F0293

Facility Licence

Under Section 32 of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998, (the Act) I, Carl-Magnus Larsson, CEO of ARPANSA issue a Facility Licence to:

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

that authorises the persons identified below to possess or control the Nuclear Installation known as Little Forest Legacy Site described in Schedule 1, subject to the following:

1.	Conditions in Section 35 of the Act
2.	Conditions in Part 4 Division 4 of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 1999 (the Regulations)
3.	Practices to be followed in Part 5 of the Regulations
4.	Conditions in Schedule 2 

Persons covered by this Licence are the Licence Holder, employees of the Licence Holder, Commonwealth Contractors and employees of Commonwealth Contractors.

ISSUED at Sydney, this		day of 			2015

Carl-Magnus Larsson
CEO of ARPANSA 

This licence continues in force until cancelled or surrendered.
Schedule 1
Nuclear Installation 

Item	Kind1	Facility Details	
18	Possessing or controlling a controlled facility, being:
(a)	a nuclear waste storage facility that contains controlled materials with an activity that is greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by regulation 7; 	Little Forest Legacy Site	

Schedule 2
Licence Conditions

Environmental Monitoring Programme
1.	The licence holder must undertake an environmental monitoring programme approved by the CEO of ARPANSA.
Reporting
2.	The licence holder must provide to the CEO of ARPANSA within twenty-eight (28) days of the end of each financial year, information about its compliance with the Act, the Regulations and Licence Conditions during the previous year.  The annual report must also include:
•	A status update on the integrity of the facility trenches
•	Any change to the condition of the land  surrounding the facility’s trenches 
•	Information collected through the environmental monitoring programme and the results of the data analysis
Planning
3.	The licence holder must provide the CEO of ARPANSA with a plan for the medium and long term management of the Little Forest Legacy Site by 30 June 2018. This plan must include options for future disposition of the inventory of radioactive waste, including contingency plans to accommodate changes in Australia’s national radioactive waste management policies.