National Report of Poland on implementation of the Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources

The national infrastructure for regulatory control of safety and security of radioactive sources covers two integrated systems: legislative system and regulatory system described below. National legislative system of control over the management and protection of radioactive sources: The effective Polish legal framework for radiological safety and security of radioactive sources has been established by the Act of Parliament of 29 November 2000 the Atomic Law (Journal of Laws of 2012, Item 264 with later amendments), which encompasses all the activities involving actual and potential exposures to ionizing radiation. According to this act, performing of the following types of activities require a license or a notification (depending on the total radioactivity in one place or possibility of receiving a dose of radiation) involved: • manufacturing, processing, storage, disposal, transport or use of radioactive sources and its associated radioactive waste, as well as the trade in these sources, and also isotopic enrichment; • production, installation, use and maintenance of the equipment containing radioactive sources and trade in such equipment; • commissioning and use of the equipment generating ionizing radiation; • commissioning of laboratories and workrooms using ionizing radiation sources, including Xray laboratories; • intentional introduction of radioactive substances into consumer products and medical devices; • intentional addition of radioactive substances in the processes of manufacturing consumer products and medical products as defined in Act of Parliament on Medical Devices of 20 May 2010 (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland No 107 Item 679) and trade in such products, and also the import into the Republic of Poland's territory, and export from this territory, of consumer and medical products to which radioactive substances have been added; • intentional administration of radioactive substances to humans and animals, for the purposes of medical or veterinary diagnostics, therapy or research. Responsibility for compliance with the requirements for radiological safety and security rests with the head of entity conducting the activities involving exposure. According to article 43, Section 1 para 3 of the Atomic Law Act of 29 November 2000 the head of entity engaged in activities involving radioactive sources is responsible for secure them against damage, theft or unauthorized interception