Section 8: Provisions applicable to the protection of ionising radiation sources against malicious acts

All appropriate measures shall be taken by the person responsible for the nuclear activity to prevent unauthorised access to sources of ionising radiation, their theft, misappropriation, deterioration or damage of any kind that they may suffer for malicious purposes. An order of the ministers responsible for energy or defence may specify the terms of application of this section with regard to protection against malicious acts. This order may provide for…

I.- Access to ionising radiation sources or batches of category A, B or C radioactive sources and their transport, or access to information relating to the means or measures implemented to protect them against malicious acts, are authorised by the person responsible for the nuclear activity. The authorisation issued to a person for this purpose is personal and in writing. Persons not in possession of this authorisation may have access…

The provisions of article R. 1333-148 do not apply to : 1° Persons requiring medical treatment involving access to ionising radiation sources, products or devices containing them; 2° Personnel from the emergency services and the forces of law and order with territorial jurisdiction when they intervene in an emergency in the installation; 3° Agents and civil servants responsible for administrative or judicial police controls and experts accompanying them under the…

Before issuing the authorisation provided for in Article R. 1333-148, the person responsible for the nuclear activity : 1° Verify that the person concerned needs, in the course of his or her activity, to have access to ionising radiation sources or batches of category A, B or C radioactive sources, to transport them or to have access to information relating to the means or measures implemented to protect them against…

The person responsible for the nuclear activity shall inform the person concerned in writing of the request for an opinion made to the administrative authority and shall inform him that, in this context, he is the subject of the administrative investigation provided for in 2° of Article R. 1333-150.