Control and remediation of radioactively contaminated land. A consultation paper

A control regime for contaminated land is currently being established with the powers provided by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 90) inserted by section 57 of the Environment Act 1995. Although these provisions were not developed to deal specifically with land contaminated by radioactivity, they provide a suitable overall framework for this purpose, and the Act provides the Secretary of State with powers to make regulations applying the provisions to radioactive contamination, with such modifications as he considers appropriate. This consultation paper contains the broad principles of such a regime, on which views are invited. Draft regulations will then be prepared in the light of comments received and these will be published for further consultation