The Nuclear Safeguards (Notification) Regulations 2004
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
3Persons required to notify the Secretary of State
4(1) Subject to regulation 5, a person shall notify the...
5Persons not required to notify the Secretary of State
6Form of notification to the Secretary of State
SCHEDULE
PART IACTIVITIES REFERRED TO IN REGULATIONS 3(1) AND 4(1)
1The activities referred to in regulations 3(1) and 4(1) are:...
2In paragraph 1: “centrifuge rotor tubes” means thin-walled cylinders as...
3The numbered entries referred to in paragraph 2 are the...
PART IIEXTRACTS FROM ANNEX II TO THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
1REACTORS AND EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
1.1Complete nuclear reactors
EXPLANATORY NOTE
It is not intended to exclude reactors which could reasonably...
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1.4Reactor control rods
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1.6Zirconium tubes
3PLANTS FOR THE REPROCESSING OF IRRADIATED FUEL ELEMENTS, AND EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY DESIGNED OR PREPARED THEREFOR
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Purex facilities have process functions similar to each other, including:...
A “plant for the reprocessing of irradiated fuel elements” includes...
These processes, including the complete systems for plutonium conversion and...
Items of equipment that are considered to fall within the...
3.1Irradiated fuel element chopping machines
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Remotely operated equipment especially designed or prepared for use in...
3.2Dissolvers
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Critically safe tanks (e.g. small diameter, annular or slab tanks)...
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3.4Chemical holding or storage vessels
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Especially designed or prepared holding or storage vessels for use...
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5PLANTS FOR THE SEPARATION OF ISOTOPES OF URANIUM AND EQUIPMENT, OTHER THAN ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ESPECIALLY DESIGNED OR PREPARED THEREFOR
5.1Gas centrifuges and assemblies and components especially designed or prepared for use in gas centrifuges
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
5.1.1Rotating components
EXPLANATORY NOTE
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5.3.1Gaseous diffusion barriers
5.5.1Separation nozzles
5.5.2Vortex tubes
EXPLANATORY NOTE
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5.6.1Liquid-liquid exchange columns (Chemical exchange)
5.6.2Liquid-liquid centrifugal contactors (Chemical exchange)
5.6.3Uranium reduction systems and equipment (Chemical exchange)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
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5.6.5Uranium oxidation systems (Chemical exchange)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
5.6.6Fast-reacting ion exchange resins/adsorbents (Ion exchange)
5.6.7Ion exchange columns (Ion exchange)
5.6.8Ion exchange reflux systems (Ion exchange)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The process may use, for example, trivalent iron (Fe3+) as...
5.7Especially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in laser-based enrichment plants
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
EXPLANATORY NOTE
5.7.1Uranium vaporization systems (AVLIS)
5.7.2Liquid uranium metal handling systems (AVLIS)
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5.7.3Uranium metal “product” and “tails” collector assemblies (AVLIS)
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5.7.4Separator module housings (AVLIS)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
5.7.5Supersonic expansion nozzles (MLIS)
5.7.6Uranium pentafluoride product collectors (MLIS)
5.7.7UF6/carrier gas compressors (MLIS)
5.7.8Rotary shaft seals (MLIS)
5.7.9Fluorination systems (MLIS)
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5.7.10UF6 mass spectrometers/ion sources (MLIS)
5.7.11Feed systems/product and tails withdrawal systems (MLIS)
5.7.12UF6/carrier gas separation systems (MLIS)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
5.7.13Laser systems (AVLIS, MLIS and CRISLA)
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5.8.3Uranium plasma generation systems
5.9.1Electromagnetic isotope separators
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NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS

The Nuclear Safeguards (Notification) Regulations 2004

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 3(1) of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 20001, hereby makes the following Regulations: