Legislation Guidance

A set of articles, guidance and comment on radiation protection legislation compliance in the UK.

For formal radiation safety and radioactive waste advice, see our Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) services pages.

Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17) UK Environmental Permitting Regulations (radioactive material and waste) HSE (Health and Safety Executive) corner

  • IRR17 (28) - Sealed Sources & articles containing or embodying radioactive substances

    Published: Sep 29, 2021

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  • IRR17 (29) - Accounting for Radioactive Material

    Published: Sep 29, 2021

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  • IRR17 (30) - Keeping and Moving of Radioactive Substances

    Published: Sep 29, 2021

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  • IRR17 (31) - Notification of certain occurrences

    Published: Sep 29, 2021

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  • IRR17 (32) - Duties of manufactures etc of articles for use with work with ionising radiation.

    Published: Sep 29, 2021

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  • IRR17 (34) - Misuse of or interference with sources of ionising radiation

    Published: Sep 29, 2021

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