PreliminaryU.K.

[F1[F21FRadionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin in background radioactivityU.K.

(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.]]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1A-1H, 1J (with a reference to the "Scottish Ministers" in s. 1J) substituted for ss. 1, 2 (S.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/207), regs. 1(1), 3; and those same sections (with a reference to the "Department of Environment" in s. 1J) substituted (N.I.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/290), regs. 1, 3