Radium Definition

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What does Radium mean?

An element which is a radioactive decay product of uranium often found in uranium ore. It has several radioactive isotopes.

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Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016—radioactive substance activities

Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016—radioactive substance activities The radioactive substances regulation objective and principles In December 2021, the Environment Agency (EA) published guidance on its objectives and principles for the radioactive substances regulation. The RSR objective is ‘to protect people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionising radiation, now and in the future. [We] also aim to protect and enhance the environment as a whole. [We] fulfil this objective by applying relevant legislation, government policy and international standards’. The principles for radioactive substances regulation are: • justification—a permit for a practice involving radioactive substances will only be granted if it is justified. Decisions made about the remediation of land contaminated with radioactivity, or in emergencies, should do more good than harm • optimisation—radiological protection must be optimised to make sure that people’s exposure to ionising radiation from the disposal of radioactive waste is kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), taking into account environmental, social and economic factors. • dose limitation—radiation doses to the public from radioactive...

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Radiation contamination—is the public sufficiently informed?

Environment analysis: Jon Payne, a solicitor with Horsey Lightly Fynn, who previously worked as an environmental health manager in a local authority with responsibility for contaminated land issues, comments on the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment’s (Comare) findings and recommendations in relation to aspects of radiation in the environment.

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