Chapter IV
OPERATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Article 30. Licensing of trial operation of nuclear power plants
1. Investors of nuclear powers plants shall make and send dossiers to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for consideration and grant of licenses for trial operation of these plants. Such a dossier comprises:
a/ An application for a license for trial operation;
b/ A report on safety analysis before trial operation:
c/ Description of operation conditions, technical parameters and limitations;
d/ A plan and process of fuel intake and trial operation;
e/ A report on technical capability to assure safe operation of the nuclear power plant;
f/ A plan on assurance of operation quality:
g/ A plan of action in response to incidents.
2. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall grant licenses for trial operation of nuclear power plants after consulting the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Council for Nuclear Safety.
3. The safety control agency of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the radiation and nuclear safety agency of the Ministry of Science and Technology shall inspect and supervise the trial operation of nuclear power plants.
4. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall guide in detail contents of dossiers, order and procedures for licensing trial operation.
Article 31. Licensing of electricity activity of nuclear power plants
1. For official operation of nuclear power plants, organizations with these plants shall make and send dossiers to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for consideration and grant of electricity activity licenses for their nuclear power plants.
Apart from complying with current regulations, a dossier of application for an electricity activity license for a nuclear power plant must comprise:
a/ An application for an electricity activity license;
b/ A report on safety analysis after trial operation;
c/ An operation program and a fuel renewal plan;
d/A plan on assurance of operation quality;
e/ A plan of action in response to incidents;
f/ A report on trial operation;
g/ The environmental management agency is certification of the realization of contents of the environmental impact assessment report and requirements of the decision approving this report.
Reports specified at Points b and e of this Clause shall be concurrently sent to the radiation and nuclear safety agency.
2. The radiation and nuclear safety agency shall:
a/ Appraise reports specified at Points b and e. Clause 1 of this Article;
b/ Propose the licensing of electricity activity of nuclear power plants and submit to the National Council for Nuclear Safety appraisal results for assessment.
3. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall grant electricity activity licenses for nuclear power plants after consulting the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Council for Nuclear Safety.
4. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall guide in detail contents of dossiers, order and procedures for grant of electricity activity licenses for nuclear power plants.
Article 32. Observation of environmental radioactivity at nuclear power plants
1. Organizations with nuclear power plants shall:
a/ Build observatories under regulations and observe environmental radioactivity at these plants;
b/ Report to the radiation and nuclear safety agency on observation results every six months and immediately report on abnormal observation results.
2. Provincial-level People's Committees in localities in which nuclear power plants arc located shall organize and direct the building of observatories under regulations, and observe environmental radioactivity in their localities.
3. Observatories specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article shall be online-connected to the national network of environmental radioactivity observation and warning.
4. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall guide in detail the observation of environmental radioactivity at nuclear power plants.
Article 33. Reports on actual safety and regular inspection of the safety status of nuclear power plants
1. Organizations with nuclear power plants shall make reports on actual safety of their nuclear power plants, including annual reports and ten-year general reports, to be sent to the safety control agency of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the radiation and nuclear safety agency of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
2. Organizations with nuclear power plants shall make extraordinary reports on actual safety at the request of competent state agencies.
3. A report on actual safety must contain the following:
a/ Satisfaction of conditions specified in the license.
b/ Changes compared with the dossier of application for a license;
c/ Radiation or nuclear incident(s) (if any) and remedies.
4. The radiation and nuclear safety agency shall set up an inspection office at a nuclear power plant to regularly inspect the safety status of the plant.
5. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in. guiding in detail the reporting on and inspection of actual safety of nuclear power plants.
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