Recommendations on Exemption Principles

2 Recommendations on Exemption Principles. IAEA has developed recommendations on general principles for exemption of radioactive material from regulatory control (IAEA, 1988). Any practice or source could be exempted from regulatory control if (1) the annual dose to individuals would be less than 10 xSv and (2) the annual collective dose from an unregulated practice would be less 

Based on the negligible annual dose to individuals of 10 pSv and assumed scenarios for unrestricted disposal of waste, IAEA has developed recommendations on exemption levels for radionuclides in solid waste (IAEA, 1995) the recommended exempt concentrations have values in the range of about 0.1 to 104 Bq g 1 depending on the radionuclide. IAEA also has issued recommendations on total activities and activity concentrations of radionuclides that could be exempted from any requirements for notification, registration, or licensing of sources or practices, based on the same exemption principles and assumed scenarios for exposure of the public (IAEA, 1996). The recommended exemption levels for naturally occurring radionuclides are limited to their incorporation in consumer products, use as a radioactive source, or use for their elemental properties. 

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