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LVA-2000-L-77051
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Title_of_text
Act on Radiation Safety and Nuclear Safety.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Latvia
Subjects (Classification)
Protection against particular hazards
Adopted on (Date of text)
2000-10-26
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Purpose of the Act - Section 2 "(1) The purpose of this Act is to ensure the protection of people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionising radiation and to set out the distribution of responsibilities and rights of state institutions, physical persons and legal entities in the field of radiation safety and nuclear safety.
(2) The Act establishes safety requirements for ionising radiation sources and for practices involving such sources, and imposes special requirements for ionising radiation facilities of state significance. It further prescribes the allocation of responsibilities among state authorities in the field of radiation safety and nuclear safety."
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
OECD - Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Country
France
URL
http://www.nea.fr/html/law/nlb/nlb-67/003_019.pdf