Singapore legislation
Regulation 66
of Radiation Protection (Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2023
Regulation 66
Responsibilities of licensees and approved persons
Subregulation 1
Where there is any risk of an emergency affecting either employees, workers or members of the public, the licensee or approved person must prepare an emergency plan for the protection of people and the environment (called in this Part the emergency plan), which must include arrangements for the prompt identification of an emergency, and for determining the appropriate level of emergency response.
Subregulation 2
In relation to the arrangements for the emergency response at the scene by the licensee or approved person, the emergency plan must include —
provision for individual monitoring and area monitoring;
arrangements for medical treatment; and
arrangements for assessing and mitigating any consequences of an emergency.
Subregulation 3
Every licensee and approved person must be responsible for the implementation of their emergency plans and must be prepared to take any necessary action for effective response.
Subregulation 4
To prevent the occurrence of conditions that could lead to a loss of control over a source or to the escalation of such conditions, every licensee and approved person must —
develop, maintain and implement procedures to provide the means for preventing loss of control over the source and for regaining control over the source as necessary;
make available equipment, instrumentation and diagnostic aids that may be needed; and
train and periodically retrain personnel in the procedures to be followed and conduct exercises on the procedures.
Subregulation 5
Every licensee in possession of sources and persons authorised to store radioactive waste, for which prompt intervention may be required, must ensure that the emergency plan defines with respect to each scenario the respective responsibilities of response organisations in the implementation of the emergency plan.
Subregulation 6
Every emergency plan must —
characterise the content, feature and extent of a risk of an emergency taking into account the results of any hazard assessment and any lessons learnt from operational experience and from accidents that have occurred with sources of a similar type;
identify the various operating conditions and other conditions of the source which could lead to the need for intervention;
describe the methods and instruments for assessing an accident and its consequences on and off the site;
provide for protective actions and mitigation actions, and assignment of responsibilities for initiating and discharging such actions;
provide for rapid and continuous assessment of the accident as it proceeds and determining the need for protective actions;
allocate responsibilities for notifying the relevant authorities and for initiating intervention;
provide procedures, including communication arrangements for contacting any relevant response organisation and for obtaining assistance from firefighting, medical, police and other relevant organisations;
provide for training of personnel involved in implementing emergency plans;
be rehearsed at suitable intervals; and
provide for periodic review and updating of the plan.