Paragraph 16 Solid radioactive waste
Solid radioactive waste referred to in paragraph 15 means—
subject to sub-paragraph (2)—
solid radioactive waste described in an entry in column 1 of Table 6 which does not contain a concentration of radionuclides that exceeds the value specified in column 2 of that table in respect of that kind of waste, or
a broken or damaged individual sealed source of the type described in the fourth entry in Table 6 (individual sealed sources which are solely radioactive waste because they contain tritium), which would not have exceeded the value specified in column 2 when the source was intact, or
a sealed source, an electrodeposited source or a tritium foil source which is not described in paragraph (a).
Sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to waste—
where, prior to the disposal of that waste, a person has diluted it with the intention of ensuring that sub-paragraph (1)(a) is met, or
which is NORM wasteF2....
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 16(1)(a) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 27(a)
- F2
Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 16(2)(b) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 27(b)