F1SCHEDULE 23Radioactive substances activities

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PART 7Radioactive substances activity exemptions

SECTION 8Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste

Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste23

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a person (“A”) is exempt from the requirement for an environmental permit to carry on the radioactive substances activity described in paragraph 11(2)(b) of Part 2 of this Schedule in respect of gaseous radioactive waste where—

a

the only radionuclide contained in that waste is Kr-85 and A—

i

ensures that in respect of the total amount of such waste which is disposed of from the premises in a year, the total quantity of radioactivity does not exceed 1011 Bq; and

ii

complies with the conditions in paragraph 24(1);

or

b

subject to sub-paragraph (3), that waste—

i

is released from within a container at the time that the container is opened; and

ii

is emitted by solid or liquid radioactive material within the container,

and A complies with the conditions in paragraph 24(1).

2

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to waste where the person who generated that waste did not minimise the quantity of radionuclides generated as waste to the extent reasonably practicable.

3

Sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not apply in respect of any gas which arises as a result of a process applied by a person to the contained radioactive material.

Conditions in respect of gaseous radioactive waste24

1

The conditions referred to in paragraph 23(1) are that A must—

a

to the extent that is reasonably practicable—

i

in respect of relevant gaseous waste which arises in a building, cause the waste to be disposed of by an extraction system which removes the waste from the area where it arose and which vents the waste into the atmosphere; and

ii

prevent the entry or, where sub-paragraph (i) applies, the re-entry, of relevant gaseous waste into a building;

and

b

allow the regulator access to such records or such premises as the regulator may request in order to determine that all of the conditions that apply to A in respect of the relevant exemption in that paragraph are complied with.

2

In this paragraph “relevant gaseous waste” means waste which is described in paragraph 23(1) and disposed of under the exemption in that paragraph.