The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 No. 1154

SCHEDULE 23 E+W Radioactive substances activities

PART 2 E+W Interpretation

[F1 Historic radium contamination E+W

9A.   A substance or article is not radioactive material or radioactive waste where the substance or article arises from the remediation of land contaminated by radium and—

(a) the substance or article contains Ra-226 or its progeny;

(b) in the absence of Ra-226 or its progeny, the substance or article would not otherwise be radioactive material or radioactive waste under this Schedule;

(c) the contamination occurred prior to 13th May 2000; and

(d) the concentration of Ra-226 or any of its progeny does not exceed the following values—

(i) for a substance or article which is a solid or a substance which is a relevant liquid, 1 Bq/g;

(ii) for a substance which is any other liquid, 1 Bq/1; or

(iii) for a substance which is a gas, 0.01 Bq/m³.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 23 Pt. 2 para. 9A inserted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 6