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2. Dues shall be paid for the supervision undertaken by the Norwegian Radiation Protection
Authority in connection with the construction and operation of nuclear installations.
3. Fees and dues shall be determined by the Crown.”
Nuclear
liability (compensation and insurance)
The Paris Convention with additional protocols is implemented in Chapter III of the Act
of
Nuclear
Energy Activities.
Control of the peaceful utilisation of nuclear energy
Norway has entered an agreement on international safeguards:
The Agreement between Norway and the Agency for the Application of Safeguards in
connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1 March 1972), and
Protocol additional to the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the International
Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (29 September 1999).
Section 51. (Control of the peaceful utilisation of nuclear energy) from the Act of Nuclear Energy
Power Activities
“The Crown may issue any provisions necessary to ensure and ascertain by supervision that
nuclear installations, nuclear fuel, radioactive products and other materials used for providing
nuclear energy that fall under the scope of international safety supervision pursuant to an
agreement to which Norway has acceded, are only used for peaceful and non-explosive purposes.
Norwegian inspectors shall, for the purposes of supervision, have right of access to nuclear
installations and to other places where the aforementioned materials and equipment are located or
assumed located. The inspectors are entitled to obtain such information as is deemed necessary in
order to ascertain whether such installations, materials and equipment are to be used for peaceful
and non-explosive purposes. To the extent that an agreement on international safety supervision
exists to which Norway has acceded, foreign inspectors shall also have the right of access to
information and, accompanied by Norwegian inspectors or other authorised persons, nuclear
installations, etc., in accordance with point two.”
Export
of thorium
Export of thorium is regulated by Regulations on Possession,
Transfer and Transportation of
Nuclear
Material and Dual-use Equipment, sections 11 and 12. The main rule is that export of
thorium
requires an authorization and in the case such authorization is given, the export is subject
to notification to NRPA
and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Import of thorium
Import of thorium is regulated by Regulations on Possession, Transfer
and Transportation of
Nuclear
Material and Dual-use Equipment, Chapter II (section 3). Here the main rule is that import
of
thorium requires an authorization.
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