The new Radiation Protection Ordinance

The new Radiation Protection Ordinance promulgated October 13, 1976, will combine the provisions of the older First and Second Radiation Protection Ordinances and thereby define uniform rules for the whole field of radiation protection law through concentration, harmonization and the publication of amendments. Recommendations by international agencies and the recent Basic Euratom Standards were taken into account. The new provisions concentrate on the extension of the technical scope of validity and the general principle of radiation protection, the three levels of government supervision, the establishment of a permissible incident planning dose for nuclear power plants, rules on radiological protection at work and the protection of the public and the environment, and the disposal of radioactive waste. (orig.)