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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-23/paragraph-27",
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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/27",
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  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Table 6",
  "text": "The Table 6 referred to in Sections 5 and 7 of this Part is—\nTable 6\nRadioactive waste: values of quantities and concentrations\nRadioactive waste\nMaximum concentration of radionuclides\nMaximum quantity of radioactivity to be disposed of in the period stated\nSolid radioactive waste, with no single item > 4 x 104 Bq\n4 x 105 Bq for the sum of all radionuclides per 0.1m3\n2 x 108 Bq/year\nSolid radioactive waste containing tritium and C-14 only, with no single item > 4 x 105 Bq\n4 x 106 Bq of tritium and C-14 per 0.1m3\n2 x 109 Bq/year\nIndividual sealed sources\n2 x 105 Bq for the sum of all radionuclides per 0.1m3\n1 x 107 Bq/year\nIndividual sealed sources which are solely radioactive waste because they contain tritium\n2 x 1010 Bq of tritium per 0.1m3\n1 x 1013 Bq/year\nLuminised articles with no single item containing > 8 x 107 Bq of Pm-147 or > 4 x 109 of tritium\n8 x 107 Bq per 0.1m3 of Pm-147\n2 x 109 Bq/year of Pm-147\nor 4 x 109 Bq per 0.1m3 for tritium\nor 1 x 1011 Bq/year of tritium\nSolid radioactive waste which consists of magnesium alloy, thoriated tungsten or dross from hardener alloy in which the thorium concentration does not exceed 4% by mass\nNo limit\nNo limit\nSolid uranium or thorium compound\nNo limit\n0.5kg of uranium or thorium per week\nAqueous liquid uranium or thorium compound\nNo limit\n0.5kg of uranium or thorium per year\nAqueous liquid human excreta\nNo limit\n1 x 1010 Bq/year of Tc-99m\nand\n5 x 109 Bq/year for the sum of all other radionuclides",
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