Nuclear Energy Ordinance
(NEO)

Nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions must be de­signed, con­struc­ted and op­er­ated in such a man­ner as to en­sure that the low­est pos­sible quant­ity of ra­dio­act­ive waste in terms of activ­ity and volume arises from their op­er­a­tion and de­com­mis­sion­ing. For this pur­pose the fol­low­ing re­quire­ments ap­ply in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

for the con­struc­tion of nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions, ma­ter­i­als must be chosen that en­sure that the form­a­tion of ac­tiv­a­tion products is min­im­al;

b.

for the op­er­a­tion of nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions, the use of con­sum­ables in the con­trolled zone must be kept to a min­im­um;

c.

ma­ter­i­als that have been con­tam­in­ated with ra­dio­act­ive sub­stances must be de­con­tam­in­ated wherever pos­sible and ap­pro­pri­ate.