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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-23/paragraph-23",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111150184",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/23/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) the only radionuclide contained in that waste is Kr-85 and A—\n(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\n(ii) complies with the conditions in paragraph 24(1), or\n(b) subject to sub-paragraph (3), that waste—\n(i) is released from within a container at the time that the container is opened, and\n(ii) is emitted by solid or liquid radioactive material within the container,\nand A complies with the conditions in paragraph 24(1).\n(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.\n(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.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/23/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:07:48.139767+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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