1. Member States shall ensure that the competent authority is prepared, or has made provision, including assignment of responsibilities, to control and recover orphan sources and to deal with emergencies due to orphan sources and have drawn up appropriate response plans and measures.
2. Member States shall ensure that campaigns are organised, as appropriate, to recover orphan sources left behind from past practices.
The campaigns may include the financial participation of Member States in the costs of recovering, managing, controlling and disposing of the sources and may also include surveys of historical records of authorities and of undertakings, such as research institutes, material testing institutes or hospitals.
Article 95
Financial security for orphan sources
Member States shall ensure that a financial security system or other equivalent means is established to cover intervention costs relating to the recovery of orphan sources and which may result from implementation of Article 94.
SECTION 4
Significant events
Article 96
Notification and recording of significant events
Member States shall require the undertaking to:
(a) implement, as appropriate, a recording and analysis system of significant events involving or potentially involving accidental or unintended exposures;
(b) promptly notify the competent authority of the occurrence of any significant event resulting or liable to result in the exposure of an individual beyond the operational limits or conditions of operation specified in authorising requirements with regard to occupational or public exposure or as defined by the competent authority for medical exposure, including the results of the investigation and the corrective measures to avoid such events.
SECTION 5
Emergency exposure situations
Article 97
Emergency management system
1. Member States shall ensure that account is taken of the fact that emergencies may occur on their territory and that they may be affected by emergencies occurring outside their territory. Member States shall establish an emergency management system and adequate administrative provisions to maintain such a system. The emergency management system shall include the elements listed in Section A of Annex XI.
2. The emergency management system shall be designed to be commensurate with the results of an assessment of potential emergency exposure situations and to be able to respond effectively to emergency exposure situations in connection with practices or unforeseen events.
3. The emergency management system shall provide for the establishment of emergency response plans with the objective of avoiding tissue reactions leading to severe deterministic effects in any individual from the affected population and reducing the risk of stochastic effects, taking account of the general principles of radiation protection and the reference levels referred to in Chapter III.
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