Disposal of radioactive waste.
Precautions with regard to exposure.
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sheet steel of not less than one half inch in thickness, or the equivalent in density thereto if composed of other material, between the container containing the radioactive substance and the living accommodation or working space in question; (d) column D applies where there is situated not less than thirteen feet and nine inches of goods or other material of not less than the density of water and at least two partitions composed of sheet steel of not less than one half inch in thickness, or the equivalent in density thereto if composed of other material, between the container containing the radioactive substance and the living accommodation or working space in question; and (e) the density of water shall be taken to be 62.4 pounds per
cubic foot.
(4) No person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any radioactive substance in any store or in a room of any building unless there is conspicuously displayed on every entrance to such store or room a notice in English and Chinese indicating the presence therein of such substance,
(5) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of para- graph (1), (2) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.
7. (1) No person shall dispose of, or cause or permit the disposal of, any radioactive waste from any place otherwise than by a method approved by the Board either generally by notification in the Gazette or in writing in any particular case.
(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of para- graph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.
PART III
CONTROL OF EXPOSURE.
#. (1) No proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected in- dustrial undertaking shall cause or permit any person employed therein to be exposed to ionizing radiations exceeding the maximum permissible (L.N. 68/65). dose as defined in relation to irradiating apparatus in the Radiation
(Control of Irradiating Apparatus) Regulations 1965.
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected indus trial undertaking who contravenes any of the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.
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9. (1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected in- Register of dustrial undertaking shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, a register employees. of every person employed in such undertaking in any work or process involving the regular handling of any radioactive substance.
(2) Every such register shall contain the following particulars re- lating to every person required to be registered therein, namely
(a) the name (together with any alias);
(b) photograph (adequate for identification);
(c) current residential address;
(d) the date of the last medical examination made in accordance
with regulation 11 or 12, as the case may be; and
(e) the dose of radiation indicated by each certificate issued in
accordance with regulation 10.
(3) A copy of every register maintained in accordance with this regulation shall be filed with the Authority and thereafter a copy of every addition to or deletion from such register of any entry therein, except an entry relating to sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (2), shall be filed with the Authority within seven days after such addition or deletion is made.
(4) Every register maintained in accordance with this regulation shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by any inspector.
(5) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected indus- brial undertaking who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars,
10. (1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected in- Recording
of personúl dustrial undertaking shall make arrangements for the wearing of, and
Exposure to shall direct every person employed in such undertaking in any process radiation. involving the regular handling or transport of any unsealed radioactive substance to wear, a suitable photographic film in an appropriate holder, of a radiation dosemeter, each being of a type approved by the Board, during any period in which such person is liable to be exposed to radiation.
(2) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected indus- trial undertaking at his expense shall obtain the film and the film-holder referred to in paragraph (1) through the Authority, or from an approved laboratory, and shall arrange for the film, identified by reference to the wearer thereof, to be returned to the Authority or to the laboratory, as the case may be, for examination at intervals not exceeding fourteen days.