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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1990
OUT EXPLICITLY DIAGNOSTIC IRRADIATING LEAKAGE RATES FROM THE PROTECTIVE
MRS WONG SAID REGULATION 8 UPDATED AND SPELT
FOR
AND DENTAL REQUIREMENTS FILTRATION APPARATUS AND LIMITS ON RADIATION HOUSING OF X-RAY TUBES.
"THESE SPECIFICATIONS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCEPTED STANDARDS, SHE SAID.
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REGULATION 8 ALSO SOUGHT TO REPEAL REGULATION INCONSISTENT WITH PROVISIONS IN THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE.
WAS
ENACTED
IN 1970
20
WITH "REGULATION PROHIBIT THE MANUFACTURE, SALE OR POSSESSION OF ANY WHICH EMITS IONIZING RADIATION AT A RATE EXCEEDING PER KILOGRAM PER HOUR OR THE EQUIVALENT OF HOUR.
FIVE
AN
INTERNATIONALLY
20 WHICH WAS
ΤΟ
INTENTION TELEVISION SET
130 NANOCOULOMBS
MICROSIEVERTS PER
"HOWEVER.
SECTIONS 2 AND 7 IN THE
PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE WHEN TAKEN TOGETHER WILL IMPLY THAT ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO MANUFACTURE,. SELL OR POSSESS SUCH TELEVISION SETS MAY APPLY TO THE RADIATION FOR A LICENCE.
BOARD
BE
EQUIPMENTS
"THE
BOARD IS OF THE VIEW THAT SUCH INCONSISTENCIES SHOULD REMOVED AND IN THE LIGHT OF SUFFICIENT CONTROLS OVER SUCH IN THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE, REGULATION 20 SHOULD BE WONG EXPLAINED.
FURTHERMORE,
THE UNDER
REPEALED," MRS
OF
RADIOACTIVE INTRODUCED
SUBSTITUTE THE "DOSE-EQUIVALENT
RADIATION (CONTROL SUBSTANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1990, AMENDMENTS WERE ΤΟ REPEAL AN OUTDATED DEFINITION OF "VESSEL" AND TO
TERM DOSE" BY THE NEW "MAXIMUM TERM LIMIT" AS PROPOSED IN THE RADIATION (CONTROL OF IRRADIATING APPARATUS) { AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS.
THE
PERMISSIBLE
7(6)
WHICH
ALSO SOUGHT TO REPEAL REGULATION REGULATIONS CURRENTLY PROHIBITED THE CARRYING OF PASSENGERS IN VEHICLES OR VESSELS
SUBSTANCES RADIOACTIVE
AND WHICH WERE AT THE SAME TIME CONVEYING REQUIRED THAT SUCH SUBSTANCES BE PLACED IN A SEPARATE COMPARTMENT FROM THE CREW.
**THESE PROVISIONS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE UNREALISTIC
AT
ONE ANY
TIME ARE SUBSTANCES CONVEYED RADIOACTIVE QUANTITIES AND OF VERY LOW RADIOACTIVITY.
IN
WHEN THE SMALL
FOR MORE
"INSTEAD, THE BOARD FEELS THAT THE EXISTING PERMIT ARRANGEMENTS
BASIS
RATIONAL PROVIDE THE WILL REGULATION 7(1) UNDER CONTROLS OVER THE CONVEYANCE OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ON VEHICLES VESSELS, MRS WONG SAID.
++
ACCORDINGLY,
MRS
WONG SAID, THE
STATUTORY
REQUIREMENT RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES SHOULD NOT BE CARRIED IN THE SAME VESSEL OTHER DANGEROUS GOODS UNDER REGULATION 7(7) WAS ALSO REMOVED.
OR
THAT
WITH
BY THE
ON "APPROPRIATE
THE CONVEYANCE CONDITIONS
OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ON VEHICLES OR VESSELS WILL, HOWEVER, BE IMPOSED
SHE ADDED. BOARD IN THE ISSUE OF THE PERMIT,
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