Law No. 219-1 on radiation safety. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Water Keyword Radiation Hazards Monitoring Authorization/permit Pollution control Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Potable water Water quality standards Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes The Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract The scope of this Law shall be to ensure radiation safety of the population against hazardous impact of ionizing radiation. The Act consists of seven Chapters divided into 24 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) state management, supervision and control; (3) general radiation safety requirements; (4) radiation safety in case of nuclear disaster; (5) the rights and the duties of citizens, public associations and organizations in the sphere of radiation safety; (6) liability; (7) international agreements. The basic principles of ensuring radiation safety shall be: (a) rate setting in the sphere of securing of radiation safety; (b) substantiation i.e. prohibition of the use of the sources of ionizing radiation when the damage exceeds benefit; (c) optimization i.e. keeping personal radiation dose at low level. Radiation monitoring shall be carried out on the national territory. The authorized state institution in the sphere of radiation safety shall carry out licensing of nuclear energy related activities, registration of nuclear materials, supervision over compliance with licensing terms and conditions and import, export and transit of nuclear materials and the sources of ionizing radiation. Alimentary raw materials, foodstuffs, potable water and packaging materials must comply with the radiation safety requirements. Assessment of radiation safety shall be carried out in accordance the radioactive pollution level. Full text Russian Website www.pavlodar.com