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Title: Fees for Regulatory Services under the Nuclear Materials and Radioactive Waste Act Ch
Date: 2009.11.23
Legislative: Promulgated on June 3, 2003 by the Atomic Energy Council per its decree No. Hui-Wu-Tzu-0920013049
Amendment on July 3, 2003 by the Atomic Energy Council per its decree No. Hui-Wu-Tzu-09200164923
Amendment of Articles2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19-1 and 20 on December 29, 2004 by the Atomic Energy Council per its decree
No. Hui-Wu-Tzu-0930047895
Amendment of Articles 19-2 on October 26, 2007 by the Atomic Energy Council per its decree
No. Hui-Wu-Tzu-0960028843
Amendment of Articles 2, 6 and 13 on November 23, 2009 by the Atomic Energy Council per its decree
No. Hui-Wu-Tzu-0980019193
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Article 1   
This Standard is enacted pursuant to Article 47 of the Nuclear Materials and Radioactive Waste
 Management Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”)

Article 2   

An issuance fee of NT$3,000 may be charged for every license granted under the Act.

A review fee of NT$1,000 shall be charged for every new applicant for an operator’
s license for operating nuclear source material or nuclear fuel production facilities.
An examination fee and review fee of NT$1,000 each shall be charged for every
new applicant for operator’s examination of radioactive waste treatment facilities.
 When issuing the license, an issuance fee of NT$1,000 per capita shall be charged,
 and a review fee and issuance fee of NT$1,000 each for each license renewal.

Article 3

To execute nuclear safeguard materials inspection together with the International
 Atomic Energy Agency, the competent authorities may charge an inspection fee
 of NT$50,000 for every nuclear reactor every time.

Article 4

The review fees and inspection fees for construction, operation and decommissioning
 of nuclear source materials or nuclear fuel production facilities are as follows:

1.    Construction, operation and decommissioning review fee: NT$5,000,000 for
 each application.

2.    Construction, operation and decommissioning annual inspection fee:
NT$1,000,000 for each facility.

Review fee for operation license renewal for the facilities referred to in the previous
 paragraph: NT$2,500,000 for each application.

Article 5   

The review fees and inspection fees for construction, operation and decommissioning
 of nuclear source materials or nuclear fuel storage facilities are as follows:

1. Construction, operation and decommissioning review fee: NT$1,000,000 for each
 application.

2. Construction, operation and decommissioning annual inspection fee: NT$500,000
 for each facility.

Where the nuclear source materials or nuclear fuel storage facilities referred to in the
 preceding paragraph are configured inside the nuclear reactor, nuclear source
materials or nuclear fuel production facilities, and have been included in the original
 safety analysis report for the operating license, the construction and operation review
 fees and inspection fees may be waived. When a license for decommissioning is
being applied for together with the nuclear reactor, nuclear source materials or nuclear
 fuel production facilities, the decommissioning licensing fees and inspection fees
may be waived.

Review fees for operation license renewal for the facilities referred to in paragraph 1
: NT$500,000 for each application.

Article 6

The review fees and inspection fees for construction, operation and decommissioning
 of spent nuclear fuel storage facilities are as follows:

1. Construction, operation and decommissioning review fee: NT$5,000,000 for each
 application.

2. Construction, operation and decommissioning annual inspection fee: NT$1,000,000
 for each facility.

Paragraph 2 of Article 5 is also applicable, mutatis mutandis, to the occasions
prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

Review fee for spent nuclear fuel cask: NT$1,000,000 for each application.
Construction-inspection fee for cask: NT$50,000 for each.

Review fee for operation license renewal for the facilities referred to in paragraph 1
: NT$2,500,000 for each application.

Article 7

To obtain a permit for possession, use, import, export, transit, transshipment en route,
 transportation, storage, discarding, transfer, lease or mortgage of nuclear source
materials, an review fee of NT$3,000 shall be charged for each application.

Where the nuclear source materials are possessed or used inside the nuclear source
 materials or nuclear fuel production facilities, the above-mentioned review fee may
 be waived.

Article 8   

The fee for inspection of nuclear source materials shall be calculated according to
 the weight of uranium and thorium as recorded in the permit, and these rates:

1.    Less than 1,000kg: NT$5,000 every year.

2.    Not less than 1,000kg but less than 10,000kg: NT$5,000 for every additional
 1,000kg (the residual less than 1,000kg shall be calculated as 1,000kg).

3.    More than 10,000kg: NT$50,000 every year.

Article 9

To obtain a permit for possession, use, discarding, transfer, lease or mortgage of
 nuclear fuel, a review fee of NT$30,000 shall be charged for each application.

Where the nuclear fuels are possessed or used in nuclear reactor facilities, nuclear
 source materials and nuclear fuel production or storage facilities, the
above-mentioned review fee may be waived.

Article 10

The review fees and inspection fees for import, export, transit, transshipment
en route, and transport of nuclear fuel are as follows:

1. Nuclear fuel safety control plan and transport plan review fee: NT$100,000
for each application.

2. Nuclear fuel import and export review fee: NT$10,000 for each application.

3. Nuclear fuel transit and transshipment en route review fee: NT$30,000 for
each application.

4. Nuclear fuel transport, transit or transshipment en route review fee:
NT$50,000 for each application.

Article 11

The licensing fees and inspection fees for import, export and transportation
of spent nuclear fuel are as follows:

1.    Spent nuclear fuel safety control plans and transportation plans licensing
fee: NT$1,000,000 for each license.

2.    Spent nuclear fuel import and export licensing fee: NT$20,000 for each
license.

3.    Spent nuclear fuel transportation cask licensing fee: NT$1,000,000 for
each license.

4.    Spent nuclear fuel transportation inspection fee: NT$100,000 for each
transportation batch.

Where the transportation batch weighs less than 5kg, the fees prescribed in
Subparagraphs 1 and 3 shall be waived.

Article 12

The review fees and inspection fees for construction, operation and decommissioning
 of radioactive waste treatment facilities are as follows:

1. Construction, operation and decommissioning review fee: NT$1,000,000 for
each application.

2. Construction and decommissioning annual inspection fee: NT$1,000,000 for
each facility.

3. Annual operation inspection fee: NT$1,000,000 for each facility. Where there
 is more than one treatment facility in a nuclear reactor facility, an additional
NT$100,000 shall be charged for each treatment facility

Paragraph 2 of Article 5 is also applicable, mutatis mutandis, to the occasions
prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

Review fee for operation license renewal for the facilities referred to in paragraph 1
: NT$500,000 for each application.

Article 13

The review fees and inspection fees for construction, operation and decommissioning
 of low level radioactive waste storage facilities shall be charged as in the above article.

The review fees and inspection fees for construction, operation and decommissioning
 of low level waste storage facilities outside a nuclear reactor facility are as follows:

1. Construction, operation and decommissioning review fee: NT$4,000,000 for each
application.

2. Construction, operation and decommissioning annual inspection fee: NT$2,000,000
 for each facility.

Review fee for licensing low level radioactive waste storage or transport containers:
NT$300,000 for each application. Construction-inspection fee for containers:
NT$30,000 for each.

Paragraph 2 of Article 5 is also applicable, mutatis mutandis, to the occasions
described in paragraph 1.

Review fee for operation license renewal for the facilities referred to in paragraph 2
: NT$2,000,000 for each application.

Article 14
The licensing fees and inspection fees for construction, operation and decommissioning
 of high level waste storage facilities are as follows:

1.    Construction, operation, operation license and decommissioning license fee:
 NT$5,000,000 for each application.

2.    Construction, operation and decommissioning inspection fee: NT$1,000,000
for every facility every year.

3.    The licensing fee for a high level waste storage cask is NT$1,000,000.

The second paragraph of Article 5 is also applicable to the occasions described
 in the above paragraph.

Article 15

The licensing fees for construction, operation, operation license renewal, closure,
 and exemption from institutional control as well as the inspection fees for
construction and operation of low level waste final disposal facilities are as follows:

1.    Construction, operation, and operation license renewal fee: NT$10,000,000
for each application.

2.    Construction and operation inspection fee: NT$5,000,000 for every facility
every year.

3.    Licensing fee for closure or exemption from institutional control:
NT$5,000,000 for each license.

4.    Closure inspection fee: NT$3,000,000 for every facility every year.

Article 16

The review fees for construction, operation, closure, and exemption from
 institutional control as well as the inspection fees for site characterization survey
, construction, operation and closure of high level waste final disposal facilities
 are as follows:

1.    Site characterization survey inspection fee: NT$5,000,000 for each facility
 every year.

2.    Construction and operation review fee: NT$30,000,000 for each application.

3.    Construction, operation and closure inspection fee: NT$10,000,000 for every
 facility every year.

4.    Review fee for closure or exemption from institutional control: NT$10,000,000
for each application.

Article 17

To obtain a permit for import, export, transit, transshipment en route, discarding or
 transfer of radioactive waste weighing 1,000kg or more, NT$30,000 shall be
charged for each application.

Article 18

Where radioactive wastes are exported for final disposal, a fee of NT$5,000,000
shall be charged for each license for low level waste, and NT$20,000,000 for high
 level waste.

Article 19

The licensing fees and inspection fees for transportation of radioactive wastes are
as follows:

1.    Low level waste transportation plan review fee: NT$100,000 for each application.

2.    Low level waste transportation inspection fee: NT$50,000 for each
 transportation batch.

3.    High level waste transportation plan review fee: NT$1,000,000 for each
 application.

4.    High level waste transportation inspection fee: NT$100,000 for each
 transportation batch.

5.    High level waste transportation cask licensing fee: NT$2,000,000 for each
 license.

Where the weight of each batch of low level wastes is less than 1,000kg, the
transportation plan licensing fee and the transportation inspection fee shall be
 waived.

Article 19-1

In case multiple charges are involved in one application regarding the possession,
 use, import, export, transit, transshipment en route, transport, storage, discarding,
 transfer, lease or mortgage of nuclear source materials, the charge shall be applied
 to the item with the highest charge.

Article 19-2

If, during the construction (and/)or operation period of production (and/)or storage
 facilities of nuclear source material (and/)or nuclear fuel, design or equipment
changes involve significant safety considerations: NT$300,000 for each review.

Where the facilities referred to in the preceding paragraph are configured inside
the nuclear reactor, and have been included in the original safety analysis report
used to obtain the operating license, the review fee may be waived.

Article 20

Administrations (Organizations) equipped with nuclear reactors for research shall
 be exempted from paying all charges stipulated in the Standard.

Article 21

Review fees shall be paid upon application, inspection fees after execution of
 inspection, and license fees upon granting of the license.

After being paid, the above-mentioned fees may not be refunded or reserved
 unless incorrect payment, overpayment, or alteration of regulations occurs or
 there are other due reasons.

Article 22

This Standard shall become effective as of the date of promulgation.