Consultation on our Objectives and Principles for Regulating Radioactive Substances Activities
Links to supporting documents
Legislation
Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
The Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004
The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009
The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004
The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994
The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018
Statutory guidance etc
Environmental Protection Act 1990 - Part IIA Contaminated Land: statutory guidance edition 2
Managing Radioactive Substances and Nuclear Decommissioning: UK policy framework, May 2024
Scottish regulators' strategic code of practice
International standards
IAEA | Fundamental Safety Principles
IAEA | Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards
IAEA | Categorization of Radioactive Sources
ICRP | The 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection
SEPA guidance
SEPA | Our approach to regulation
SEPA | Satisfying the optimisation requirement and the role of Best Practicable Means RS-POL-001