Any person likely to be exposed in a radiological emergency under the authority of the public authorities and who does not have worker status within the meaning of Article L. 4111-5 of the Labour Code, benefits from the protection measures for workers in radiological emergencies set out in Articles R. 4451-96 to R. 4451-109 of the Labour Code.
After receiving the opinion of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire) or of the delegate for nuclear safety and radiation protection for defence-related facilities and activities when the event occurs in a facility or activity mentioned in article L. 1333-15 of the French Defence Code, the representative of the State in the département decides to end the radiological emergency. This decision is taken taking into account the…
I.-Measurements carried out in the environment or on individuals, either by the person responsible for the nuclear activity or at the request of the public authorities, are carried out by the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety or by a service, body or laboratory approved by the Nuclear Safety Authority or accredited under Article R. 4451-65 of the Labour Code. In this case, the service, organisation or laboratory records…
I.-The provisions of this section apply to the actions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 1333-1 and to the decisions mentioned in Article L. 1333-3 to prevent or reduce a risk related to situations of long-term exposure to ionising radiation. II – A situation of lasting exposure to ionising radiation is understood to mean : 1° A situation resulting from a radiological emergency that has caused lasting pollution of the…
I.-The representative of the State in the département manages the situations referred to in article R. 1333-90 on the basis of the data provided by the person responsible for the nuclear activity and the assessment resources made available to him by the relevant ministerial departments, the bodies under their supervision, at both local and national level, and by the safety authorities. The latter provide it with opinions and information, in…
In the event of a situation of long-term exposure to radioactive substances resulting from a radiological emergency, the representative of the State in the département, after obtaining the opinion of the Nuclear Safety Authority and the Regional Health Agency, defines a strategy for the management of contaminated areas, for the protection of people and the environment, based on the application of the optimisation principle defined in 2° of Article L….
The reference level for exposure of a person to radioactive substances resulting from a radiological emergency is set at 20 mSv effective dose over the year following the end of the radiological emergency. This reference level is re-evaluated each year in order to eventually reach 1 mSv in effective dose over one year, added to the level of radioactivity existing prior to the radiological emergency. The representative of the State…
I. – Depending on the risks to the population and the environment, the representative of the State in the département shall delimit areas in which measures to reduce exposure to ionising radiation may be prescribed, in particular: 1° Keeping people away from contaminated areas; 2° Restrictions on the consumption of foodstuffs and water produced in contaminated areas; 3° Restrictions or bans on the marketing of foodstuffs, construction products and consumer…
I.-Any pollution of a site by radioactive substances resulting from the exercise of a nuclear activity subject to a regime mentioned in article L. 1333-8 or L. 1333-9 is managed according to the specific procedures linked to its regime. II -In cases other than those provided for in I, any pollution of a site by radioactive substances other than those mentioned in articles R. 1333-92, R. 1333-93 and R. 1333-94…
The reference level to which a person may be exposed over one year, excluding radon in buildings, in the context of a polluted site mentioned in article R. 1333-95 is 1 mSv in effective dose over one year. The effective dose is calculated taking into account the use of the site. Where man-made radon is present in buildings, the reference level for radon is that set in article R. 1333-28.
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