Nuclear Safety Regulations, 2018

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,067, 9 ta’ Ottubru, 2018 B 3157

Taqsima B

L.N. of 323

of 2018

NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 585)

Nuclear Safety Regulations, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 62 of the

Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act, the Minister for

European Affairs and Equality has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Nuclear Safety Citation and

commencement.

Regulations, 2018

(2)

These regulations implement

(a) Council Directive 2009/71/Euratom, establishing a

Community framework for the safety of nuclear installations, as

amended by 2014/87/Euratom; and

(b)

Convention on Nuclear Safety.

(3) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force

on 15th July 2018.

The objectives of these regulations is to

Objectives.

(a) support the European Union and international efforts

to achieve and maintain a high level of nuclear safety worldwide

through national measures and international co-operation;

(b) to ensure that national arrangements are in place to

protect workers, the general public and the environment against

potential radiological hazards from nuclear facilities.

(1)

This regulation

Scope.

(a)

shall apply to the safety of nuclear facilities;

(b) supplements the Act and Basic Safety Standards for S.L. 585.01.

Ionising Radiation Regulations, as regards the nuclear safety of

nuclear facilities.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

Definitions.

"Act" means the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act;

"Commission" means Commission for the protection from

Ionising and Non-Ionising Radiation and defined in article 10 of the

Act;

"Convention" means the Convention on Nuclear Safety

"emergency" means a non-routine situation or event involving a

radiation source that necessitates prompt action to mitigate serious

adverse consequences for human health and safety, quality of life,

property or the environment, or a hazard that could give rise to such

serious adverse consequences;

"Maltese Radiological Response Plan" means the plan referred to

under article 31 of the Act;

"Minister" means the minister responsible for the Act;

"Nuclear facility" means any facility where activities or practices

utilizing nuclear material are conducted, including a nuclear power

plant, research reactor, fuel fabrication plant, spent fuel storage

facility, enrichment plant, reprocessing facility or any other facility

determined by the Commission;

"Nuclear or radiological emergency" means an emergency in

which there is, or is perceived to be, a hazard due to

(a) the energy resulting from a nuclear chain reaction or

from the decay of the products of a chain reaction; or

(b)

radiation exposure;

"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;

"Secretariat" means the Secretariat of the Commission as

established by article 12 of the Act.

(1) The Commission shall advise the Minister on all

matters relating to the regulatory framework to govern the safety of

nuclear facilities.

(2) It shall be a function of the Commission to recommend to

the Minister on the allocation of any responsibilities made in

connection with these regulations with other governmental entities and

to ensure coordination of such activities.

Pursuant to article 31 of the Act, the Maltese radiological Response to

response plan shall take into account the threats posed by any overseas overseas

accident.

nuclear facilities, nuclear material transiting Malta, and nuclear

powered vessels.

Insofar as that Malta is likely to be affected by a nuclear or Response to

radiological emergency and pursuant to regulations 93 and 94 of Basic overseas

accident.

Safety Standards for Ionising Radiation Regulations the Secretariat S.L. 585.01.

and if appropriate the Civil Protection Department shall ensure that the

Maltese population are provided with appropriate information for

emergency planning and response.

The Commission shall coordinate the Maltese obligations Obligations

under the

under the Convention and shall in particular

Convention of

Nuclear Safety.

(a) prepare National Reports pursuant to Article 5 of the

Convention.

(b) attend the full Review Meetings of the Convention

pursuant to Article 20 of the Convention.

(1) The Commission shall coordinate, at least once every Self assessment

ten (10) years, a periodic self-assessment cycle of their national and

under the

framework and competent regulatory authority and invite an Directive.

international peer review of relevant segments of the national

regulatory framework.

(2) Outcomes of such peer reviews shall be reported to the

European Commission, when available.

The Convention on Nuclear Safety Regulations are hereby Repeal.

repealed.

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