Amendment of Part 6 (radioactive substances activity exemptions)
23. For paragraph 2 substitute—
“2.—(1) In this Part “NORM waste” means a substance or article which—
(a)is solid radioactive waste under—
(i)paragraph 4 of Part 2 of this Schedule (NORM industrial activities); or
(ii)paragraph 5 of that Part (processed radionuclides of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin) where the waste arises from the remediation of land contaminated by radium and the contamination occurred prior to 13 May 2000;
(b)contains one or more of the radionuclides which are listed in column 1 of Table 4A;
(c)has a concentration of radioactivity that does not exceed the value specified in column 5 of Table 4A in respect of that radionuclide; and
(d)is not waste to which sub-paragraph (3) applies.
(2) In this Part—
“type 1 NORM waste” means NORM waste which—
has a concentration of radioactivity that does not exceed the value specified in column 2 of Table 4A; and
is not waste to which sub-paragraph (4) applies;
“type 2 NORM waste” means NORM waste which has a concentration of radioactivity that exceeds the value specified in column 2 of Table 4A.
(3) This sub-paragraph applies to waste where, prior to the disposal of that waste, a person has diluted it with the intention of ensuring that the concentration of radioactivity does not exceed the value specified in column 5 of Table 4A.
(4) This sub-paragraph applies to waste where, prior to the disposal of that waste, a person has diluted it with the intention of ensuring that the concentration of radioactivity does not exceed the value specified in column 2 of Table 4A.”.