Section 5: Management of situations of long-term exposure resulting from pollution by radioactive substances

In the event of a situation of long-term exposure to radioactive substances resulting from a radiological emergency, the representative of the State in the département, after obtaining the opinion of the Nuclear Safety Authority and the Regional Health Agency, defines a strategy for the management of contaminated areas, for the protection of people and the environment, based on the application of the optimisation principle defined in 2° of Article L….

The reference level for exposure of a person to radioactive substances resulting from a radiological emergency is set at 20 mSv effective dose over the year following the end of the radiological emergency. This reference level is re-evaluated each year in order to eventually reach 1 mSv in effective dose over one year, added to the level of radioactivity existing prior to the radiological emergency. The representative of the State…

I. – Depending on the risks to the population and the environment, the representative of the State in the département shall delimit areas in which measures to reduce exposure to ionising radiation may be prescribed, in particular: 1° Keeping people away from contaminated areas; 2° Restrictions on the consumption of foodstuffs and water produced in contaminated areas; 3° Restrictions or bans on the marketing of foodstuffs, construction products and consumer…