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contains maximum levels for smoke emissions will be published
very soon.
We hope that the measures which have been mentioned plus
the continued enforcement of the existing regulations and the
programme of checking by our Vehicle Examiners will greatly
reduce smoke from diesel engined vehicles."
THE RADIO ACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT, I960
The increasing use of radio-isotopes in industry and for
medical purposes during recent years made it necessary to
promote legislation to regulate and control the use and disposal
of radio active substances. The Radio Active Substances Act,
1960 was therefore brought into being and sufficient time was
allowed to enable the many novel problems and features to be
evaluated and set in order before the Act came into force on
1st December, 1963. From this date the holding of radio active
substances on premises and the discharge or disposal of either
liquid or solid radio active waste from those premises required
an authorisation from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
The Radio-Chemical Inspectorate of the Ministry of Housing
and Local Government exercises very close supervision upon
the permission to use, store and dispose of any radio active
material, and there is no doubt at all that the authorisations made
do not infringe upon the recommendations of the Medical Research
Council in any way.
Establishments under the control of the United Kingdom
Atomic Energy Authority are excluded from this Act because
they are dealt with independently.
Certificates of Authorisation for the disposal of accumulations
of radio active waste are received from time to time by the
Council both in respect of users registered within our district
and in some cases from outside the district.
There are four premises in the district where Certificates
of Registration have been issued by the Ministry. These apply in
two instances to other Public Authorities and in two instances
to private firms.
SEWERAGE & SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Over the past few years the Bretons Farm Sewage Farm
Works has been grossly overloaded and in consequence has been
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