Chapter IV
RADIATION FACILITIES
Article 34.- Radiation facilities and their designs
1. Radiation facilities include:
a/ Facilities operating accelerators:
b/ Facilities engaged in radiotherapy:
c/ Facilities engaged in irradiation for sterilization or treatment of materials;
d/ Facilities producing or processing radioactive substances;
e/ The national radioactive waste repository; facilities storing, disposing of or burying waste of a radioactivity ten thousand times higher than the level for exemption from declaration.
2. The building or changes in the size and operation scope of radiation facilities must be designed in compliance with national technical regulations.
Article 35.- Reports on safety analysis and reports on safety assessment of radiation facilities
1. Radiation facilities shall make reports on safety analysis when applying for construction licenses, changing their operation scale and scope or terminating their operation.
2. Radiation facilities shall make reports on safety assessment when applying for licenses or renewed licenses to perform radiation jobs other than those specified in Article 18 of this Law.
3. A report on safety analysis upon application for a construction license has the following contents:
a/ Design and manufacture:
b/ Tentative plan on installation, test operation and pre-handover test;
c/ Safety analysis when the facility is put into operation:
d/ Tentative plan on operation termination, dismantlement and radioactive decontamination.
4. A report on safety assessment upon application for a license for change in operation scale and scope has the following contents:
a/ Reason for the change in operation scale and scope;
b/ Design and manufacture:
c/ Tentative plan on installation, test operation and pre-handover test;
d/ Safety analysis when the facility is put into operation;
e/ Tentative plan on operation termination, dismantlement and radioactive decontamination.
5. A report on safety analysis upon application for a license for operation termination has the following contents:
a/ Reason for operation termination;
b/ Plan on dismantlement and radioactive decontamination;
c/ Plan on disposal of radiation source or radioactive waste.
6. Safety analysis reports shall be made for each radiation job according to Article 19 of this Law.
Article 36.- Dismantlement and radioactive decontamination of radiation facilities
1. When terminating its operation, a radiation facility shall submit to the radiation and nuclear safety agency for approval a plan on dismantlement, radioactive decontamination and disposal of its radiation source or radioactive waste, and organize the implementation of the approved plan.
2. The radiation and nuclear safety agency shall organize the inspection of the dismantlement, radioactive decontamination and disposal of radiation sources and radioactive waste, and issue decisions to recognize the radiation facility's discharge of the responsibility to assure safety.
3. Radiation facility shall bear all expenses for the dismantlement and storage or disposal of radioactive wastes generated in the process of dismantlement.
4. The dismantlement, radioactive decontamination and disposal of radiation sources and radioactive waste comply with national technical regulations.
5. The Science and Technology Ministry shall specify the order and procedures for the evaluation and approval of radiation facilities' plans on dismantlement, radioactive decontamination and disposal of radiation sources and radioactive waste.