Statutory guidance

High-activity sealed radioactive sources and orphan sources directive

Guidance to the Environment Agency

From:
Department of Energy & Climate Change and Environment Agency
Published
12 October 2015

Documents

High-activity Sealed Radioactive Sources and Orphan Sources Directive (Council Directive 2003/122/Euratom)

Ref: URN 15D/078

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Details

Applications to hold, accumulate or dispose of high-activity sealed sources (HASS) are made by a prospective user to the relevant environmental regulator under section 12 of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR2010) in England and Wales. The Environment Agency then carries out a determination of the application in advance of either granting a permit, or withholding permission. The Environment Agency also has the power to vary permits, whether on application by the person holding such a permit or on its own volition.

Published 12 October 2015