S.L. 585.1 Art. 86Estimation of doses to the members of the public.

(1) Undertakings shall estimate doses to members of the public (which excludes occupational and medical doses) from their practices.

(2) Undertakings shall provide the following information with regard to public doses:

(a) An estimate of public doses prior to the commencement of the practice.

(b) Initial measurements of the relevant parameters to confirm their estimate given, above once the practice is functioning.

(c) Results of routine re-assessments and measurements of the relevant parameters are performed.

(3) The Secretariat shall in particular:

(a) decide on a reasonable extent of surveys to be conducted and information to be taken into account in order to identify the representative person, taking into account the effective pathways for transmission of the radioactive substances;

(b) decide on a reasonable frequency of monitoring of the relevant parameters as determined in paragraph (a);

(c) ensure that the estimates of doses to the representative person include:

(i) assessment of the doses due to external radiation, indicating, where appropriate, the type of the radiation in question;

(ii) assessment of the intake of radionuclides, indicating the nature of the radionuclides and, where necessary, their physical and chemical states, and determination of the activity concentrations of these radionuclides in food and drinking water or other relevant environmental media;

(iii) assessment of the doses that the liable to receive;

(d) require records relating to measurements of external exposure and contamination, estimates of intakes of radionuclides, and the results of the assessment of the doses received by the representative person to be kept and be made available on request to all stakeholders.