SCHEDULE 23Radioactive substances activities

PART 6Radioactive substances activity exemptions

SECTION 5Exemption for disposing of solid radioactive waste

Solid radioactive waste16

1

Solid radioactive waste referred to in paragraph 15 means—

F1a

subject to sub-paragraph (2)—

i

solid radioactive waste described in an entry in column 1 of Table 6 which does not contain a concentration of radionuclides that exceeds the value specified in column 2 of that table in respect of that kind of waste, or

ii

a broken or damaged individual sealed source of the type described in the fourth entry in Table 6 (individual sealed sources which are solely radioactive waste because they contain tritium), which would not have exceeded the value specified in column 2 when the source was intact, or

b

a sealed source, an electrodeposited source or a tritium foil source which is not described in paragraph (a).

2

Sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to waste—

a

where, prior to the disposal of that waste, a person has diluted it with the intention of ensuring that sub-paragraph (1)(a) is met, or

b

which is NORM wasteF2....