S.L. 585.1 Art. 85Planning for the protection of members of the public.

(1) Undertakings shall take such measures as are necessary to ensure the operational protection of members of the public in normal circumstances having regard to the relevant provisions of these regulations.

(2) For the purposes of these regulations, "operational protection of members of the public" means, in normal circumstances, all arrangements and surveys for detecting and eliminating the factors which, in the course of any operation, may result in actual or potential exposure to members of the public exceeding the relevant dose constraint such that the exposure from any one practice is not liable to exceed 0.25mSv in a year.

(3) For relevant activities, the Commission shall before granting a registration or a licence in respect of a practice or amending any condition attached to a registration or specified in a licence, or acceptance into service of a facility, require the undertaking to submit to it for examination and approval:

(a) the proposed siting of the workplaces from a radiation protection point of view, taking into account relevant demographic, meteorological, geological, hydrological and ecological conditions;

(b) a statement of planned arrangements to ensure adequate protection against any exposure or radioactive contamination liable to extend beyond the perimeter of the workplaces or radioactive contamination liable to extend to the ground beneath the facility;

(c) pursuant to regulation 87, plans for the discharge of radioactive effluents;

(d) the results of a screening assessment of the doses liable to be received by the population as a result of any practice carried out by it; and

(e) a statement of planned measures to control the access of members of the public to the facility. appropriate, establish limits and conditions on the quantities of radionuclides discharged to air or water during a specified period, which shall take into account:

(a) the results of the optimisation of radiation protection;

(b) good practice in the operation of similar facilities; and

(c) where appropriate, results of generic screening assessment based on internationally recognised scientific guidance, where such an assessment has been required by the Commission..