The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018

Amendment of Part 6 (radioactive substances activity exemptions)

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

22.  In paragraph 1—

(a)after the definition of “gaseous tritium light device”, insert—

“high-activity or similar source” means—

(a)

a high-activity source, or

(b)

such other sealed source which, in the opinion of the regulator, is of a similar level of potential hazard to a high-activity source;

“high-activity source” means a sealed source for which the activity of the contained radionuclide is equal to or exceeds the relevant activity value laid down in Annex III of the Basic Safety Standards Directive;;

(b)for the definition of “sealed source”, substitute—

“sealed source” has the same meaning as in the Basic Safety Standards Directive, excluding such a source where it is an electrodeposited source or a tritium foil source; and

(c)in the definition commencing ““Table 4””, after ““Table 4”,” insert ““Table 4A”,”.