# The Radioactive Substances (Hospitals) Exemption Order 1990, Paragraph 5


(1) Solid or flammable liquid radioactive waste may be disposed of by—
(a) burning it on the hospital premises in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph; or
(b) a person removing it from those premises with a view to its disposal by burning on the premises of another hospital in accordance with those provisions.
(2) The sum total activity of radionuclides in the waste burnt on the premises shall not exceed in any month—
(a) 25 megabecquerels in the case of carbon 14 and tritium taken together; and
(b) 5 megabecquerels in the case of all other radionuclides.
(3) The waste shall be burnt in an incinerator used for the destruction of clinical waste in such manner as to ensure that any gas or vapour produced will be discharged into the open air at such points and in a way which will prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, the entry of such gas or vapour into any part of any building.
(4) All residual ash so produced shall be disposed of in accordance with paragraph 4 above.
(5) In this paragraph “clinical waste” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Collection and Disposal of Waste Regulations 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2512/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-hospitals-exemption-order-1990/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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