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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
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  "heading": "Radioactive Substances",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nActivity\nGeneral Binding Rules\n1. The management of a category 5 sealed source.\n(a) The radioactive substances common rules;\n(b) a non-metallic category 5 sealed source must only be disposed of in normal refuse;\n(c) the activity of an individual category 5 sealed source disposed of must not exceed 2 × 105 becquerels;\n(d) more than one source must not be disposed of in any 0.1 m3 of normal refuse;\n(e) the total activity of category 5 sealed sources disposed of in normal refuse from premises in a year must not exceed 1 × 107 becquerels;\n(f) a metallic category 5 sealed source must only be disposed of by landfill.\n2. The management (other than the treatment and disposal), of a smoke detector.\n(a) The total number of smoke detectors kept on a premises, and not affixed to the premises, must not exceed 500.\n(b) a smoke detector must be managed in a manner which prevents the dispersal of radionuclides;\n(c) a smoke detector must not be transferred to a person who is not legally entitled to manage it.\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. The management of a tritium source.\n(a) The radioactive substances common rules;\n(b) the total activity of tritium sources, other than Class B gaseous tritium light devices and Class C gaseous tritium light devices, on a premises must not exceed 5 × 1012 becquerels;\n(c) the total activity of Class B gaseous tritium light devices and Class C gaseous tritium light devices on a premises must not exceed 3 × 1013 becquerels;\n(d) a tritium source with an activity greater than 2 × 1010 becquerels must not be disposed of;\n(e) a tritium source must only be disposed of in normal refuse;\n(f) more than one tritium source must not be disposed of in any 0.1 m3 of normal refuse;\n(g) the total activity of tritium sources disposed of in normal refuse from a premises in a year must not exceed 1 × 1013 becquerels.\n4. The management (other than the disposal) of an electrodeposited source.\n(a) The radioactive substances common rules.\n5. The management of a barium eluting source.\n(a) The radioactive substances common rules;\n(b) the total activity of all barium eluting sources kept on a premises must not exceed 4 × 105 becquerels of Cs-137+;\n(c) a ... barium eluting source must only be disposed of in normal refuse;\n(d) more than one barium eluting source must not be disposed of in any 0.1 m3 of normal refuse;\n6. The management of a thorium alloy.\n(a) The radioactive substances common rules;\n(b) a thorium alloy must only be disposed of by landfill.\n7. The management of a uranium or thorium compound.\n(a) The radioactive substances common rules;\n(b) a uranium or thorium compound which is solid radioactive waste must only be disposed of in normal refuse;\n(c) the total quantity of uranium or thorium in a uranium or thorium compound disposed of from a premises in normal refuse must not exceed 0.5 kilogrammes per week;\n(d) a uranium or thorium compound which is aqueous radioactive waste must be disposed of to a relevant sewer;\n(e) the total quantity of uranium or thorium in a uranium or thorium compound disposed of from a premises to a relevant sewer must not exceed 0.5 kilogrammes per year.\n(f) the maximum amount of uranium or thorium that can be held on a premises at any time is 5 kilograms.\n8. The management of a medical or veterinary radioactive substance.\n(a) The radioactive substances common rules;\n(b) a medical or veterinary radioactive substance must only be—\n(i) disposed of in normal refuse; or\n(ii) disposed into—\n(aa) a relevant sewer;\n(bb) a river, which at the time of any disposal into it of aqueous radioactive waste has a flow rate which is not less than 1m3s-1; or\n(cc) the sea;\n(c) a single item of medical or veterinary radioactive waste must not be disposed of in normal refuse if its activity exceeds—\n(i) 4 × 105 becquerels for tritium or C-14; or\n(ii) 4 × 104 becquerels for any other radionuclide;\n(d) the total activity of medical or veterinary radioactive waste disposed of per 0.1 m3 of normal refuse must not exceed—\n(i) 4 × 106 becquerels for tritium or C-14; or\n(ii) 4 × 105 becquerels for any other radionuclide;\n(e) the total activity of medical or veterinary radioactive waste disposed of in normal refuse from a premises in a year must not exceed—\n(i) 2 × 109 becquerels for tritium or C-14; or\n(ii) 2 x 108 becquerels for any other radionuclide;\n(f) if the medical or veterinary radioactive waste consists of ... excreta, the total activity of liquid aqueous radioactive waste disposed of from a premises to a relevant sewer in a year must not exceed—\n(i) 1 x 1010 becquerels for Tc-99m; or\n(ii) 5 x 109 becquerels for the sum of all other radionuclides;\n(g) if the medical or veterinary radioactive waste does not consist of ... excreta, the total activity of liquid aqueous radioactive waste disposed of from a premises to a relevant sewer in a year must not exceed—\n(i) 1 x 108 becquerels for the sum of the following radionuclides: H-3, C-11, C-14, F-18, P-32, P-33, S-35, Ca-45, Cr-51, Fe-55, Ga-67, Sr-89, Y-90, Tc-99m, In-111, I-123, I-125, I-131, Sm-153, Tl-201; or\n(ii) 1 x 106 becquerels for the sum of all other radionuclides;\n(h) if theradioactive waste does not consist of ... excreta, the concentration of liquid aqueous radioactive waste disposed of from a premises to a relevant sewer must not exceed 100 becquerels per millilitre.\n(i) the maximum amount of a radioactive substance that can be held on a premises at any time is—\n(i) 1 x 109 becquerels of Tc-99m, and\n(ii) 2 x 108 becquerels of all other radionuclides, no more than 1 x 108 becquerels of which may be radioactive material.\n9. The management (other than disposal) of a NORM containing substance.\n(a) The radioactive substances common rules;\n(b) the total activity of NORM containing substances transferred from a premises in a year to a person for disposal in a landfill must not exceed the value specified in column 3 of Table 1;\n(c) the total activity of NORM containing substances transferred from a premises in a year to a person for incineration must not exceed the value specified in column 4 of Table 1.\n10. The disposal of gaseous radioactive waste which contains no radionuclides other than Kr-85.\n(a) The total amount of gaseous Kr-85 radioactive waste disposed of from premises in a year must not exceed 1 × 1011 becquerels;\n(b) gaseous Kr-85 radioactive waste must be adequately dispersed from the building in which it arose so that it does not enter, or re-enter, a building.\n11. Any other radioactive substances activity, not falling within any other activity description in this schedule, where—\n(a) The radioactive substances common rules;\n(a) the total activity of a radionuclide does not exceed the value specified in column 3 of Table 2; or\n(b) a solid radioactive substance must only be disposed of in normal refuse;\n(b) the concentration of radioactivity of a radionuclide does not exceed the value specified in column 2 of Table 2.\n(c) a single item of radioactive waste must not be disposed of in normal refuse if it exceeds—\n(i) 4 × 105 becquerels for tritium or C-14; or\n(ii) 4 × 104 becquerels for any other radionuclide;\n(d) the total activity of radioactive substances disposed of per 0.1 m3 of normal refuse must not exceed—\n(i) 4 × 106 becquerels for tritium or C-14; or\n(ii) 4 × 105 becquerels for any other radionuclide;\n(e) an aqueous liquid radioactive substance must only be disposed of into—\n(i) a relevant sewer;\n(ii) a river, which at the time of any disposal into it of aqueous radioactive waste has a flow rate which is not less than 1m3s-1; or\n(iii) the sea;\n(f) the total activity of liquid aqueous radioactive waste disposed of from a premises in a year must not exceed—\n(i) 1 x 108 becquerels for the sum of the following radionuclides: H-3, C-11, C-14, F-18, P-32, P-33, S-35, Ca-45, Cr-51, Fe-55, Ga-67, Sr-89, Y-90, Tc-99m, In-111, I-123, I-125, I-131, Sm-153, Tl-201 ; or\n(ii) 1 x 106 becquerels for the sum of all other radionuclides;\n(g) the concentration of liquid aqueous radioactive waste disposed of from a premises must not exceed 100 becquerels per millilitre;\n(h) gaseous radioactive waste must not be disposed of unless—\n(i) it consists of fugitive releases from a container; and\n(ii) it is dispersed from a building in such a way that it does not enter or re-enter a building.\n(i) the total activity of radioactive waste disposed of in normal refuse in a year must not exceed—\n(i) 2 x 109 becquerels for tritium or C-14,\n(ii) 2 x 108 becquerels for any other radionuclide,",
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