Policy paper

Radioactive substances: provisional common framework

How the UK government and devolved governments propose to work together on radioactive substances policy.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 16 December 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Radioactive Substances: Provisional Common Framework

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3103-7, E02698086 12/21, CP 570

PDF, 893 KB, 44 pages

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Radioactive Substances: Provisional Common Framework (large print version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3103-7, E02698086 12/21, CP 570

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Details

The Radioactive Substances Provisional Common Framework has been developed collaboratively by the:

• UK government
• Scottish Government
• Welsh Government
• Northern Ireland Executive

It aligns with the common framework principles agreed at the Joint Ministerial Committee on EU Negotiations (JMC(EN)).

The framework provides governance mechanisms to ensure that the UK government and devolved governments can work together to maintain or improve on current standards for radiological protection, to develop common policy and manage potential divergence in a way that respects the devolution settlements.

It is underpinned by a Concordat setting out principles for collaborative working between the 4 governments, building on the existing positive relationships.

Published 16 December 2021