Radiological Protection Ordinance
(RPO)

¹ For en­ter­prises where, giv­en the li­censed quant­ity and activ­ity of ra­di­o­nuc­lides, an emer­gency may oc­cur, the li­cens­ing au­thor­ity shall spe­cify on a case-by-case basis to what ex­tent they are re­quired to par­ti­cip­ate in pre­par­ing and im­ple­ment­ing emer­gency re­sponse meas­ures in the sur­round­ing area, or to ad­opt such meas­ures them­selves.

² The li­cens­ing au­thor­ity shall in­volve the com­pet­ent can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies and emer­gency ser­vices in pre­par­ing emer­gency re­sponse meas­ures and in­form them of the meas­ures ad­op­ted.

³For warn­ings and alerts and for pre­par­ing and im­ple­ment­ing meas­ures to pro­tect against in­creased ra­dio­activ­ity in the vi­cin­ity of nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions, the Emer­gency Re­sponse Or­din­ance of 20 Oc­to­ber 2010⁴⁶ and the Alerts and Safety Ra­dio Net­work Or­din­ance of 18 Au­gust 2010⁴⁷ ap­ply.