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[F1Exemption for disposing of other aqueous radioactive wasteE+W+S
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21.(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 aqueous radioactive waste described in sub-paragraph (3) where A disposes of that waste in accordance with the conditions in paragraph 22(1).

(2) A is not exempt under sub-paragraph (1) in respect of premises, where A holds an environmental permit to carry on the radioactive substances activity described in paragraph 11(2)(b) of Part 2 of this Schedule for the disposal of aqueous radioactive waste on or from those premises.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the waste referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is aqueous radioactive waste—

(a)which is not described in an entry in column 1 of Table 6; and

(b)with a total concentration of radioactivity which does not exceed 100 Bq/ml.

(4) Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply to aqueous radioactive waste—

(a)which a person has diluted with the intention that—

(i)the waste has a concentration of radioactivity which is below the value in sub-paragraph (3)(b); or

(ii)the condition in paragraph 22(3)(a) or (4)(b) is complied with in respect of that waste;

or

(b)where the person who generated that waste did not minimise the quantity of radionuclides generated as waste to the extent reasonably practicable.]

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