Paragraph 4: Applicable regime and classification of sources

Nuclear activities are subject to authorisation: 1° In which radioactive substances are deliberately administered to persons as part of medical practices or to animals as part of veterinary practices, as well as in the context of research in these two fields; 2° operation and dismantling of any basic nuclear facility or secret basic nuclear facility referred to in II and IV of Article L. 1333-9; 3° the operation and closure…

I.-Ionising radiation sources and batches of radioactive sources are classified in category A, B, C or D as defined in Annexes 13-7 and 13-8. The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall inform the competent authority responsible for protection against malicious acts of the classification of the sources or batches of sources that he holds or uses. II – The person responsible for a nuclear activity may request that his…