ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Under Division 5 of the Regulations, all licence holders must pay an annual licence charge. Annual licence charges are prescribed in the _Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Regulations 2000. An invoice for the relevant amount is issued by ARPANSA at the end of each financial year.

Facility licence annual charges — nuclear installations

Item	Thing authorised to be done by licence	Charge ($)
1	Preparing a site for a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor that is designed: (a) for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) to have maximum thermal power of less than 1 megawatt	18 375
2	Constructing a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor that is designed: (a) for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) to have maximum thermal power of less than 1 megawatt	45 938
3	Possessing or controlling a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor: (a) for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) with maximum thermal power of less than 1 megawatt	18 375
4	Operating a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor: (a) for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) with maximum thermal power of less than 1 megawatt	91 875
5	De-commissioning, disposing of or abandoning a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor that: (a) was used for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) had maximum thermal power of less than 1 megawatt	45 938
6	Preparing a site for a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor that is designed: (a) for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) to have maximum thermal power of 1 megawatt or more	36 750
7	Constructing a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor that is designed: (a) for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) to have maximum thermal power of 1 megawatt or more	91 875
8	Possessing or controlling a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor: (a) for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) with maximum thermal power of 1 megawatt or more	91 875
9	Operating a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor: (a) for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) with maximum thermal power of 1 megawatt or more	707 438
10	De-commissioning, disposing of or abandoning a controlled facility, being a nuclear reactor that: (a) was used for research or production of nuclear materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and (b) had maximum thermal power of 1 megawatt or more	183 750
11	Preparing a site for a controlled facility, being a plant for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor of a kind mentioned in any of items 1 to 9	9 188
12	Constructing a controlled facility, being a plant for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor of a kind mentioned in any of items 1 to 9	18 375
13	Possessing or controlling a controlled facility, being a plant for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor of a kind mentioned in any of items 1 to 9	9 188
14	Operating a controlled facility, being a plant for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor of a kind mentioned in any of items 1 to 9	45 938
15	De-commissioning, disposing of or abandoning a controlled facility, being a plant that was used for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor of a kind mentioned in any of items 1 to 9	18 375
16	Preparing a site for a controlled facility, being a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility that is designed to contain waste with an activity that is more than the relevant activity level prescribed by regulation 8 of the ARPANS Regulations	9 188
17	Constructing a controlled facility, being a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility that is designed to contain waste with an activity that is more than the relevant activity level prescribed by regulation 8 of the ARPANS Regulations	18 375
18	Possessing or controlling a controlled facility, being a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility with an activity that is more than the relevant activity level prescribed by regulation 8 of the ARPANS Regulations	9 188
19	Operating a controlled facility, being a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility with an activity that is more than the relevant activity level prescribed by regulation 8 of the ARPANS Regulations	45 938
20	De-commissioning, disposing of or abandoning a controlled facility, being a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility that formerly contained waste with an activity that is more than the relevant activity level prescribed by regulation 8 of the ARPANS Regulations	18 375
21	Preparing a site for a controlled facility, being a facility to produce radioisotopes, containing a mixture of controlled materials, with an activity that is more than the activity level prescribed by regulation 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	18 375
22	Constructing a controlled facility, being a facility to produce radioisotopes, containing a mixture of controlled materials, with an activity that is more than the activity level prescribed by regulation 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	45 938
23	Possessing or controlling a controlled facility, being a facility to produce radioisotopes, containing a mixture of controlled materials, with an activity that is more than the activity level prescribed by regulation 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	18 375
24	Operating a controlled facility, being a facility to produce radioisotopes, containing a mixture of controlled materials, with an activity that is more than the activity level prescribed by regulation 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	73 500
25	De-commissioning, disposing of, or abandoning a controlled facility, being a facility that formerly produced radioisotopes, containing a mixture of controlled materials, with an activity that was more than the activity level prescribed by regulation 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	45 938

Facility licence annual charges — prescribed radiation facilities

Part 1 Charges — general

Item	Kind of prescribed radiation facility	Charge ($)
1	Particle accelerator with a beam energy of more than 1 MeV	9 450
2	Particle accelerator capable of producing neutrons	9 450
3	Irradiator containing more than 1015 Bq of a controlled material	9 450
4	Irradiator containing more than 1013 Bq of a controlled material but not including shielding as an integral part of its construction	9 450
5	Irradiator containing more than 1013 Bq of a controlled material and including shielding as an integral part of its construction, but the shielding does not prevent a person from being exposed to the source	9 450
6	Irradiator containing more than 1013 Bq of a controlled material and including shielding as an integral part of its construction, and with a source that is not inside the shielding during the operation of the irradiator	9 450
7	Facility for the production, processing, use, storage, management or disposal of sealed sources of controlled materials of activity in a quantity more than 109 times that mentioned in column 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the ARPANS Regulations	18 900
8	Facility for the production, processing, use, storage, management or disposal of unsealed sources of controlled materials of activity in a quantity more than 106 times that mentioned in column 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the ARPANS Regulations	18 900
9	Facility for the production, processing, use, storage, management or disposal of a mixture of controlled materials, the activity of which, worked out using the method set out in subregulation 6 (2) of the ARPANS Regulations, is more than the applicable level mentioned in that subregulation	18 900

Other Fees

Item	Thing authorised to be done by licence	Charge ($)
1	De-commissioning a controlled facility, being a prescribed radiation facility that was formerly used as a nuclear or atomic weapon test site	31 500
2	Disposing of or abandoning a controlled facility, being a prescribed radiation facility that was formerly used as a nuclear or atomic weapon test site	21 000
3	De-commissioning a controlled facility, being a prescribed radiation facility that was formerly used for the mining, processing, use, storage, management or disposal of radioactive ores	31 500
4	Disposing of or abandoning a controlled facility, being a prescribed radiation facility that was formerly used for the mining, processing, use, storage, management or disposal of radioactive ores	21 000

Source licence annual charges

Kinds of controlled apparatus or controlled material

Item	Controlled apparatus or controlled material
Group 1
1	Sealed source for calibration purposes of activity of 40 MBq or less
2	Sealed source in a fully enclosed analytical device
3	Sealed source with activity of 400 MBq or less in a fixed gauge
4	Sealed source in a blood irradiator
5	Sealed source in a bone densitometer
6	Sealed source that: (a) is in storage and awaiting disposal; and (b) has a nuclide with a maximum activity of not more than 109 times the amount mentioned in column 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the ARPANS Regulations for that kind of nuclide
7	Unsealed source, or sources, in a laboratory or premises, having nuclides of 1 kind only with a maximum activity not more than 100 times the amount mentioned in column 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the ARPANS Regulations for that kind of nuclide
8	Unsealed source, or sources, in a laboratory or premises, having nuclides such that when the maximum activity of each nuclide in the source, or sources, is divided by the amount mentioned in column 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the ARPANS Regulations for that kind of nuclide, the total of the results for all nuclides in the source, or sources, is not more than 100
9	Mammographic x-ray unit
10	Conventional dental x-ray unit
11	X-ray unit used for bone densitometry
12	X-ray unit used for veterinary radiography
13	Fully enclosed x-ray analysis unit
14	Baggage inspection x-ray unit
15	Mobile or portable medical x-ray unit
16	Magnetic field non-destructive testing device
17	Induction heater or induction furnace
18	Industrial radiofrequency heater or welder
19	Radiofrequency plasma tube
20	Microwave or radiofrequency diathermy equipment
21	Industrial microwave or radiofrequency processing system
22	Optical source, other than a laser product, emitting ultraviolet radiation, infra-red or visible light.
23	Laser product with accessible emission level more than the accessible emission limit of a Class 3B (Restricted) laser product, set out in Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZA 2211.1:1997
24	Optical fibre communication system exceeding Hazard Level 3A, as set out in Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2211.2:1997
Group 2
25	Sealed source for calibration purposes of activity of more than 40 MBq
26	Sealed source in a partially enclosed analytical device
27	Sealed source of activity of more than 400 MBq in a fixed gauge
28	Sealed source in a mobile gauge
29	Sealed source for medical or veterinary diagnostic nuclear medicine use
30	Unsealed source, or sources, in a laboratory or premises, having nuclides of 1 kind only with a maximum activity of more than 100, but not more than 10 000, times the amount mentioned in column 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the ARPANS Regulations for that kind of nuclide
31	Unsealed source, or sources, in a laboratory or premises, having nuclides such that when the maximum activity of each nuclide in the source, or sources, is divided by the amount mentioned in column 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the ARPANS Regulations for that kind of nuclide, the total of the results for all nuclides in the source, or sources, is more than 100 but not more than 10 000
32	Unsealed sources used for tracer studies
33	Industrial radiography x-ray unit
34	Fixed medical x-ray unit, including a unit used for fluoroscopy, tomography and chiropractic radiography
35	Partially enclosed x-ray analysis unit
36	Medical therapy simulator
37	CT scanner
Group 3
38	Sealed source for industrial radiography
39	Sealed source for medical and veterinary radiotherapy
40	Sealed source in a bore hole logger
41	Sealed source of controlled material not mentioned in another item of this Schedule
42	Unsealed source, or sources, in a laboratory or premises, having nuclides of 1 kind only with a maximum activity of more than 10 000, but not more than 1 000 000, times the amount mentioned in column 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the ARPANS Regulations for that kind of nuclide
43	Unsealed source, or sources, in a laboratory or premises, having nuclides such that when the maximum activity of each nuclide in the source, or sources, is divided by the amount mentioned in column 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the ARPANS Regulations for that kind of nuclide, the total of the results for all nuclides in the source, or sources, is more than 10 000 but not more than 1 000 000
44	Veterinary or medical radiotherapy unit
45	Controlled apparatus that produces ionizing radiation not mentioned in another item of this Schedule

Charges — general

Item	Number of controlled apparatus or controlled materials in the same location that persons are authorised to deal with under the licence	Charge ($)
1	For less than 4 controlled apparatus or controlled materials from: (a) Group 1 (b) Group 2 (c) Group 3	525 2 100 6 300
2	For more than 3, but less than 11, controlled apparatus or controlled materials from: (a) Group 1 (b) Group 2 (c) Group 3	1 365 4 200 12 600
3	For 11 or more controlled apparatus or controlled materials from: (a) Group 1 (b) Group 2 (c) Group 3	2 625 7 896 23 100

Charges for certain licence-holders

Item	Licence-holder Charge	Charge ($)
1	Department of Defence	606 900
2	Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation	202 440
3	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	202 440

 

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