The Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste) Regulations 1976 of 10 June 1976
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The discharge into a public sewer of trade effluent is governed by the Control of Pollution Act 1974, under which water authorities in England and Wales have certain powers to regulate such discharges. These provisions have not however applied hitherto to radioactive waste, the disposal of which required mainly authorisation by the Minister of State for the Environment. Under the present Regulations, the 1974 Act will apply to radioactive waste so as to give water authorities control over liquid discharges into their sewers, notwithstanding that they contain radioactive waste while the powers of the Minister of State are maintained regarding control and disposal of the radioactive parts of such waste under the 1960 act on Radioactive substances. (N.E.A.)
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Le rejet dans les egouts publics d'effluents industriels est regi par la Loi de 1974 sur la lutte contre la pollution; en vertu de cette Loi, les Services des eaux en Angleterre et au Pays de Galles sont habilites a reglementer de tels rejets. Toutefois, ces dispositions ne s'appliquaient pas jusqu'a present aux dechets radioactifs dont l'evacuation etait principalement soumise a l'autorisation du Secretaire d'Etat pour l'Environnement. Desormais, les dispositions de la Loi de 1974 s'appliqueront en vertu du present Reglement aux dechets radioactifs de maniere a permettre aux Services des eaux d'exercer leur controle sur les rejets d'effluents liquides dans les egouts dont ils sont responsables, en depit du fait qu'ils contiennent des dechets radioactifs; le Secretaire d'Etat a l'Environnement n'en conserve pas moins le pouvoir de reglementer le rejet des fractions radioactives de ces dechets, conformement a la Loi de 1960 sur les substances radioactives
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 2 p.
- Report number
- INIS-mf--3881
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 8341224
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Legislative Material
- Descriptors DEI
- CONTAMINATION REGULATIONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; UNITED KINGDOM
- Descriptors DEC
- EUROPE; LAW; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REGULATIONS; WASTES
Optional Information
- Notes
- Published in Statutory Instruments, 1976, (no.959).