Radiological Protection Act
(RPA)

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of 22 March 1991 (Status as of 1 January 2022)


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Art. 26 Handling of radioactive waste on-site and discharge to the environment

1 On-site, ra­dio­act­ive waste must be handled and stored in such a way as to min­im­ize re­leases of ra­dio­act­ive sub­stances to the en­vir­on­ment.

2 The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall spe­cify the con­di­tions un­der which low-level ra­dio­act­ive waste may be dis­charged to the en­vir­on­ment.

3 Ra­dio­act­ive waste that is not to be dis­charged to the en­vir­on­ment must be suit­ably re­tained or se­curely con­tained, pos­sibly in so­lid­i­fied form, col­lec­ted and stored at a site ap­proved by the su­per­vis­ory au­thor­ity while await­ing sur­render or ex­port.17

17 Amended by An­nex No II 4 of the Nuc­le­ar En­ergy Act of 21 March 2003, in force since 1 Dec. 2005 (AS 2004 4719; BBl 2001 2665).

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