Radiological Protection Ordinance
(RPO)

¹ In the case of ra­di­ation sources with a par­tic­u­larly low haz­ard po­ten­tial for people and the en­vir­on­ment, the FOPH may grant a type li­cence (Art. 29 let. c RPA), in par­tic­u­lar if:

a.

they are de­signed or meas­ures are taken so as to pre­vent in­ad­miss­ible ex­pos­ure or con­tam­in­a­tion of per­sons; and

b.

it is as­sured that, if ne­ces­sary, they will be de­livered to the fed­er­al col­lec­tion centre as ra­dio­act­ive waste at the end of their use­ful life.

² The FOPH shall re­view the ap­plic­a­tion doc­u­ments sub­mit­ted for com­plete­ness, form, con­tent and ex­tent.

³ It shall sub­ject the ra­di­ation sources for which a type li­cence is sought to type test­ing. It may en­gage oth­er bod­ies for this pur­pose.

⁴ When grant­ing a type li­cence, it shall spe­cify:

a.

un­der what con­di­tions the ra­dio­act­ive ma­ter­i­al may be handled;

b.

wheth­er and how ra­dio­act­ive ma­ter­i­al at the end of its use­ful life must be de­livered to the fed­er­al col­lec­tion centre as ra­dio­act­ive waste;

c.

wheth­er and how the ra­di­ation sources must be marked with a sym­bol spe­cified by the FOPH.