Review of RSA Exemption Orders
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Review of RSA Exemption Orders
Chris WilsonRadioactive Substances DivisionDefra
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Overview
• What are exemption orders?• What is the framework for reviewing them?• What are the major issues?• What are the timescales?• What are the major dependencies?
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Exemption Orders
18 RSA EXEMPTION ORDERS (including SOLA)They apply to:• specific practices/work activities• particular types of radioactive materials &
wasteMany EOs over 30 years old; some have been
updated/amended
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Purpose
• RSA ensures control over radioactive waste.• Prior Registration for Keeping and Use• Prior authorisation to Accumulate and Dispose
of Radioactive Waste• EOs avoid over regulation• Focus on significant cases
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NORM (7)
Precipitated phosphate; Phosphatic substances, rare earths; Lead; Uranium and thorium; Prepared uranium and thorium compounds; Geological specimens; Natural Gas
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Others (11)
• Electronic Valves, GTLDs, Testing Instruments, Smoke Detectors, Luminous Articles
• Exhibitions, Schools, Hospitals
• Waste Closed Sources, Storage in Transit
• Sola
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Exemption Orders - Virtues
• Natural Radionuclides• Low level Artificial Radionuclides• Efficient for Same Activity at Different
Locations
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Exemption Orders - Vices
• Difficult to Interpret
• Out of Date Descriptions• Materials/Products• Establishments
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A New Opportunity• Objective is Better Regulation • Options are Open to
• Change• Revoke• Add to• Restructure EOs• And even to alter Schedule 1
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Success Criteria
• Proportionate, risk-informed legislation having:-• Clear language;
• Legal robustness;
• Flexibility• Transparency
• Easier to use (and seen as such)
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Exemption Order Review ProgrammeSponsors:Defra, SE, WAG, EHS (NI), EA, SEPA, NDA
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Governance
• Programme board• Programme management• Projects and working groups
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Overall Programme
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Phase 2 Plan
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Analysis of Data
Assess Options
Interdepartmental Consultation
Options to be approved by Programme Board
Ministerial Approval Sought for Public Consultation
Public Consultation on Architecture
Road Map to Consultation
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Options Assessment Process
Identify Options
Define Criteria and Attributes
Assessed by Expert Groups
Make Recommendation
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Architecture• What has been considered
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Architecture – Cross Cutting Issues
• Revocations – what is not used and what is covered elsewhere?
• Schedule 1 and Sola – what should be excluded and what unconditionally exempt?
• How do we treat conditional exemptions?• Guidance will always be needed
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Architecture - Revocations
• Exhibitions – unused?• Precipitated Phosphates –unused?• Schools – Unique need?• Hospitals – Unique need?
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Architecture - Schedule 1
• Radionuclides v. Radioelements• Derivation of numbers• Inclusion of anthropogenics
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Architecture - Sola
• Is a general clearance/exemption value sufficient?
• Should it be nuclide specific?• Should it be material specific? • Should it include aqueous liquids?
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Possible ArchitecturesDo Nothing
Minor Updates
Full update of existing EOs
Rebrigade EOs
Top level EO(s) - detail in schedules
Dose based approach
Reappraisal of numerical values Not applicable
Reappraisal of SoLA – including high volume component (clearance?) Reappraisal of Schedule 1 – possible change to nuclide specific values or to include artificial
Revocation of some EOs Guidance
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Numbers• Exclusion• Unconditionally Exempt• Conditionally Exempt/Generically
Authorised
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Major Dependencies
• Environmental Permitting Programme• Revision of Euratom and IAEA BSS• Treatment of non-radioactive hazards and
“waste”.
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Current Work• Working group on Schedule 1• Impact of new numbers in EOs on LLW waste
volumes• Current and anticipated uses of EO regime• Meaning of ‘substantially insoluble’ • Updating Web Pages
• http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/radioactivity/government/legislation/exemption_orders_review.htm