Commentaries: Art. 95

Before being placed on the market, every sealed radioactive source must be tested for leak tightness and absence of contamination. Testing must be carried out by a body accredited for this activity or recognised by the supervisory authority.
The capsule of sealed radioactive sources whose activity is greater than 100 times the licensing limit must comply with the requirements of ISO 2919¹for the intended application and be classified accordingly.
In justified cases, the supervisory authority may grant exemptions from paragraphs 1 and 2 or require additional quality tests.

ISO 2919: 2012-02-15, Radiological protection – Sealed radioactive sources – General requirements and classification. The ISO standards referred to in this Ordinance can be consulted free of charge at the Federal Office of Public Health, CH 3003 Bern. They can be purchased from the Swiss Association for Standardisation, Sulzerallee 70, 8404 Winterthur; www.snv.ch . ↩

Art. 95