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French norm industries/ knowledge review and regulative implementation prospectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2012

C. Cazala
Affiliation:
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), BP. 17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
N. Pires
Affiliation:
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), BP. 17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
G. Loriot
Affiliation:
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), BP. 17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
T. Doursout
Affiliation:
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), BP. 17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
M.-L. Perrin
Affiliation:
Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), 6 place du Colonel Bourgoin, 75012 Paris, France
R. Rivas
Affiliation:
Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), 6 place du Colonel Bourgoin, 75012 Paris, France
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Abstract

Over the last 5 years France gained a feedback on its NORM industries situation. Regulation imposes to the operators to assess effective doses for workers and members of the public. Theses data were used to update the list of industrial sectors to be regulated for NORM use or storage.

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Research Article
Copyright
© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2011

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References

Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of May 13, 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation.
Ministerial order of May 25, 2005 related to activities operating NORM not used because of their radioactive properties.
Chen Q., Degrange J.-P., Gerchikov M. Y., Hillis Z. K., Lepicard S., Meijne E. I. M., Smith K. R., Van Weers A., Effuent and dose control from European Union NORM industries: Assessment of current situation and proposal for a harmonised Community approach – Volume 1: Main Report, Radiation Protection n135, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg (2003).
Code of public health, Article R.1333-8.