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Regional Law No. 16-ZKO “On radiation safety of the population”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kursk
Document type
Legislation
Date
1998 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Radiation Hazards Public health Sustainable development
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law establishes legal grounds for ensuring radiation safety of the population. Radiation safety shall be intended protection of public health, of the present and the future generations against impact by ionizing radiation. Basic principles of ensuring radiation safety shall be non excess of individual radiation levels from all sources of ionizing radiation, prohibition of all activities in which received radiation level does not exceed risks of possible damages due to radiation and optimization in the form of keeping as low as possible individual radiation levels and the number of staff exposed to ionizing radiation. In case of radiation disaster proposed arrangements for mitigation of the consequences thereof must bring maximum positive effects of the reduction of ionizing radiation.

Full text
Russian
Website
regzakon.fpa.su