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The Ionising Radiation (Basic Safety Standards) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018

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2.  In these Regulations—

Basic Safety Standards Directive” means Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom M1;

“building material” M2, “effective dose”M3, “emergency”M4, “equivalent dose”M5, “ionising radiation”M6, F1... and “practice”M7 have the same meaning as in the Basic Safety Standards Directive.

[F2“orphan source” means a radiation source incorporating radioactive material for the purpose of utilising its radioactivity which is—

(a)

not held subject to an environmental permit granted under regulation 13 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (“the 2016 Regulations”);

(b)

not held in accordance with the conditions of an exemption from the requirement for an environmental permit under Part 6 of Schedule 23 to the 2016 Regulations;

(c)

not held subject to an authorisation under the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018;

(d)

not registered under section 7 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993; and

(e)

not held in accordance with the terms of a nuclear site licence;

“nuclear site licence” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965;

“protective measures” means measures, other than remedial measures, for the purpose of avoiding or reducing doses that might otherwise be received in an exposure situation;

“radioactive material” means material incorporating any substance that contains one or more radionuclides the activity or activity concentration of which cannot be disregarded from a radiation protection point of view;

“radiation source” means an entity that may cause exposure, such as by emitting ionising radiation or by releasing radioactive material;

“remedial measures” means the removal of a radiation source or the reduction of its magnitude (in terms of activity or amount) or the interruption of exposure pathways or the reduction of their impact for the purposes of avoiding or reducing doses that might otherwise be received in an exposure situation.]

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M1OJ No L 13, 17.01.2014, p 1.

M2See Article 4.9 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive (the Directive).

M3See Article 4.25 of the Directive.

M4See Article 4.26 of the Directive.

M5See Article 4.33 of the Directive.

M6See Article 4.46 of the Directive.

M7See Article 4.65 of the Directive.

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