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GENERIC REQUIREMENTS
Requirement 47: Responsibilities of the government specific to existing exposure situations
The government shall ensure that existing exposure situations that have been identified are evaluated to determine which occupational exposures and public exposures are of concern from the point of view of radiation protection.
  1. The government shall ensure that, when an existing exposure situation is identified, responsibilities for protection and safety are assigned and appropriate reference levels are established.
  2. The government shall include in the legal and regulatory framework for protection and safety (see Section 2) provision for the management of existing exposure situations. The government, in the legal and regulatory framework, as appropriate:
    1. Shall specify the exposure situations that are included in the scope of existing exposure situations;49
    2. Shall specify the general principles underlying the protection strategies developed to reduce exposure when remedial actions and protective actions have been determined to be justified;50
    3. Shall assign responsibilities for the establishment and implementation of protection strategies to the regulatory body and to other relevant authorities51 and, as appropriate, to registrants, licensees and other parties involved in the implementation of remedial actions and protective actions;
    4. Shall provide for the involvement of interested parties in decisions regarding the development and implementation of protection strategies, as appropriate.
  3. The regulatory body or other relevant authority assigned to establish a protection strategy for an existing exposure situation shall ensure that it specifies:
    1. The objectives to be achieved by means of the protection strategy;
    2. Appropriate reference levels.
  4. The regulatory body or other relevant authority shall implement the protection strategy, including:
    1. Arranging for evaluation of the available remedial actions and protective actions for achieving the objectives, and for evaluation of the efficiency of the actions planned and implemented;
    2. Ensuring that information is available to individuals subject to exposure on potential health risks and on the means available for reducing their exposures and the associated risks.