ARTICLE 1. Control of Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Article 1 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.
§§ 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…