Section 1: Scope of application

The provisions of this chapter apply whenever workers, including the self-employed, are likely to be exposed to a risk due to ionising radiation of natural or artificial origin. They apply in particular to 1° to the manufacture, production, processing, handling, storage, use, warehousing, possession and transport of radioactive substances mentioned in Article L. 542-1-1 of the Environmental Code and products or devices containing them; 2° The manufacture and operation of…

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: 1° Exposures resulting from exposure to a natural level of radiation due to : a) Radionuclides contained in the human body; b) Cosmic radiation at ground level; c) Radionuclides present in the earth’s undisturbed crust; 2° Exposures suffered by workers as a result of medical examinations to which they are subjected; 3° Exposure of workers other than air or space crews…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply 1° Radiation protection adviser: the person appointed by the employer to advise on the radiation protection of workers as referred to in Article L. 4451-2 ; 2° Extremities: hands, forearms, feet and ankles; 3° Basic nuclear installation: the basic nuclear installation defined in Article L. 593-2 of the Environment Code. For the purposes of this chapter, the secret basic…

A joint order by the ministers responsible for labour, mines, the environment and agriculture sets out the list of specific workplaces mentioned in b of 4° of article R. 4451-1, as well as the specific procedures for applying articles R. 4451-14, R. 4451-15, R. 4451-18, R. 4451-22, R. 4451-24, R. 4451-44 and R. 4451-53 in these workplaces.