Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Owners or operators of certain categories of built property located in areas with radon potential where exposure to radon is likely to be harmful to health must monitor this exposure. Above certain levels of radon activity, owners or, failing that, operators are required to take the necessary measures to reduce exposure and protect people’s health. The categories of buildings, the monitoring procedures and the above-mentioned radon activity levels are defined…

Organisations involved in radon monitoring are authorised : 1° to carry out measurements of radon activity in built-up areas ; 2° To analyse radon activity measurements. These bodies transmit the results of measurements that may be useful for national monitoring of public exposure to radon, in the cases and under the conditions laid down by regulation, to a body designated by the ministers responsible for radiation protection and labour. The…

Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 6, the officials mentioned in Article L. 1421-1 who are not radiation protection inspectors and the officials mentioned in Article L. 1435-7 may, under the conditions laid down in Chapter I of Title II of Book IV of this Part, monitor the application of the provisions of Article L. 1333-22. They shall inform the Nuclear Safety Authority of the results of their inspections.