How does the Act regulate radioactive waste in Victoria?
As a minimum, any person seeking to store or dispose of radioactive material will need to hold a management licence permitting that activity. This will mean that a business which generates radioactive waste and wishes to store that material until it is no longer radioactive or dispose of the material will need to hold an appropriate licence which permits that activity. The management licence could also include conditions requiring specific steps be undertaken to ensure safety and security of the radioactive sources involved. It is likely that a future amendment of the National Directory for Radiation Protection will specify as a radiation facility a place which stores specific types of radioactive materials. Victorian regulations made under this Act would then be expected to define such a facility as a radiation facility within the meaning of the Act. These new regulations would allow for increased controls over the establishment of such a facility than currently exist in a manner cons
