Section 7: Section 44 of the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection

Authority Act, 2012 is amended by the repeal and replacement of that section with the following new sections - 44. The categories of radioactive substances and practices shall be classified as follows- "Categories of radioactive substances. 4 5 of section 44 of Act No. 7 of 2012. of section 15 (a) category 1-RTGs, irradiators, teletherapy, fixed multibeam teletherapy gamma knife; (b) category 2-industrial gamma radiography + sources, high or medium dose rate brachytherapy sources; (c) category 3-fixed industrial gauges that incorporate high activity sources, well logging gauges; (d) category 4- low dose rate brachytherapy sources, industrial gauges that do not incorporate high activity sources, bone densitometers, static eliminators; (e) category 5-low dose rate brachytherapy eye plaques and permanent implant sources, x-ray florescence devices, electron capture devices, Mossbauer Spectrometry, positron emission topography check sources. 44A. The categories of nuclear material shall be classified as follows- (a) category 1- (i) 2kg or more Plutonium/ U-233; (ii) 5kg or more HEU; (b) category 2- (i) 500 grams to 2kg plutonium/ U233; 6 7 (ii) 1-5 kG HEU; (iii) 10 kg or more LEU (10- 20% U-235); (iv) Irradiated fuel (depleted uranium, natural uranium or LEU with fissile content or uranium less than 10%; (c) Category 3- (i) 15-500grams plutonium/ U-233; (ii) 15-1kg HEU; (iii) 1 -10 kg LEU (10-20% U- 235); (iv) 10kg or more uranium enriched up to 10% U-235’’.