Atomic Energy and Radiation Protection Act, 2005
Radiation Protection and Waste Disposal Regulations, 2011
Government Notice 221 of 2011
- Published in Government Gazette 4835 on 18 November 2011
- Commenced on 18 November 2011
- [This is the version of this document at 15 November 2017 and includes any amendments published up to 30 September 2024.]
- [Note: The version of this legislation as at 15 November 2017 was revised and consolidated by the Legal Assistance Centre and the Government of the Republic of Namibia. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for NamibLII.]
Chapter 1
INTERPRETATION
1. Definitions and interpretation
Chapter 2
APPLICABILITY AND EXEMPTIONS FROM PROVISIONS OF ACT
2. Relation to other rules of law
These Regulations specify the minimum requirements for protection of the people and environment against exposure to ionising radiation and for the safety of radiation sources and for the security of radioactive and nuclear material and they do not relieve any person from the duty to take any additional actions as may be appropriate and reasonably necessary to protect any person or the environment from any damage resulting from radiation.3. Exemption of practices and sources
4. Type approval
5. Notification
6. Registration
7. Classes of licence
8. Application for licences
Chapter 3
RADIATION PROTECTION PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
9. Justification of practices
10. Dose limit
11. Special circumstances
12. Optimisation of protection and safety
13. Dose constraints
Chapter 4
MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
14. Safety culture
15. Quality assurance
16. Human factors
17. Radiation safety officers
Chapter 5
VERIFICATION OF PROTECTION AND SAFETY
18. Safety assessments
19. Monitoring and verification of compliance
20. Records
Licensees must keep proper records of the results of monitoring and verification of compliance, including records of the tests and calibrations carried out in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.21. Approval of dosimetry services
Chapter 6
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE PROTECTION
22. General responsibilities
23. Conditions of service
24. Controlled areas
25. Supervised areas
26. Local rules and supervision
27. Personal protective equipment
Licensees and employers must -28. Exposure assessment
29. Management of overexposure
30. Monitoring of workplace
31. Health surveillance
32. Records of worker exposure
Chapter 7
MEDICAL EXPOSURE PROTECTION
33. General responsibilities
34. Justification of medical exposure
35. Optimisation of protection for medical exposures
36. Calibration, clinical dosimetry and quality assurance for medical exposures
37. Dose constraints
38. Guidance levels
39. Maximum activity for patients in therapy on discharge from hospital
40. Investigation of accidental medical exposures
41. Records
Licensees must keep and make available, as appropriate, records of equipment calibration, clinical dosimetry and quality assurance, as well as any other necessary information to allow retrospective assessments of the doses received by patients.Chapter 8
PUBLIC EXPOSURE PROTECTION
42. General responsibilities
43. Control of visitors
44. Radioactive contamination in enclosed spaces
45. Monitoring of public exposure
46. Consumer products
Chapter 9
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF SOURCES
47. General responsibilities
48. Accountability and security of sources
49. Design and safety of sources
50. Storing and moving sealed sources
51. Records
Chapter 10
TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS
52. Transport requirements
Chapter 11
REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY INTERVENTION
53. Responsibilities of licensees
54. Licensee emergency response planning requirements
55. Implementation of intervention
56. Protection of workers undertaking intervention
57. Responsibilities of the Authority
58. Clean-Up and removal operations
Chapter 12
DISPOSAL OF WASTE
59. Purpose
This Chapter prescribes the basic technical and organisational requirements to be complied with by the waste generators and operators of waste management facilities in order to ensure the protection of human health and the environment from the hazards associated with radioactive waste within and beyond national borders, at present and in future.60. Scope
The scope of this Chapter covers the requirements associated with such steps in waste management as collection, segregation, characterisation, treatment, conditioning, storage and preparation for transport of radioactive waste arising from medical, industrial and research facilities where radioactive materials and sources of ionising radiation are produced, used or handled.61. Radioactive waste classification
62. General responsibilities
63. Licence application
64. Radiation safety officer
65. Return of sources to supplier
A person or organisation that applies to import a sealed source containing radioactive material which ten years after purchase will have an activity greater than 100 MBq must -66. Segregation, collection and characterisation
67. Container labelling
68. Discharge of radioactive substances to the environment
69. Discharge of cleared waste
70. Release of specific waste
71. Waste storage
72. Transport of Radioactive Waste
[The term “radioactive waste” in the heading should not be capitalised.]73. Treatment
74. Conditioning
75. Quality assurance
76. Physical protection
Waste generators must ensure adequate physical protection measures to prevent any unauthorised access to the radioactive waste management facilities.77. Reporting to Authority
78. Emergency preparedness
A licensee must establish and implement an emergency response and preparedness plan in compliance with requirements specified in Chapter 11.History of this document
15 November 2017 this version
Consolidation
18 November 2011
Commenced
Cited documents 2
Act 2
1. | Medical and Dental Act, 2004 | 171 citations |
2. | Atomic Energy and Radiation Protection Act, 2005 | 7 citations |