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

SCHEDULE 23 E+W Radioactive substances activities

PART 6 E+W Radioactive substances activity exemptions

SECTION 4 E+W Relevant standard conditions

Condition to dispose of accumulated waste E+W

14.  A person to whom the condition in this paragraph applies must dispose of the radioactive waste which is the subject of the exemption to which this condition applies—

(a) as soon as reasonably practicable after it has become waste, and

(b) in the case of such waste where it is a sealed source, a tritium foil source or an electrodeposited source, in any event within 26 weeks after it has become waste unless the regulator advises in writing that a longer period of accumulation is allowed.