The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 No. 1154

SCHEDULE 23 E+W Radioactive substances activities

PART 2 E+W Interpretation

Processed radionuclides of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin E+W

5.  A substance or article is radioactive material or radioactive waste where—

(a) the substance or article contains one or more of the radionuclides of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin which are listed in column 1 of Table 2,

(b) the substance or article—

(i) is processed or is intended to be processed for the radioactive, fissile or fertile properties of those radionuclides, or

(ii) is contaminated by a substance or article to which paragraph (i) applies, including where such contamination occurs indirectly through another contaminated substance or article, and

(c) the substance or article is—

(i) a solid or a relevant liquid and it has a concentration of radioactivity which exceeds the value specified in column 2 of Table 2, or

(ii) any other liquid or a gas.