Preliminary

F21FF1Radionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin in background radioactivity

1

A substance or article is not radioactive material or radioactive waste where—

a

it is contaminated as a result of a climatic process, or a combination of such processes, by radionuclides which—

i

are not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin; and

ii

are not present in the substance or article at a concentration that exceeds that found normally in such a substance or article in the United Kingdom; and

b

in the absence of such contamination, the substance or article would not otherwise be radioactive material or radioactive waste under this Act.

2

In this section, a “climatic process” includes wind, precipitation and the general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans.