CHAPTER 5. Containment of Radioactive Materials

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.

§§ 114705–114835 · 26 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Control of Radioactive Contamination of the Environment §§ 114705–114780 · 15 sections

   • § 114705 The Legislature finds and declares that radioactive contamination of the environment may subject the people of the State of California to unnecessary exposure…
   • § 114710 As used in this article the following terms have the meanings described in this section. (a) “Department” means the State Department of Health Services. (b)…
   • § 114715 No person shall bury, throw away, or in any manner dispose of radioactive wastes within the state except in a manner and at locations as will result in no…
   • § 114720 The department may, by written order, prohibit the disposal of radioactive wastes by any person when, upon investigation, it has determined that the disposal…
   • § 114725 The department may, by written order, prohibit the storage, packaging, transporting, or loading of radioactive wastes if there is a reasonable likelihood that…
   • § 114730 The person to whom an order has been issued pursuant to Section 114720 or 114725 may appeal the order of the department to any court of competent jurisdiction.
   • § 114735 The department may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the storage, packaging, transporting, loading, or disposal of radioactive…
   • § 114740 The department shall maintain surveillance over the storage, packaging, transporting, and loading of radioactive material within this state regardless of the…
   • § 114745 No person shall operate a nuclear reactor, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, or other installation, as defined by the department, that could, as a result of…
   • § 114750 No person shall conduct any field tracer study unless detailed plans of the study have been approved by the department. In reviewing proposed field tracer…
   • § 114755 The department shall monitor radioactive materials in the environment, including radioactive materials in media such as air, milk, food, and water in locations…
   • § 114760 The department shall, at least once per month, make public to news media the results of its monitoring of radioactive materials.
   • § 114765 Any regulations relating to radioactive material cargo, including, but not limited to, packing, marking, loading, handling, and transportation, shall be…
   • § 114775 The department, utilizing available funds and in cooperation with the Department of Fish and Game and the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, shall…
   • § 114780 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the dumping of radioactive waste, including the scuttling of radioactive nuclear submarines, into the Pacific…
2. ARTICLE 2. Radiation Monitoring Devices for Nuclear Power Plants §§ 114785–114810 · 6 sections

   • § 114785 Each privately owned and publicly owned public utility operating a nuclear powerplant with a generating capacity of 50 megawatts or more shall establish a…
   • § 114790 The information transmitted to the radiation monitoring displays in the technical support center or emergency operating facility of a nuclear powerplant shall…
   • § 114795 The funds expended by privately owned utilities complying with this article shall be allowed for ratemaking purposes by the Public Utilities Commission.…
   • § 114800 In no event shall a plant operator be required to spend more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in capital outlay for a nuclear powerplant site in complying…
   • § 114805 Nothing in this article shall require powerplant modifications or the conduct of operations that may be in conflict with conditions of the license to operate…
   • § 114810 Failure to comply with this article shall not constitute the basis for an action in a court of law or in an administrative proceeding to enjoin or prevent the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Transportation of Radioactive Materials §§ 114815–114835 · 5 sections

   • § 114815 For the purposes of this article the term “radioactive materials” shall include any material or combination of materials that spontaneously emits ionizing…
   • § 114820 (a) The department, with the assistance of the Office of Emergency Services, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the…
   • § 114825 Regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 114820 may be enforced, within their respective jurisdictions, by any authorized representatives of…
   • § 114830 It is the legislative intention in enacting this article that the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this article shall apply uniformly…
   • § 114835 A violation of any regulation adopted by the department pursuant to Section 114820 is a misdemeanor.