Paragraph 3: Authorisation decisions

The French Nuclear Safety Authority (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire) gives its decision on applications for authorisation within six months. This period may be extended twice for the same duration by the Nuclear Safety Authority. If no response is received within the time limit, which may be extended, the application is deemed to have been rejected.

The authorisation is issued to the natural or legal person responsible for the nuclear activity and is not transferable. It may impose appropriate restrictions on the conditions under which the nuclear activity is carried out and lay down specific requirements. To this end, the Nuclear Safety Authority may in particular prescribe: 1° For all nuclear activities likely to produce waste or effluent contaminated by radionuclides or likely to be contaminated…

The authorisation to manufacture or use a high activity sealed source sets out in particular: 1° Requirements relating to the organisation of radiation protection and the allocation of responsibilities ; 2° Training, information and, where appropriate, qualification requirements for personnel; 3° The minimum characteristics of the high-activity sealed source and the installation and their maintenance conditions; 4° The work procedures to be followed when carrying out the nuclear activity; 5°…

I. – The Nuclear Safety Authority may modify or revoke the authorisation issued when new and significant elements make it possible to reassess the justification for the nuclear activity concerned. If the authorisation concerns a nuclear activity intended for medicine, dentistry, human biology or research involving the human person, the Nuclear Safety Authority shall inform the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products. II. – In the…