Art. 1 Purpose and scope
1 For the protection of people and the environment against ionising radiation, this Ordinance regulates:
- a.
- for planned exposure situations:
- 1.
- licences,
- 2.
- public exposure,
- 3.
- unjustified activities,
- 4.
- medical exposure,
- 5.
- occupational exposure,
- 6.
- handling of radiation sources,
- 7.
- handling of radioactive waste,
- 8.
- prevention and management of failures;
- b.
- for emergency exposure situations: preparedness and management;
- c.
- for existing exposure situations: management of radiological legacies, radon, naturally occurring radioactive material and long‑term contamination following an emergency;
- d.
- training and continuing education of persons handling ionising radiation or radioactivity;
- e.
- supervision and enforcement;
- f.
- advisory activities of the Federal Commission for Radiological Protection (KSR).
2 It applies to all exposure situations for artificial and for natural ionising radiation.
3 It does not apply to:
- a.
- exposures to radionuclides naturally present in the human body;
- b.
- exposures to cosmic radiation; it does, however, apply to exposures of aircrew to cosmic radiation;
- c.
- aboveground exposures to radionuclides present in the undisturbed earth's crust.