Section 2: Administrative schemes

The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall, in compliance with the principles set out in Section 1, implement means and measures to ensure the protection of public health, public health and safety and the environment against risks or inconveniences resulting from ionising radiation associated with the exercise of this activity or malicious acts, from the time the activity is set up to the phase following its cessation.

I.- Subject to the provisions of article L. 1333-9, nuclear activities are subject to an authorisation, registration or declaration regime depending on the characteristics and conditions of implementation of these activities, due to the risks or inconveniences they may present for the interests mentioned in article L. 1333-7 and the adequacy of the regulatory control regime with the protection of these interests. Nuclear activities that present serious risks or inconveniences…

I.- Nuclear activities likely to result in low-level exposure to ionising radiation, and which meet the characteristics laid down by regulation, are exempt from the declaration, registration or authorisation requirements laid down in article L. 1333-8. II – Nuclear activities carried out in a basic nuclear installation covered by the regime provided for in article L. 593-1 of the Environment Code are not subject to the provisions of article L….

When a legally practised nuclear activity becomes subject to one of the regimes mentioned in Article L. 1333-8 as a result of a change in the conditions of application of that article and without the activity having been modified, it may continue to be practised without the declaration, registration or authorisation provided for in Article L. 1333-8 on condition that the person responsible for the activity has already made himself…

Access to certain categories of sources mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1333-1, the transport of such sources or access to information relating to the means and measures implemented to protect against malicious acts are authorised by the person responsible for the nuclear activity, who may request a security opinion from the administrative authority. The opinion is issued following an administrative enquiry, which may involve consultation of bulletin no. 2…

The person responsible for a nuclear activity involving the management of radioactive waste or the release of radioactive effluents shall establish and implement an integrated management system for such waste and effluents, including quality assurance and ensuring the protection of the interests mentioned in Article L. 1333-7, where the activity is likely to present significant risks or inconveniences for these interests.

I.-The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall set up a system for recording and analysing events that may lead to accidental or unintentional exposure of persons to ionising radiation. This system is proportionate to the nature and extent of the risks involved. These events, when they are likely to have a significant impact on the interests mentioned in Article L. 1333-7, are declared to the representative of the State…

Persons involved in the performance or control of a nuclear activity or in the preparation, implementation and control of an action intended to protect persons from a radiological risk in the situations set out in Article L. 1333-3, benefit, within their area of competence, from information and training, both initial and continuing, relating to radiation protection.

The supplier of sealed radioactive sources is required to recover, at the holder’s request, any source that it has distributed. Before any source is distributed, the supplier must provide a financial guarantee to cover the costs of recovering and disposing of the source at the end of its useful life in the event of default. The terms and limits of these obligations are defined by regulation.

The person responsible for a nuclear activity sends the body responsible for the inventory of ionising radiation sources referred to in Article L. 1333-5 information on the characteristics of the sources, the identification of the places where they are held or used, and the references of their suppliers and purchasers.