Uganda - Obtain a Certificate of Acceptance

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. Any person or organization intending to carry out any actions on radioactive material, shall apply to the regulatory body for authorization/ certificate of Acceptance, which shall take the form of either registration or licensing.
2. Any person or organization applying for authorization/certificate of Acceptance:
   • Shall submit to the regulatory body the relevant information necessary to support the application.
   • Shall refrain from carrying out any of the actions radioactive materials until the registration or licence has been granted
   • Shall assess the nature, likelihood and magnitude of the expected exposures due to the source and shall take all necessary measures for protection and safety.
   • Shall, if there is a possibility for an exposure to be greater than a level as specified by the regulatory body, have a safety assessment made and submitted to the regulatory body as part of the application.
   • Shall,as required by the regulatory body, have an appropriate prospective assessment made for radiological environmental impacts, commensurate with the radiation risks associated with the facility or activity
3. The applicant has to Notify the Uganda Radiation Protection Authority of an intention to posses and use an irradiating device/radioactive materials.
4. The Applicant makes an application on the prescribed form .
5. Evaluation and input by the Uganda Radiation Authority is done.
6. Inspection and issuance of the certificate of Acceptance for irradiating device/radioactive materials.

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Required Documents

• Radiation Safety survey and quality assurance tests of the irradiating device or radioactive material.

Office Locations & Contacts

Atomic Energy Council - Head Office,
Physical Akderss:Plot 40 Bukoto Street,
Kisementi, Kampala
Postal address:P O BOX 7044,
Kampala
Toll Free Number: +256417101700, 800100488
Email:[email protected]
Email:[email protected]
Website: Link

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development - Head Office,
Physical address: Amber House, Plot 29/33, Kampala Road
Kampala, Uganda
Phone: 041 4344414
Email: [email protected]
Website:Link

Eligibility

• Possess or use irradiating device/radioactive material

Fees

• Application Fee: Ugshs. 50,000/=
• License Fee: No Fee
• Note:-A fee of Ugshs. 50,000 is payable for registration once.
• A fee of Ugshs. 100,000 is chargeable annually.

Validity

• This certificate is issued once.

Documents to Use

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Sample Documents

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Processing Time

• Maximum processing time is two days

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
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Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

Contact Office: Uganda Radiation Protection Authority Resolution Criteria: Recommendations of an inspection report by radiation protection officers

Required Information

• Name and address of applicant
• Name and address of persons responsible for radiation safety at the area of use or installation
• Registration or Licence No.
• Telephone number
• Name and address of Unit /Dept. where radioactive material will be used
• Premises Licence / Registration No
• List names of individual users
• Registration or Licence No.
• Radioactive materials
• Purpose of which radiation material will be used
• Radiation protection general measures
• Methods which will be used for disposing of radioactive wastes and estimates of the type and amount of activity involved
• Declaration
• Signature of Applicant

Need for the Document

• The purpose of the certificate is to certify that a new irradiating device or radioactive material meets the Radiation Standards Protection.

Information which might help

Control and use of radiation sources

• Subject to such exemptions as may be prescribed under regulations made under the Radiation Protection Act (Cap 243), no person shall
• manufacture or otherwise produce;
• possess or use;
• sell, dispose of or lease, loan or deal with;
• import or cause to be imported; or
• export or cause to be exported,
• Any irradiating device or radioactive material except under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Act.
• No person shall sell an irradiating device or radioactive material unless at the time of sale the purchaser produces to the vendor a valid license authorizing him to use that type of irradiating device or radioactive material.
• For the purposes of subsection (1), an irradiating device or radioactive material shall be deemed to have been exported when it is placed on a ship, aircraft, train or any other vehicle within Uganda for the purposes of export.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

License to possess or use of radioactive material of radiation devices.

• The holder of a license is responsible for ensuring that exposure to ionizing radiation resulting directly or indirectly from its operation, conditions of storage, transport or disposal is kept as low as reasonably practicable below the prescribed limits.

External Links

• Energy Act Pdf
• External Link 2

Others

The Uganda Radiation Protection Authority is a statutory body established under the Act of parliament, the Radiation Protection Act, Laws of Uganda as the national competent authority with the responsibility for protecting the health and safety of people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionizing radiation. It regulates the use of ionizing radiation, exportation, importation, distribution and possession of radiation sources. The Authority operates under two subsidiary legislations;

• The Radiation Protection (standards) Regulations.
• The Radiation Protection (structural requirements and inspection of buildings) Regulations.