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Rwanda: RURA Regulation No 013/2024 governing licensing of nuclear installations

Rwanda's utilities regulator adopted a licensing regulation for nuclear installations in force from 9 August 2024. It requires a site licence (valid ten years and allowing site preparation), then construction, commissioning, operation and decommissioning licences, and lists the documents each application needs. It is a licensing rule, not a permission for any project.

Category
Laws, rules and executive directives
Status
In effect
Instrument
final rule · Regulation No 013/R/RS-NRP/RURA/2024 of 30/07/2024 governing licensing of nuclear installations; signed at Kigali on 9 August 2024; in force on signature (Article 28)
Issued by
Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), Regulatory Board
Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Affects
Siting, National reactor licensing, Licensing review fees
In effect from
9 Aug 2024 · actual · day
Expiry or completion
None recorded
Operative text
RURA: Regulation No 013/R/RS-NRP/RURA/2024 of 30/07/2024 governing licensing of nuclear installations (Signed regulation as posted by RURA)
Record reviewed · next review
2026-10-18 · 2027-04-18 (dates our review of this record; not a statement of the measure's present legal effect)

Legal and geographic scope

Applies to nuclear installations and activities directly related to them (Article 3). Article 5 requires anyone intending to operate a nuclear installation to obtain, across its phases, a site licence, a construction licence, an authorisation for commissioning, an authorisation to introduce nuclear material, an operation licence, an authorisation to operate beyond design life, a decommissioning licence and release from regulatory control. Article 6 lists the site licence application documents (including site ownership or agreement, the site evaluation process, an initial safety analysis report and a radiological impact assessment) and says a site licence allows site preparation for construction; Article 7 makes it valid for ten years or as specified. Article 8 requires a preliminary safety analysis report for a construction licence. Annex I lists licence types and fees. Operators had six months from signature to comply (Article 26).

Not approved or still pending

Siting criteria (for example seismic or population limits) are not set in this regulation and no separate siting regulation is listed by RURA. A later draft licensing regulation posted for consultation was not assessed. No site licence for any project is recorded here.

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