Approval of activities involving radiation
As a general rule, anyone that will carry out activities that involve ionising and non-ionising radiation must have approval from the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA).
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Anyone intending to apply for new approval, change/supplement to existing approval(s) or renewal of existing approval.
Approval is required for the manufacture, import, export, transfer, possession, installation, use, acquisition, storage, disposal, handling and extraction of radiation sources.
Enterprises planning to perform the following activities involving ionising radiation, must have authorisation from the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority:
a) Acquisition, use and maintenance of industrial radiography equipment.
b) Acquisition and use of radiation sources for irradiation of animals, other biota, materials, products etc. for treatment, sterilisation, hardening or other purposes. This does not apply to enclosed x-ray facilities that comply with the requirements in Section 24, subsection 3.
c) Acquisition and use of sealed radioactive sources for logging operations, or accelerators for the characterisation of structures around bore holes.
d) Comprehensive, non-medical radiation use for research.
e) Acquisition and administration of radioactive pharmaceuticals or substance in connection with medical and veterinary medicine diagnostics and therapy.
f) Acquisition and use of equipment for radiation therapy of humans.
g) Acquisition and use of x-ray diagnostic apparatus within the health service, including ordinary x-ray radiography and fluoroscopy, angiography and intervention procedures, computed tomography (CT) and mammography. The acquisition and use of simple x-ray diagnostic equipment giving low doses are exempted from the obligation to obtain authorisation.
h) Acquisition and non-medical use of accelerators, except electron microscopes.
i) Manufacture and import of radiopharmaceuticals.
j) Addition of radioactive substances in products, and sale of such products. The sale of consumer products mentioned in Section 2, subsection five of the Radiation Protection Regulations is exempted from the authorisation requirement.
k) Manufacture of radioactive radiation sources.
l) Acquisition and use of open radioactive sources for tracer examinations outside laboratory.
m) Acquisition and use of sealed radioactive sources with activities greater than 2 x 106 times the exemption limits stated in the annex to the Regulations.
n) Acquisition and use of open radioactive sources in type A isotope laboratory; cf. Section 27 of the Radiation Protection Regulations.
o) Acquisition and use of ionising radiation to check persons and use of radiological equipment for non-medical purposes.
p) Import and export of high activity radioactive radiation sources.
q) Extraction of radioactive substances in connection with mining operations.
r) Trade and leasing of radiation sources. Authorisation requirements do not apply to radiation sources and areas of use referred to in Section 2, subsections five and six of the Radiation Protection Regulations.
Enterprises planning to perform the following activities involving non-ionising radiation must have authorisation from the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority:
s) Acquisition and use of magnetic resonance imaging (MR) for medical purposes.
t) Import or production of solariums for cosmetic purposes.
To obtain approval, the enterprise must apply in writing to the NorwegianRadiation and Nuclear Safety Authority and provide the information necessary for an assessment to be made as to whether the requirements for authorisation are satisfied and what general conditions should be set.
The Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) has prepared guidelines to the Radiation Protection Regulations. It is important that the regulations and guidelines are read in context.
