French Public Health Code
In forceI.-The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall implement all the means within his competence and reasonably possible, taking into account the current state of technical knowledge and economic and societal factors, to achieve and maintain an optimum level of protection of the interests mentioned in Article L. 1333-7 and, in particular, those relating to the protection of the general public against ionising radiation arising from the performance of his activity or from a malicious act.
It also implements an internal control system and appropriate measurement and assessment procedures to ensure compliance with the provisions applicable to protection against ionising radiation arising from its activities or from a malicious act.
It checks the effectiveness and maintains the technical devices it has provided for this purpose, periodically accepts and calibrates the measuring instruments, and verifies that they are in good condition and being used correctly.
II - Where a high-activity sealed source is manufactured, held or used, the person responsible for this nuclear activity draws up the internal emergency plan referred to in II of Article L. 1333-13.
This plan takes into account the risks of internal and external exposure to ionising radiation for all persons likely to be at risk and specifies the procedures to be followed and persons to be contacted in the event of an emergency.
