"Section 7

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Radiological Emergency Situations and Ionizing Radiation Exposure

" Art. R. 43-70. -The provisions of this Section shall apply to the interventions referred to in Article L. 1333-1, carried out in a radiological emergency or as a result of a durable exposure to ionising radiation, as defined in Articles R. 43-71 and R. 43-72.
" Art. R. 43-71. -There is a radiological emergency when an incident or accident may result in the release of radioactive material or a level of radioactivity liable to harm public health.
" Art. R. 43-72. -The situation of sustainable exposure to ionising radiation is the consequence either of a radiological emergency or of the past or former exercise of a nuclear activity defined in Article L. 1333-1 or of one of the activities Professional referred to in R. 43-8.
" Art. R. 43-73. -The interventions referred to in Article L. 1333-1 concern:
" (a) The source of radiation in order to reduce or stop the emission of radiation and the dispersion of radionuclides;
" (b) The environment, in order to reduce or stop the contamination of persons and goods by radioactive substances;
" C) People, in order to reduce or stop the exposure and organize the treatment of victims.

"Subsection 1

" Emergency Response Radiological

" Art. R. 43-74. -In the event of a radiological emergency, the person responsible for the nuclear activity whose exercise is responsible for the situation shall take the measures incumbent upon it in the field of nuclear safety and radiation protection, shall carry out an initial assessment of the Circumstances and consequences of the situation, shall implement, where appropriate, the internal emergency plan and shall immediately inform the competent authorities of the occurrence of the incident or accident. It contributes to the information of the people and the implementation of protection measures decided by the authorities.
" Art. R. 43-75. -In the event of a radiological emergency, the competent authorities shall be prepared to implement measures to protect the population as soon as the estimates of exposure to ionising radiation and their health consequences Exceed the intervention levels defined by an order of the Minister responsible for health, after advice of the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety.

" In accordance with the conditions laid down in Article R. 43-76, the Prefect shall decide on the implementation of all or part of the protective measures by assessing in particular whether the damage associated with the intervention is not disproportionate to the benefit Expected.
" Art. R. 43-76. -Taking into account the information provided by the head of the nuclear activity in question or by the emergency services, the prefect initiates and implements the emergency plan (s) provided for by Law No. 87-565 of 22 July 1987.
" It uses the means of assessment made available by the relevant ministerial departments and agencies under their supervision, both at the local and national
. They shall provide, as soon as possible, information and opinions, including information concerning the distribution in time and in the space of radioactive substances likely to be dispersed and the exhibitions Potential for ionising radiation for populations and stakeholders, enabling it to assess the situation and its potential development and to implement appropriate measures for the protection of populations and Stakeholders.
" Exposure to ionizing radiation shall be evaluated in accordance with the modalities defined in Article R. 43-5.
" The prefect directs relief operations and provides information to the population. In order to comply with international obligations regarding notification, exchange of information and assistance, he informs the Prime Minister of his decisions. In liaison with the relevant ministerial departments, it shall implement, where appropriate, bilateral agreements with border
. Art. R. 43-77. -After any emergency having caused a radiological hazard to the population, the consequences of this risk are assessed and recorded, in particular in the form of dosimetric balances. The doses received by external exposure and incorporation for the duration of the exposure shall be taken into account, in accordance with the procedure defined in Article R. 43-5.
" The effectiveness of the intervention is measured by the difference between these dosimetric balances and the similar balance sheets drawn up by the competent ministerial departments and the bodies of expertise placed under their guardianship, assuming an absence

"Subsection 2

" Radiological Emergency Responders

" Art. R. 43-78. -This sub-section is intended as stakeholders for the different categories of personnel likely to be involved in the management of a radiological emergency as defined in Article R. 43-71, as well as all persons Acting either within the framework of agreements with the public authorities or in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 10 of Act No. 87-665 of 22 July 1987, under the authority of the Director of Emergency Operations, in particular under the plans ORSEC and contingency plans as defined by Decree No. 88-622 of 6 May 1988.
" Art. R. 43-79. -In order to determine their conditions for selection, training and medical and radiological monitoring, stakeholders are classified into two groups:
" (a) The first group shall consist of the personnel comprising the special technical, medical or health intervention teams established to deal with a radiological emergency;
" (b) The second group consists of persons not belonging to special teams but intervening in the field of missions under their
. Pregnant or breastfeeding women and those under the age of 18 cannot be included in the first group teams. When the risk of exposure to ionizing radiation is established, pregnant or breastfeeding women and persons under the age of eighteen years of the second group are excluded from the scope of the radiological
. Art. R. 43-80. -Personnel belonging to the first group are subject to radiological monitoring and medical fitness control. They receive training in particular on the risk associated with exposure to ionising radiation. They have equipment adapted to the specific nature of radiological risk when engaged in operation.
" People in the second group have adapted information about the risk associated with exposure to ionizing radiation.
" Art. R. 43-81. -For an intervention in a radiological emergency identified, individual exposure reference levels, constituting practical benchmarks, expressed in terms of effective dose, are fixed as follows:
" (a) The effective dose that may be received by group 1 personnel, during the duration of their missions, is 100 millisieverts. It is set to 300 millisieverts when the work order is intended to protect people;
" (b) The effective dose that may be received by staff in Group 2 is 10 millisieverts.
" An exceedance of the reference levels of the second group may be allowed exceptionally, in order to save human lives, for voluntary stakeholders and informed of the risk of their intervention.
" The effective dose integrates all doses received by internal and external exposure. It shall be evaluated in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article R. 43-5.
" Personnel involved must be provided with individual protections and equipped with appropriate dosimetry devices.
" Art. R. 43-82. -After any intervention having presented a proven radiological risk, an individual dosimetric record and medical surveillance of the stakeholders, regardless of the group to which they belong, are carried out. The results are given to each of them and recorded in their medical records.
" The previous exhibitions shall be taken into account in determining the person's ability to carry out the tasks within his or her competence in accordance with the regulations specific to each category of
. Art. R. 43-83. -In no case shall the total effective dose on the entire life of an intervener exceed 1 sievert.

"Subsection 3

" Exposure Interventions Durable

" Art. R. 43-84. -The person responsible for a nuclear activity or a professional activity, past or former, responsible for a case of long-term exposure of persons to ionizing radiation, is required to set up a monitoring device for the Exhibitions and site remediation in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by the competent police authority. It shall cooperate in the information of the populations and in the implementation of the protective measures decided upon by the competent police
. In the absence of a known or solvent person, the same obligations may be imposed on the site owner.
" Art. R. 43-85. -When a case of sustained exposure of persons to ionizing radiation has been identified, the competent police authority shall take one or more of the following measures:
" (a) Population information;
" (b) The delimiting of the perimeter within which the measures defined in this Article are implemented;
" (c) Establishment of an exposure monitoring device;
" (d) Regulation of access or use of land and buildings located in the delimited perimeter;
" (e) Implementation of any appropriate intervention to reduce exposure of persons taking into account the reference levels established by the Ministers responsible for health and the environment, after the advice of the Radiation Protection Institute and the Nuclear safety.
" The levels referred to in the e concern, depending on the situation, the foodstuffs and the waters produced within the boundaries of the perimeter, and the land and buildings within the perimeter, taking into account their current uses or Come.
" Art. R. 43-86. -In order to assess the situation and its long-term development and to implement the measures set out in Article R. 43-85, the police authority shall benefit from the means of assessment made available to them by the relevant ministerial departments and Bodies of expertise placed under their supervision. They shall provide it with all relevant information and advice, including information concerning the temporal and spatial distribution of dispersed radioactive substances and the resulting ionizing radiation exposures. Populations and people likely to be involved.
" Exposure to ionizing radiation shall be evaluated in accordance with the modalities defined in Article R. 43-5.
" The competent police authority shall, where appropriate, inform the prefect and the competent ministers of his decisions. In liaison with them, it shall ensure, where appropriate, the necessary contacts with the border
. Art. R. 43-87. -In situations of sustainable exposure, if the estimated doses justify it, stakeholders benefit from the protection afforded by the regulations in force to workers exposed to ionising radiation.

" Subsection 4

"Miscellaneous Provisions

" Art. R. 43-88. -The powers conferred on the prefect by this section shall be exercised in Paris by the prefect of the police. "