Commentaries: Art. 126

Licence holders must make every effort to manage failures and their effects.
In particular, they must, without delay:
1. control the extent of the failure, in particular by taking measures at source;
2. ensure that all persons not involved in the management of the failure do not enter the danger zone or leave it immediately;
3. take measures to protect the staff deployed, such as dose monitoring and appropriate instruction;
4. ensure that all those involved are registered, monitored for contamination and intakes, and if necessary decontaminated.
They must, as soon as possible:
1. remove any contamination which has arisen;
2. take the measures required to clarify the cause of the failure.