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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

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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REPEALED," MRS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RADIATION (CONTROL SUBSTANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1990, AMENDMENTS WERE ΤΟ REPEAL AN OUTDATED DEFINITION OF "VESSEL" AND TO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.

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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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