# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 9: Radionuclides with a short half-life


A substance or article is not radioactive material or radioactive waste where none of the radionuclides which it contains or which it consists of has a half-life exceeding 100 seconds.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039014/schedule/8/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-8/paragraph-9
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