Subsection 4: Monitoring public exposure and informing the public

I.-The purpose of the national network for measuring environmental radioactivity is to contribute to the monitoring of public exposure to ionising radiation and to inform the public. It gathers : 1° The results of measurements of environmental radioactivity carried out by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire and by laboratories approved under the conditions laid down in article R. 1333-26 ; 2° Summary documents on the estimated doses…

The laboratories for measuring radioactivity in the environment, mentioned in Article R. 1333-25, are approved by the Nuclear Safety Authority. The application for approval or renewal of approval shall be sent to the Nuclear Safety Authority together with a dossier including : 1° Information on the laboratory, its organisation, quality, activity, staff qualifications and technical performance; 2° The list and results of inter-laboratory comparison tests in which the laboratory has…

In application of article L. 1333-6, the average individual doses received by the population as a result of authorised nuclear activities are estimated at least every five years by the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety and are the subject of a public report published on the Institute’s website.