SCHEDULE 23Radioactive substances activities

PART 2Interpretation

Interpretation: NORM industrial activity2

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in this Schedule—

  • type 1 NORM industrial activity” means—

    1. a

      the production and use of thorium, or thorium compounds, and the production of products where thorium is deliberately added, or

    2. b

      the production and use of uranium or uranium compounds, and the production of products where uranium is deliberately added;

  • type 2 NORM industrial activity” means—

    1. a

      the extraction and production of rare earth elements and rare earth element alloys,

    2. b

      the mining and processing of ores other than uranium ore,

    3. c

      the production of oil and gas,

    4. d

      the removal and management of radioactive scales and precipitates from equipment associated with industrial activities,

    5. e

      any industrial activity utilising phosphate ore,

    6. f

      the manufacture of titanium dioxide pigments,

    7. g

      the extraction and refining of zircon and manufacture of zirconium compounds,

    8. h

      the production of tin, copper, aluminium, zinc, lead and iron and steel,

    9. i

      any activity related to coal mine de-watering plants,

    10. j

      china clay extraction,

    11. k

      water treatment associated with provision of drinking water, F1...

    12. ka

      F2geothermal energy production, or

    13. l

      the remediation of contamination from any type 1 NORM industrial activity or any of the activities listed above.

2

An activity which involves the processing of radionuclides of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin for their radioactive, fissile or fertile properties is not a type 1 NORM industrial activity or a type 2 NORM industrial activity.