Commentaries: Art. 112

Airborne or liquid radioactive substances may be discharged in exhaust air to the atmosphere or in wastewater to surface waters.
The licensing authority shall specify maximum permissible discharge rates and, where appropriate, discharge activity concentrations for each discharge site on a case-by-case basis.
It shall specify the discharge rates and discharge activity concentrations in such a way that the source-related dose constraint in accordance with Article 13 paragraph 3 and the immission limits in accordance with Article 24 are not exceeded.
It may increase by up to a factor of three the discharge activity concentrations in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 for discharges into sewers if it can be assured that appropriate dilution is guaranteed at all times prior to discharge into publicly accessible waters.