Radioactive substances activities that are authorised by GBR
Authorisation level
General Binding Rule (GBR)
Rules
If you intend to carry out any of the activities above, and you comply with the rules, your activity will be authorised. You don’t need to apply to SEPA for an authorisation.
It is an offence if you do not comply with the rules. If you cannot comply with the rules, you will need a different type of authorisation.
The General Binding Rules for radioactive substances activities can be found in schedule 9 of the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018.
General Binding Rule (GBR) radioactive substances activities
The management of a category 5 sealed source that has an activity not exceeding 200 kBq
The management (other than the treatment and disposal) of a smoke detector incorporating a sealed radioactive source that has an activity not exceeding 40 kBq
The management of a tritium source that has an activity not exceeding 20 GBq
The management of a barium eluting source with an individual activity not exceeding 40 kBq and the total activity of barium eluting sources held at any one time not exceeding 400 kBq
The management of a thorium alloy
The management of less than 5 kg of a uranium or thorium compound
The management of a medical or veterinary radioactive substance with an activity not exceeding 1 GBq Tc-99m and up to 200 MBq of all other radionuclides
The management (other than disposal) of a NORM containing substance with waste transfers less than the limits in Table 1 of Schedule 9 of EASR Authorisation guide for radioactive substances
The disposal of gaseous radioactive waste which contains no radionuclides other than Kr-85 up to 100 GBq per year
Any other radioactive substances activity, not authorised by any other GBR, involving quantities of radioactive substances less than those specified in Table 2 of Schedule 9 of EASR