French Public Health Code
In forceI.-The operator of a nuclear activity discharging significant quantities of radionuclides into the environment in its effluents shall propose discharge limit values to the competent authority, taking into account :
1° the use of the best available techniques under technically and economically acceptable conditions ;
2° the characteristics of the installation
3° its geographical location
4° Local environmental conditions;
5° the estimated doses received by the potentially exposed population.
The competent authority may set discharge limit values in the authorisation issued to the person responsible for a nuclear activity.
II - Effluents and waste contaminated by radionuclides or likely to be contaminated or activated as a result of a nuclear activity are collected and managed taking into account the characteristics and quantities of these radionuclides, the risk of exposure incurred and the outlets selected. The procedures for the collection, management and elimination of effluents and waste are recorded by the person responsible for a nuclear activity in an effluent and waste management plan made available to the competent authority.
III - The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall monitor its effluent discharges and transmit the results of this monitoring to the competent authority or make them available to it under conditions laid down in the authorisation referred to in I. It periodically estimates the doses received by the public on the basis of actual activity discharges. In application of Article L. 1333-6, it makes these estimates available to the public.
IV - The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall keep an up-to-date inventory of effluents discharged and waste disposed of, specifying the outlets chosen. A version of this inventory, which is updated each year, is made available to the public.
V.-The results of measurements of external exposure, contamination, monitoring of discharges or the environment, and the documents used to assess the doses received by the public are kept by the person responsible for the nuclear activity for as long as the activity is carried out.
VI -Where nuclear activities are placed under the responsibility of the same manager and carried out on the same site, the documents and organisations provided for in this article may be shared.
