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Contents
Introduction
1 Guide to radiation, radioactivity and radioactive waste
Introduction
1.01 What is radiation?
1.02 What is radioactivity?
1.03 How do we use radioactivity?
1.04 What are the health effects of radioactivity?
1.05 How are we exposed to radiation?
1.06 Types of ionising radiation
1.07 Will radioactivity go away?
1.08 How does material become radioactive?
1.09 What is radioactive waste?
1.10 Radioactive waste categories
2 Radioactive waste
Introduction
2.01 Categories of radioactive waste
2.02 Where does higher activity radioactive waste come from?
2.03 Operational and decommissioning wastes
2.04 Intermediate level waste
2.05 Higher activity radioactive waste in Scotland
2.06 How is the Waste described?
3 Legislative framework
Introduction
3.01 Legislative framework
3.02 References to legislation, policy, strategy and guidance
3.03 Organisations associated with the management of higher activity radioactive waste
4 Glossary
5 Abbreviations