PART 6 Exemption from authorisation under section 13: gaseous radioactive waste

17 Exemption from authorisation under section 13: gaseous radioactive waste
1 Subject to paragraph (2), a person (“A”) is exempt from authorisation under section 13 in respect of—
(a) gaseous radioactive waste where the only radionuclide contained in that waste is Kr-85, where that person complies with the conditions in article 18; or
(b) subject to paragraph (3), gaseous radioactive waste—
(i) which is released from within a container at the time that the container is opened; and
(ii) that has been emitted by solid or liquid radioactive material within the container,
where that person complies with the conditions in article 18(2).
2 Paragraph (1) does not apply to waste where the person who generated that waste did not take all practicable measures available to minimise the quantity of radionuclides generated as waste.
3 Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply in respect of any gas which arises as a result of a process applied by a person to the contained radioactive material