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Paragraph 2 Interpretation: NORM industrial activity

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(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in this Schedule—

  • “type 1 NORM industrial activity” means—

    1. (a)

      the production and use of thorium, or thorium compounds, and the production of products where thorium is deliberately added, or

    2. (b)

      the production and use of uranium or uranium compounds, and the production of products where uranium is deliberately added;

  • “type 2 NORM industrial activity” means—

    1. (a)

      the extraction and production of rare earth elements and rare earth element alloys,

    2. (b)

      the mining and processing of ores other than uranium ore,

    3. (c)

      the production of oil and gas,

    4. (d)

      the removal and management of radioactive scales and precipitates from equipment associated with industrial activities,

    5. (e)

      any industrial activity utilising phosphate ore,

    6. (f)

      the manufacture of titanium dioxide pigments,

    7. (g)

      the extraction and refining of zircon and manufacture of zirconium compounds,

    8. (h)

      the production of tin, copper, aluminium, zinc, lead and iron and steel,

    9. (i)

      any activity related to coal mine de-watering plants,

    10. (j)

      china clay extraction,

    11. (k)

      water treatment associated with provision of drinking water, or

    12. (l)

      the remediation of contamination from any type 1 NORM industrial activity or any of the activities listed above.

(2)

An activity which involves the processing of radionuclides of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin for their radioactive, fissile or fertile properties is not a type 1 NORM industrial activity or a type 2 NORM industrial activity.