Radioactive substances activities that are authorised by notification

The management (other than the disposal) of either a category 5 sealed source that contains an activity exceeding 200 kBq, or of a tritium source that contains an activity exceeding 20 GBq, or of an electrodeposited source. Please note that although the management (other than the disposal) of an electrodeposited source appears as General Binding Rules (GBR) in Schedule 9 of EASR, SEPA has deemed that it should be a Notification since these types of sources must be transferred to a specialist contractor for disposal.

The management of a source containing radioactive material or radioactive waste which is not subject to an EASR authorisation and is not on a nuclear site.

The management of radioactive waste resulting from decontamination of people or from firefighting activities following an incident