Collection: Radioactive substances regulation for nuclear sites
Updated: Added information and links to new guidance document on the requirements for release from radioactive substances regulation.
If you hold a licence under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 you may need a permit if you carry out the activities of:
- receiving or disposing of radioactive waste
- keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus
If you are on a nuclear licensed site as a tenant you may need a permit for the above activities and also for:
- keeping or using radioactive material
Exempt radioactive substances activities
You may not need a permit for some aspects of radioactive substances activities. See information on radioactive substances regulation for non-nuclear sites – exempt activities.
In practice most of these exemptions will not apply to activities on nuclear sites.
Requirements for a nuclear licensed site
Find information in the regulation of radioactive substances activities on nuclear licensed sites, the Environmental permitting regulations and the government guidance on radioactive substances regulation.
Apply for, change, transfer or surrender a radioactive substances permit
Before you apply read application form RSR part A and its associated guidance. Part F tells you where to send it. To apply for sealed sources use the non-nuclear Part B forms.
Pay for your radioactive substances permit
Charges for permits on nuclear sites are billed on the actual time spent and costs incurred in relation to applications, variations, transfer, surrenders and subsistence of permits. This is explained fully in the charging scheme.
Who to contact about your radioactive substances permit
You can discuss any part your application with the person who sent you the form or the Permit Support Centre:
Telephone: 020 3025 8174 or 020 3025 8207
Email: RSR.Rotherham2.NE@environment-agency.gov.uk
If you plan to carry out ‘intrusive investigation or other excavation, construction or building work to work out the suitability of any premises for underground disposal of radioactive waste’ please contact the relevant nuclear regulation group. You can talk to this group if you have any regulatory or technical questions.
Nuclear regulation group (north)
Telephone: 020 3025 5873
Email: nrg.north@environment-agency.gov.uk
Nuclear regulation group (south)
Telephone: 020 8474 8298