The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

SECTION 1 E+W Exposures and doses

Optimisation and dose limits E+W

1.  In respect of a radioactive substances activity that relates to radioactive waste, the regulator must exercise its relevant functions to ensure that—

(a) all exposures to ionising radiation of any member of the public and of the population as a whole resulting from the disposal of radioactive waste are kept as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account economic and social factors, and

(b) the sum of the doses resulting from the exposure of any member of the public to ionising radiation does not exceed the dose limits set out in [F1 Article 12] of the Basic Safety Standards Directive subject to the exclusions set out in [F2 Article 5(c)] of that Directive.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 1(b) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 11(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 1(b) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 11(b)

Specific dose limits and calculation E+W

2.—(1) In exercising those relevant functions in relation to the planning stage of radiation protection, the regulator must have regard to the following maximum doses to individuals which may result from a defined source—

(a) 0.3 millisieverts per year from any sourceF3 ..., or

(b) 0.5 millisieverts per year from the discharges from any single site.

[F4 (2) In exercising those relevant functions, the regulator must observe the requirements of the following provisions—

(a) when estimating effective dose and equivalent dose—

(i) from external exposure, chapters 4 and 5 of International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 116; and

(ii) from internal exposure, chapter 1 of International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 119; and

(b) in estimating population doses, Article 66 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 2(1)(a) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 12(a)

F4 Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 2(2) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 12(b)