Book III: Health protection and the environment

When devices containing radioactive sources or ionising radiation generators are made available on the market, suppliers shall provide the purchaser with adequate information on the potential radiological risks associated with their use and on the conditions of use, testing and maintenance, together with a demonstration that the design allows exposure to ionising radiation to be reduced to as low a level as reasonably achievable. Furthermore, in the case of medical…

I.-Where, on or in land, buildings or structures, the man-made presence of radioactive substances is likely to cause exposure of persons to ionising radiation or emissions of radioactive substances justifying radiation protection monitoring, or where there are serious grounds for suspecting this, public utility easements may be instituted and include, in order to prevent or limit these risks and inconveniences: 1° Prohibiting or limiting certain uses, or making them subject…

The requirements, means and measures for the protection of workers’ health from ionising radiation taken in application of this chapter and chapter VII of this title concern the collective protection measures incumbent on the person responsible for a nuclear activity and likely to ensure compliance with the principles of radiation protection defined in article L. 1333-2. They concern the design, operation and decommissioning phases of the installation and are without…

The person responsible or his successor for a nuclear activity or a past or present professional activity likely to cause, directly or indirectly, exposure of persons to ionising radiation or to emissions of radioactive substances, which cannot be neglected from the point of view of radiation protection, shall take all necessary measures to reduce such exposure in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1333-3. The financial obligations linked to…