on the same site and are directly related to

nuclear facilities listed under (a) hereof” ; and

(b) immediately after the new definition “nuclear

facility” there shall be added the following new definition

“nuclear safety” means the achievement of

proper operating conditions, prevention of accidents

and mitigation of accident consequences, resulting

in protection of workers and the general public from

dangers arising from ionizing radiations from nuclear

facilities; ”.

The whole regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall

be renumbered as sub-regulation (1) thereof and immediately after

sub-regulation (1) as renumbered there shall be added the following

new sub-regulatons

(2) The Board shall have the following functions

with regard to nuclear safety and nuclear facilities

(a) make recommendations to the Prime

Minister on any aspects of nuclear issues,

legislation, and organization of matters relating to

the national nuclear safety including

(i) the effect that overseas nuclear

facilities could have on Malta;

(ii) ensure the Maltese radiological

emergency plans take into consideration

overseas incidents; and

(iii) advise on funding and number

of personnel required by Board to fulfil the

obligations under these regulations;

(b) adopt and keep under review national

legislation and framework for nuclear safety

including in particular emergency response

procedures;

(c) issue authorisations and apply the any

necessary conditions for nuclear facilities;

(d) apply the necessary supervision of for

the operation of nuclear facilities within Malta;

(e) assess the need for training of regulatory

staff of the Board and staff involved in Maltese

radiological emergency response and promote

international training initiatives;

(f) make available to the members of the

public information on how nuclear safety issues

effect Malta;

(g) provide any such reports as are required

by Council Directive 2009/71/Euratom establishing

a Community framework for the safety of nuclear

installations; and

(h) perform self-assessments of the national

framework at least once every ten years and

invite international peer review of the national

framework.

(3) The provisions of sub-regulation (3) hereof

provide for appropriate national arrangements for

nuclear safety to protect workers and the general public

against the dangers arising from ionizing radiations

from nuclear facilities, and apply to any civilian

nuclear facility within Malta. They also supplement

the requirements of the Nuclear Safety and Radiation

Protection Regulations, 2003.” .

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