This Act is enacted to administer radioactive material, prevent radioactive hazard and secure public safety. The “radioactive material” referred to in this Act means nuclear source material, nuclear fuel and(/or) radioactive waste. For the construction of production (and/)or storage facilities of nuclear source material (and/)or nuclear fuel, an application for construction license shall be filed with the competent authorities, and the construction shall not commence until the application has been reviewed and approved (art.8). Unless approved by the competent authorities, the nuclear source material (and/)or nuclear fuel shall not be held, utilized, imported, exported, transited, transhipped en route, carried, stowed, discarded, assigned, leased, lent or pledged (art.15). Unless approved by the competent authorities, the radioactive waste shall not be imported, exported, transited, transhipped en route, carried, discarded, or assigned; and the regulations for documents required, review and approval procedures and other matter to be complies with for an application in this regard shall be prescribed further by the competent authorities (art.25). The Act further provides for the measures to be taken for supervision and inspection, offences and penalties.
Taiwan Province of China · 2002-12-25