Radiation Protection (RP)
The CERN Safety Rules and related documents listed below relate and apply to the Radiation Protection and the risks associated with ionising radiation. For information and /or questions relating to the Radiation Protection and to the risks associated with ionising radiation, please contact the HSE Unit: Safety.Info@cern.ch.
Safety Codes (SC)
F Rev. – Radiation Protection (2006)
The code sets out the basic principles of radiation protection and the rules for protection of occupationally exposed persons at CERN and for protection of the public and the environment. The rules include exposure limits for occupational exposure and exposure for members of the public, classification of areas, optimisation (ALARA) including job planning, management of radioactive waste and management of radioactive materials and sources.
U1 – Procedure for the control of Basic Nuclear Materials on the CERN domain (1994)
This code aims at establishing regulations for the control of depleted uranium, deuterium, enriched lithium, thorium, etc., and applies to all activities concerning import, export, transfer and use of fissile materials by the Organization for purposes of scientific research. It determines the responsibilities of the BNM Controller and of other services (i.e. transport and distribution) and draws attention to the duties and obligations of users groups.
Safety Forms (SF)
Internal transfer document for Basic Nuclear Material
Other documents of interest
The CERN Nuclear Safeguards Policy
CERN, as an intergovernmental organization for fundamental research in particle physics, hereby establishes a Nuclear Safeguards Policy (“the Policy”).
In line with a longstanding practice of the Organization, this Policy is aimed to ensure non-proliferation and nuclear security, including the protection, control and accounting of nuclear materials situated on the CERN site. Such materials may be used in the framework of CERN’s activities for peaceful purposes only, in accordance with its founding Convention