The Nuclear Materials and Radioactive Waste Management Act Article 17

For the construction of treatment, storage (and/)or final disposal facilities of radioactive waste, an application for construction license shall be filed with the competent authorities, and the construction shall not commence until the application has been reviewed and approved (by the competent authorities) to satisfy the following prescription and the competent authorities have issued a construction license therefor:1.The construction is consistent with the prescription of the relevant international conventions(; and)2.The equipment and the facilities are sufficient to secure the public health and safety(; and)3.The impact to the environmental ecology complies with the prescription of relevant laws/statutes and decrees(; and)4.The technology, the management ability and the financial basis, etc., of the applicant are competent to operate the facilities.The competent authorities shall publicize and display the application referred to in the preceding Paragraph within thirty (30) days of the receipt of it; and the time period for publication and display as to treatment and(/or) storage facilities is sixty (60) days; while the time period for publication and display as to the final disposal facilities is one hundred and twenty (120) days. During the time period for publication and display, individuals, government agencies or organizations may submit to the competent authorities reference opinions in written document stating the name or appellation and the address; and a hearing (hearings) shall be held by the competent authorities subsequently.The regulations for the qualification, documents required, review and approval procedures and other matters to be complied with for an application for construction license for constructing treatment, storage (and/)or final disposal facilities of radioactive waste shall be prescribed by the competent authorities.