The Radioactive Substances Exemption (Northern Ireland) Order 2011

Condition to dispose of accumulated waste

6.  A must dispose of radioactive waste in respect of which the exemption in article 6(1)(a)(ii) or (b) or 9(1)(b) (as appropriate) applies as soon as practicable after it has become waste, and additionally in the case of such waste where it is a sealed source, a tritium foil source or an electrodeposited source, in any event within 26 weeks of that time unless the chief inspector advises in writing that a longer period of accumulation may take place.