Nuclear Energy Act (No. 990 of 1987).

This Act makes provision regarding the safety of nuclear power plants. It lays down provisions regarding general principles for the use of nuclear energy, and on nuclear waste management, on authorization of the use of nuclear energy and the monitoring of such use, and on competent authorities. The Act shall apply to, among other things: a) the construction and operation of nuclear facilities; b) the mining and enrichment activities whose purpose is to produce uranium or thorium; c) the possession, manufacture, production, transfer, handling, use, storage and transport, export and import of nuclear materials and nuclear waste as well as the export and import of ores and beneficiated ores containing uranium or thorium; 4) the possession and transfer, and export and import of said substances, devices and equipment, and information in the nuclear field.