FS301079 - The Screening Permits for Ingestion Pathway Radiological Assessment

UK environment agencies regulate the discharge of radioactive waste to the environment using permits issued under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR-16). Organisations making discharge of radioactive waste must apply to the environment agencies for a permit. As part of the permit application, the applicant is required to make a radiological assessment of the impact of the discharges to human and ecosystem receptors. As part of the permit determination, environment agencies' officers will review, and in s...