This chapter applies to all nuclear ships except ships of war.
Regulation 2.
Application of other chapters
The regulations contained in the other chapters of the present
Convention apply to nuclear ships except as modified by this chapter.
A nuclear ship shall not, in any circumstances, be exempted from
compliance with any regulations of this Convention.
Regulation 4.
Approval of reactor installation
The design, construction and standards of inspection and assembly
of the reactor installation shall be subject to the approval and satisfaction
of the Administration and shall take account of the limitations which will be
imposed on surveys by the presence of radiation.
Regulation 5.
Suitability of reactor installation for service on board ship
The reactor installation shall be designed having regard to the
special conditions of service on board ship both in normal and exceptional
circumstances of navigation.
Regulation 6.
Radiation safety
The Administration shall take measures to ensure that there are no
unreasonable radiation or other nuclear hazards, at sea or in port, to the
crew, passengers or public, or to the waterways or food or water resources.
Regulation 7.
Safety Assessment
a) A Safety Assessment shall be prepared to permit evaluation of
the nuclear power plant and safety of the ship to ensure that there are no
unreasonable radiation or other hazards, at sea or in port, to the crew, passengers
or public, or to the waterways or food or water resources. The Administration,
when satisfied, shall approve such Safety Assessment which shall always be kept
up-to-date.
b) The Safety Assessment shall be made available sufficiently in
advance to the Contracting Governments of the countries which a nuclear ship
intends to visit so that they may evaluate the safety of the ship.
Regulation 8.
Operating Manual
A fully detailed Operating Manual shall be prepared for the
information and guidance of the operating personnel in their duties on all
matters relating to the operation of the nuclear plant and having an important
bearing on safety. The Administration, when satisfied, shall approve such
Operating Manual and a copy shall be kept on board the ship. The Operating
Manual shall always be kept up-to-date.
Survey of nuclear ships shall include the applicable requirements
of regulation 1/7 or of regulations 1/8, 9 and 10, except in so far as surveys
are limited by the presence of radiation. In addition, the surveys shall
include any special requirements of the Safety Assessment. They shall in all
cases, notwithstanding the provisions of regulations 1/8 and 10, be carried out
not less frequently than once a year.
a) The provisions of paragraph (a) of regulation 1/12 and of
regulation 1/14 shall not apply to nuclear ships.
b) A Certificate, called a Nuclear Passenger Ship Safety
Certificate shall be issued after inspection and survey to a nuclear passenger
ship which complies with the requirements of chapters II-1, II-2, III, IV and
VIII, and any other relevant requirements of the present regulations.
c) A Certificate, called a Nuclear Cargo Ship Safety Certificate
shall be issued after inspection and survey to a nuclear cargo ship which
satisfies the requirements for cargo ships on survey on survey set out in
regulation I/10, and complies with the requirements of chapters II-1, II-2,
III, IV and VIII and any other relevant requirements of the present
regulations.
d) Nuclear Passenger Ship Safety Certificates and Nuclear Cargo
Ship Safety Certificates shall state: "That the ship, being a nuclear
ship, complied with all requirements of chapter VIII of the Convention and
conformed to the Safety Assessment approved for the ship".
e) Nuclear Passenger Ship Safety Certificates and Nuclear Cargo
Ship Safety Certificates shall be valid for a period of not more than 12
months.
f) Nuclear Passenger Ship Safety Certificates and Nuclear Cargo
Ship Safety Certificates shall be issued either by the Administration or by any
person or organization duly authorized by it. In every case, that
Administration assumes full responsibility for the certificate.
Regulation 11.
Special control
In addition to the control established by regulation I/19, nuclear
ships shall be subject to special control before entering the ports and in the
ports of Contracting Governments, directed towards verifying that there is on
board a valid Nuclear Ship Safety Certificate and that there are no
unreasonable radiation or other hazards at sea or in port, to the crew,
passengers or public, or to the waterways or food or water resources.
In the event of any accident likely to lead to an environmental
hazard the master of a nuclear ship shall immediately inform the
Administration. The master shall also immediately inform the