Radiological Protection Ordinance
(RPO)

¹ If there is an in­creased like­li­hood of orphan ra­dio­act­ive ma­ter­i­als be­ing en­countered in re­cyc­lable ma­ter­i­als or wastes, the en­ter­prises con­cerned are re­quired, when man­aging or pre­par­ing these ma­ter­i­als or wastes for ex­port, to in­spect them for the pres­ence of orphan ra­dio­act­ive ma­ter­i­als us­ing ap­pro­pri­ate screen­ing pro­ced­ures and, if such ma­ter­i­als are de­tec­ted, to se­cure the re­cyc­lable ma­ter­i­als or wastes at an ap­pro­pri­ate loc­a­tion. This ap­plies in par­tic­u­lar to:

a.

en­ter­prises where mu­ni­cip­al wastes or wastes of sim­il­ar com­pos­i­tion are in­cin­er­ated;

b.

en­ter­prises which re­cycle scrap metals;

c.

en­ter­prises which pre­pare scrap metals for ex­port.

² The du­ties of the en­ter­prises con­cerned shall be spe­cified in the li­cence.