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Grandfather rights

We are accepting applications for grandfather rights from 1 July 2011, and have produced an application form that should be used by all applicants.

Grandfather rights are awarded to individuals who are currently providing advice as a Radioactive Waste Adviser or Qualified Expert to allow them to continue providing advice until 30 June 2016. After that date individuals will need to be certified by an approved Assessing Body.

If you have been providing advice as a Radioactive Waste Adviser or Qualified Expert in the last five years, and can demonstrate that you have done so, you can apply to the environment agencies to be awarded grandfather rights. The mechanisms for applying for grandfather rights are detailed in the Transitional Arrangements section of the Environment Agencies’ Statement on Radioactive Waste Advisers.

All applications should be sent to RWA@sepa.org.uk.

To determine whether someone is eligible for grandfather rights we are carrying out some simple checks on applicants based on the information that they have submitted to us. The procedure we use is the Procedure for the assessment of applications for grandfather rights  (60k) under the Radioactive Waste Adviser scheme.

We will announce the closing date for applying for grandfather rights with at least six months' notice, when we know that an Assessing Body will be ready to accept new applications for Radioactive Waste Advisers.