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Regulations and Regulatory Control

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To control radiological protection and safety of radiation sources; to provide for the instruments to enforce compliance with national and international requirements; and to maintain the appropriate standards for protection is required a national infrastructure.

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  1. 1.

    The regulatory authority is an entity or a system of authorities designated by the government as having legal authority for conducting the regulatory process, and thereby regulating nuclear, radiation, radioactive waste and transport safety.

  2. 2.

    Any form of control or regulation applied to facilities or activities by a regulatory authority for reasons relating to radiation protection or to the safety or security of radioactive sources.

  3. 3.

    All references to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and to the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 are “as amended”.

  4. 4.

    The former Atomic Energy Commission.

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Domenech, H. (2017). Regulations and Regulatory Control. In: Radiation Safety. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42671-6_9

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