The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) radiation team have been authorised to change their interpretation of industrial radiography with respect to cabinets and the requirement to gain consent under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17), Regulation 7, following meetings with government legal advisers,
The HSE reveals a new interpretation will now be more proportionate and targeted:
IRR17 definition:
The IRR17 Regulation 2(1) states: “industrial radiography” means the use of ionising radiation for non-destructive testing purposes where an image of the item under test is formed (but excluding any such testing which is carried out in a cabinet which a person cannot enter).
New interpretation regarding cabinets used for NDT that require consent:
“a person being able to enter a radiography cabinet means a person being able to reasonably step into the cabinet and stand inside with the door closed. No crawling or shuffling or excessive contortion would be required to get inside.”
Source: HSE.