Nuclear Regulatory Law Proposal Adopted in Parliament

Covering the authority to regulate, evaluate, authorize, supervise activities and impose sanctions on activities related to nuclear energy and ionizing radiation, the authority and responsibilities of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority and legal liability for nuclear damages. Nuclear Regulatory Law Proposalwas accepted at the General Assembly. The regulation also relates to activities to be carried out related to nuclear energy and ionizing radiation. general principles will also be reviewed.

Accordingly, with the new law, activities related to nuclear energy and ionizing radiation and persons, facilities, devices and substances related to these activities are included in the scope of regulation, legal liability provisions for nuclear damage. also for the definitions not included in the implementation Paris ConventionDefinitions in .

Nuclear assurance agreements and agreements accepted by Turkey will be taken as basis.

Persons who will carry out activities related to any nuclear energy or nuclear material in accordance with the New Nuclear Regulatory Law, Turkey has accepted will have to comply with international agreements and conventions on nuclear security.

of employees, the public, the environment and future generations. involving the risk of exposure to radiation In all activities, it is the individual or social aspect of the activity. benefit provides that the radiation doses that may be exposed due to the activity lowest to be at the level and the dose limits of these radiation doses determined by the Nuclear Regulatory Authority. not to exceed items will be taken into account.

Nuclear energy and radiation activities and persons, facilities, devices and materials related to these activities in order to ensure safety, security and nuclear assurance. regulatory controlwill pass through. Based on the graduated approach, the exemptions to be granted regarding regulatory control and the limits and conditions of these exemptions will be determined by the Nuclear Regulatory Authority in a way that will meet the safety and security requirements.

Persons who are likely to be affected by radiation will be informed.

In the activities covered by the regulation, safety and security subject will be a priority. Accordingly, in all kinds of activities that have the possibility of exposure of employees, the public, the environment and future generations to radiation, the people who are likely to be affected by this possibility should be informed about the issue. informing will be essential.

Areas where nuclear facilities, radiation facilities or radioactive waste facilities will be established Nuclear Regulatory Authority approval will be needed. However, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority can also be used for services to be provided by other persons to authorized persons or for other activities that may affect safety, security and nuclear security. licence of authorization obligation to take can bring. Authorized persons, on the other hand, before the end of their duties related to the activity, place or facilities where the activity takes placenuclear material, radioactive source and radioactive waste unattended he will not be able to leave.

In the case of radiation sources produced in Turkey and exported on the condition that they are returned at the end of their useful life, the aforementioned provision is valid for the transit passage of radioactive wastes and the import of materials contaminated with natural radioactive materials. it won’t. with this Radioactive waste will not be released into the environment.

Operators will have 80 million euros worth of insurance

From the radioactive waste management special account; determination of the sites where a radioactive waste disposal facility can be established and related field studies, the design of the radioactive waste disposal facility, obtaining authorization, construction, operation, maintenance, closure and removal from regulatory control, research and development activities for the stated purposes, and the realization of the procedures. Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mining Research Council(TENMAK) will be paid.

On the other hand, legal liability for nuclear damages will also be regulated. According to the regulation, about nuclear damage caused by nuclear incidents, in this law no provision cases The provisions of the Paris Convention will be valid.

In addition to these, the operator will be obliged to take out insurance or provide collateral. Operators 80 million euros liable for insurance and a Nuclear Technical Support Joint Stock Company will be established.

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