Schedule 23, Part 6, paragraph 23

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a person (“A”) is exempt from the requirement for an environmental permit to carry on the radioactive substances activity described in paragraph 11(2)(b) of Part 2 of this Schedule in respect of gaseous radioactive waste where— the only radionuclide contained in that waste is Kr-85 and A— ensures that in respect of the total amount of such waste which is disposed of from the premises in a year, the total quantity of radioactivity does not exceed 1011 Bq, and complies with the conditions in paragraph 24(1), or subject to sub-paragraph (3), that waste— and A complies with the conditions in paragraph 24(1). is released from within a container at the time that the container is opened, and is emitted by solid or liquid radioactive material within the container, Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to waste where the person who generated that waste did not minimise the quantity of radionuclides generated as waste to the extent reasonably practicable. Sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not apply in respect of any gas which arises as a result of a process applied by a person to the contained radioactive material.

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