{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-59/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-59/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2013/59",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-59",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Activity values defining high-activity sealed sources as referred to in point (41) of Article 4",
  "text": "For radionuclides not listed in the table below, the relevant activity is identical to the D-value defined in the IAEA publication Dangerous quantities of radioactive material (D-values), (EPR-D-VALUES 2006).\nThe activity given is that of the alpha-emitting radionuclide\nRadionuclide\nActivity (TBq)\nAm-241\n6 × 10–2\nAm-241/Be-9\n6 × 10–2\nCf-252\n2 × 10–2\nCm-244\n5 × 10–2\nCo-60\n3 × 10–2\nCs-137\n1 × 10–1\nGd-153\n1 × 100\nIr-192\n8 × 10–2\nPm-147\n4 × 101\nPu-238\n6 × 10–2\nPu-239/Be-9\n6 × 10–2\nRa-226\n4 × 10–2\nSe-75\n2 × 10–1\nSr-90 (Y-90)\n1 × 100\nTm-170\n2 × 101\nYb-169\n3 × 10–1",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom (Official Journal of the European Union L 13 of 17 January 2014)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The activity given is that of the alpha-emitting radionuclide"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/59/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:50.860989+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}