SCHEDULE 23Radioactive substances activities

PART 5F1The control of high-activity and other sources

Annotations:

SECTION 1Security of sources

Interpretation1

In this Part—

  • high-activity or similar source” means—

    1. a

      a high-activity source, or

    2. b

      such other sealed source which, in the opinion of the regulator, is of a similar level of potential hazard to a high-activity source;

  • F2“ high-activity source” means a sealed source for which the activity of the contained radionuclide is equal to or exceeds the relevant activity value laid down in Annex III of the Basic Safety Standards Directive;

  • orphan source” has the same meaning as in the F3Basic Safety Standards Directive;

  • sealed source” has the same meaning as in the F3Basic Safety Standards Directive.