# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 7: 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/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/23/part/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-23/part-2/paragraph-7
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