Safety legal framework

Safety legal framework - The overarching legal framewoik of safety programs... 

The global legal framework for nuclear, radiation, and waste safety (after Flakus and Johnson, 1998)... 

Flakus, F.-N. and Johnson, L.D., Binding agreements for nuclear safety the global legal framework. IAEA Bulletin, 40 (1998) 21. 

This naturally has repercussions for the enforcement of safety. The legal framework provides management with requirements for implementation, grounded in the safe/unsafe lexicon, yet how can these labels be applied in a fluid and flexible context. 

The basic legal framework for offshore safety is laid down in the Royal Decree 12 February 2010 relating to health, safety and environment in the petroleum activities and at certain onshore faeilities (the Framework Regulations). Pursuant to... 

The purpose of the Act is to provide a legal framework to encourage high standards of health and safety at work. 

The plant has been conceived and built within a legal framework that provides for the regulation of nuclear activities and for the clear assignment of safety responsibilities. 

The Health and Safety at Work Act provides a legal framework for stimulating and encouraging high standards of health and safety for everyone at work and the public at large from risks arising from work activities. The Act was a result of recommendations made by a Royal Commission in 1970 which looked at the health and safety of employees at work, and concluded that the main cause of accidents was apathy on the part of employer and employee. The new Act places the responsibility for safety at work on both the employer and the employee. 

The third lecture session covers accident experience and safety practices. Several criticality accidents are examined in sufficient detail to take advantage of, this means of illustrating basic considerations, and to provide a perspective bn accident consequences. The legal framework of criticality safety is outlined by a review of policies as presented in the Code of Federal Regulations, toe EROA Manual Chapter, and Laboratory directives. ... 

Safety Series publications contain recommendations of the IAEA. They will be applied to the Agency s own operations and operations using Agency siq)port and may become mandatory if they are adopted into the national legal framework. 

In this specific context, the principles refer to the need for a National Legal Framework which ensures that radioactive waste is managed according to appropriate standards and with clear allocation of responsibilities and provision of independent regulatory Actions. This is an essential elemoit of a National System and it is described fully in the related RADWASS Safety Standard [2]. 

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