Radiation (Environment) Resource

Fixed Condition Registration (Example Registration)

This link takes you to an example of the new Fixed Condition Registration that you may be able to apply for if you have only Category 5 sources on a single premises. The registration allows the registration holder to keep and use radioactive material on the specified premises in the form of sealed sources where each radioactive source, and all radioactive sources taken together, fall within source category 5. Category 5 sources present, relative to others, the least risk to health and the environment (Environment Agency quote ).

Fixed Condition Registration (Guidance Notes for holders)

This link takes you to the new Guidance Notes for holders of Fixed Condition Registrations (for Category 5 sources). The conditions include: General Management (i.e. general management of compliance), Accident Management Plan, Security Issues, Operational Activities (i.e. making sources, source identification, source containers), Information (i.e. record keeping, source movements), Reporting and Notifications.

Guidance: Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004

Guidance on their application and administration.

Nuclear Industry

This link lands you on the Nuclear Industry section of the Environment Agency website. Here you will find sections on regulation & guidance, monitoring and assessment, managing nuclear waste and other useful information.

Pollution Inventory Electronic Data Capture System (PIEDC) - Radioactive Substances

Having trouble finding the Pollution Inventory Electronic Data Capture System (PIEDC) - Radioactive Substances on the Environment Agency Website? This link takes you to the front page of the system (good luck from them on!).

Pollution Inventory Electronic Data Capture System (PIEDC) for Radioactive Substances Guidance

A guidance document for using the PIEDC system to submit electronic Pollution Inventory (PI) returns for activities covered by the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (RSA 93).

Radioactive Substances Act Guidance (RASAG): Chapter 1 - Registrations

Guidance on Registrations for Sealed Radioactive Sources.

Radioactive Substances Act Guidance (RASAG): Chapter 2 - Authorisations

The guidance covers: Very Low Level Radioactive Waste, Incineration: Control of Transfers of Radioactive Waste (under review), Disposal of Radioactive Waste by Controlled Burial (under review), Basic Guidance on Radiological Assessments (under review), Accumulation of Radioactive Waste on non-Nuclear Premises, Management of Incinerator Ash with respect to VLLW Limits, RAS Authorisation for NAIR Participants, Regulation of Industrial Tracer Studies, Liquid Discharges from Hospitals via Patients, Accumulation of Technetium 99m Waste, Guidance on Requirements for Revocation of RSA 93 Non-Nuclear Authorisations. *Please note this is regulator guidance and not designed to be used by general users*

Radioactive Substances Act Guidance (RASAG): Chapter 3 - Exemption Orders

This note from the Environment Agency provides an introduction to Exemption Orders (EO) - valid under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (mainly made under the 1963 Act). The note states that it should be used as an 'aide memoir' only and is not a substitute for reading and understanding the detailed provisions in the actual orders. It should further be noted that this note is for regulator use but has made publicly available. We host all the Radioactive Substances Exemption Orders on our site.

Radioactive Substances Act Guidance (RASAG): Chapter 4 - Generic Issues

Guidance on the transfrontier shipment of radioactive substances and radioactive waste (under review), Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material: when does RSA93 apply, Single registration and authorisation of multi-tenant or multi-occupier sites, Guidance on administering changes to Authorisations and Registrations, Interaction between the Radioactive Substances Act and other legislative requirements during the transport of radioactive material, Interpretation of registration and authorisation conditions concerning incidents, Guidance on retention of records required by RSA 93 certificates of registration and authorisation, Disposal routes for closed sources, Use of groups of radionuclides in Registrations and Authorisations, Radioactive materials in scrap metal, Guidance on the interaction between the Special Waste Regulations and RSA 93, Guidance on use of Best Practicable Means for non-nuclear radioactive waste

Radioactive substances act regulation (RAS) charges (2010/2011)

The Environment Agency regulates releases of Radioactive substances under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993. The Environment Act 1995, section 41, empowers us to recover the cost of undertaking our duties by charging for environmental licences. The link provides advice on the charge bands and charges for 2010/2011.

Radioactive Substances Form RSA1c: Application for registration of premises to hold a high-activity or similar sealed source

This new (June 2007) application form is for the registration of premises for high-activity or similar sealed sources. This form should only be used for sealed sources (formerly known as closed sources) on a single defined premises. Do not complete this form if your maximum holding of sealed sources is security category 5 (as defined in this form). Instead use form RSA1f (link can be found on this page).

Radioactive substances form RSA1s: Application for registration of premises to store radioactive material in transit

Application form to apply for registration of premises to store radioactive material in transit.

Radioactive Substances Regulation permitting: high activity sealed radioactive sources and orphan sources regulations 2005

Describes the requirements of the HASS and Orphan Sources Regulations (2005). Ensures that they are implemented in a consistent way. Covers who will be affected by the regulations, when new requirements will come into effect and what we expect source users to do to comply with the new requirements. It provides guidance on HASS (HASS) financial provision (FP).

Radioactive Substances RSA1f (Category 5 sealed sources)

This is an application form, used to apply for a registration to keep or use category 5 sealed sources at a single premises under section 7 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993. This has been put in place to simplify regulation of the lowest activity radioactive sources. (Can be completed electronically and contains guidance notes).

Radioactive substances RSA1o: Application for registration of premises for open sources

An open radioactive source is radioactive material in a form that may be divided (for example, diluted). They include radioactive powders, gases, solutions or solids.There is potential for contamination of other materials. This link provides guidance notes and application form.Typewriter Enabled - You can type on this form.

Radioactive substances RSA2m: Application for registration of mobile radioactive apparatus (mobile closed sources) for use in England and Wales

Mobile radioactive apparatus means apparatus, equipment, appliance or other radioactive material which is either constructed or adapted for being transported from place to place and used for testing, measuring or otherwise investigating any of the characteristics of a substance or article or used for releasing radioactive material into the environment or introducing it into organisms. A sealed radioactive source is firmly incorporated, or sealed, in solid, inert, non-radioactive material which prevents the dispersion of any radioactive material. Typewriter Enabled. You can type on this form.

Radioactive substances RSA3: Application for authorisation to accumulate and dispose of radioactive waste

Radioactive waste is radioactive material (including items contaminated with radioactive material) that has no futher useful purpose. The accumulation of radioactive waste and its disposal is regulated by the Radioactive Substances Act 1993. This link provides guidance and application form (Typewriter Enabled - You can type on this form.)

Radioactive Substances Users

This link lands you on the Radioactive Substances Users section of the Environment Agency website. Here you will find guidance, application forms, details of the Small Users Liaison Group (SULG), and descriptions of incidents involving radioactivity.

Revised 'D' Values

D-values are used by the Environment Agency (EA) and the UK police advisers to determine the source category and appropriate security measures for sealed sources, where this cannot be assessed directly from the use/practice.

RSR Environmental Principles

Radioactive Substances Regulation Environmental Principles (REPs). Produced by the UK Environment Agency, they say 'We have produced this document in order to provide a standardised framework for technical assessments and judgements that the Environment Agency Radioactive Substances Regulators have to make. It provides technical guidance that underpins the decisions that we make regarding radioactive substances regulation, including those about permitting and compliance where we regulate directly, and those where we are consultees or have influence'

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