Radiological Protection Ordinance
(RPO)

¹ Li­cence hold­ers must make every ef­fort to man­age fail­ures and their ef­fects.

² In par­tic­u­lar, they must, without delay:

a.

con­trol the ex­tent of the fail­ure, in par­tic­u­lar by tak­ing meas­ures at source;

b.

en­sure that all per­sons not in­volved in the man­age­ment of the fail­ure do not enter the danger zone or leave it im­me­di­ately;

c.

take meas­ures to pro­tect the staff de­ployed, such as dose mon­it­or­ing and ap­pro­pri­ate in­struc­tion;

d.

en­sure that all those in­volved are re­gistered, mon­itored for con­tam­in­a­tion and in­takes, and if ne­ces­sary de­con­tam­in­ated.

³ They must, as soon as pos­sible:

a.

re­move any con­tam­in­a­tion which has aris­en;

b.

take the meas­ures re­quired to cla­ri­fy the cause of the fail­ure.