{"id":6105,"date":"2020-05-11T11:41:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T09:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line-ehs.co.uk\/ehs\/?p=6105"},"modified":"2022-07-07T05:26:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T03:26:01","slug":"uk-covid-19-accumulating-radioactive-waste-that-you-cannot-transfer-because-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/uk-covid-19-accumulating-radioactive-waste-that-you-cannot-transfer-because-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"UK | COVID-19 | Accumulating radioactive waste that you cannot transfer because of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\nWhen you can accumulate radioactive waste over the limits in your permit or exemption because you cannot transfer it due to coronavirus (COVID-19).\n\n<\/div>\n
\n\nYou usually need a permit to accumulate radioactive waste under regulation 13 and Schedule 23 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (EPR). Your permit limits how long you can accumulate radioactive waste, and the amount of radioactive waste you can accumulate.\n\nIf you follow the conditions in this COVID-19 regulatory position statement (RPS), you can accumulate radioactive waste:\n
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above the limits in your permit<\/li>\n \t
for longer than allowed in your permit or under the exemption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThis COVID-19\u00a0RPS\u00a0only applies where you accumulate radioactive waste that you are unable to transfer to destinations in the UK and overseas as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) business disruption.\n\nSee more information in the source.\n\n<\/div>\n