SCHEDULE 8RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACTIVITIES

PART 1Scope and interpretation

Historic radium contamination12

A substance or article is not radioactive material or radioactive waste where the substance or article arises from the remediation of land contaminated by radium and—

a

the substance or article contains Ra-226 or its progeny;

b

in the absence of Ra-226 or its progeny, the substance or article would not otherwise be radioactive material or radioactive waste;

c

the contamination occurred prior to 13th May 2001; and

d

the concentration of Ra-226 and any progeny resulting from the decay of Ra-226 does not exceed the following values—

i

for a substance or article which is a solid or a substance which is a relevant liquid, 1 becquerel per gram;

ii

for a substance which is any other liquid, 1 becquerel per litre; or

iii

for a substance which is a gas, 0.01 becquerels per cubic metre.