Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Regulation 6(4)

SCHEDULE 5 Particulars to be Included in an Assessment Report

The following particulars are required to be included in an assessment report under regulation 6(4):—

(a) the name and address of the operator or carrier;

(b) the postal address of the premises where the radioactive substance will be processed, manufactured, used or stored, or where the facilities for processing, manufacture, use or storage exist or, in the case of transport, the postal address of the transport undertaking;

(c) the date on which it is anticipated that the work with ionising radiation will commence or, if it has already commenced, a statement to that effect;

(d) a general description of the premises or place including the geographical location, meteorological, geological, hydrographic conditions and, where material, the history of the premises, except that in the case of transport a general description shall be given of either—

(i) the starting and end points of the journeys and transhipment points, or

(ii) the criteria to be used for route selection;

(e) in the case of an assessment by an operator, a description of any radioactive substance on the premises which is likely to exceed any quantity or mass specified in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 as the case may be, which description shall where practicable include details of the radionuclides present and their likely maximum quantities;

(f) in the case of an assessment by a carrier, a description of any radioactive substance which is likely to exceed any quantity or mass specified in Schedule 4 or Schedule 3 as the case may be, which description shall where practicable include details of the radionuclides present and their likely maximum quantities;

(g) except in the case of an assessment relating to transport, a plan of the premises in question and a map of the environs to a scale large enough to enable the premises and any features which could affect the general risk in an emergency to be identified;

(h) a diagram and description of any single plant or enclosed system containing more than the quantity or mass of any radioactive substance specified in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3, as the case may be, or, in the case of the transport of more than the quantity or mass of any radioactive substance specified in Schedule 4 or Schedule 3, as the case may be, the nature of the containment for the radioactive substance, the type of vehicle and the means of securing the load within or on the vehicle;

(i) those factors which could precipitate a major release of any radioactive substance and the measures to be taken to prevent or control such release and information showing the maximum quantity of radioactive substance which, in the event of a major failure of containment, would be released to the atmosphere including, in respect of premises, the identification of plant and other activities anywhere on the premises which could precipitate such release;

(j) those factors which could precipitate a smaller but continuing release of any radioactive substance and the measures to be taken to prevent or control such releases to atmosphere;

(k) those factors which could give rise to an incident involving the initiation of an unintended self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction or the loss of control of an intended self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction and, in either case, the measures to be taken to prevent or control any such incident;

(l) information concerning the management systems and staffing arrangements by which the radioactive substance is controlled and by which the procedures are controlled;

(m) except in the case of an assessment relating to transport, information about the size and distribution of the population in the vicinity of premises to which the report relates;

(n) an assessment of the area which is likely to be affected by the dispersal of any radioactive substance as a result of any radiation emergency and the period of time over which such dispersal is likely to take place;

(o) an assessment of the likely exposures to ionising radiation of any person or class of persons as a result of any radiation emergency; and

(p) an assessment of the necessity for an emergency plan to be prepared by the operator or carrier.