Interpretation
4 Interpretation
In this Act—
Code of Practice means the Code of Practice for the Near-Surface Disposal of Radioactive Waste in
Australia (1992) approved by the National Health and Medical Research Council and published by the Australian Government Publishing Service as
Radiation Health Series No. 35 (ISBN 0 644 28673 3);
environmental harm has the same meaning as in the Environment
Protection Act 1993;
ionizing radiation has the same meaning as in the Radiation
Protection and Control Act 1982;
nuclear waste means—
Category
A, Category B or Category C radioactive waste as defined in the Code of Practice; or
any waste material that contains a radioactive substance and is derived from—
the operations or decommissioning of—
a nuclear reactor; or
a nuclear weapons facility; or
a radioisotope production facility; or
a uranium enrichment plant; or
the testing, use or decommissioning of nuclear weapons; or
the conditioning or reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel;
nuclear waste storage facility means any installation for the storage or disposal of nuclear waste;
public authority has the same meaning as in the Environment
Protection Act 1993;
radioactive substance means any substance that spontaneously emits ionizing radiation.
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