California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - Control of Radioactive Contamination of the Environment

• Section 114705.
  The Legislature finds and declares that radioactive contamination of the environment may subject the people of the State of California to unnecessary exposure to ionizing...
• Section 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)  “Environment”...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 violates...
• Section 114725.
  The department may, by written order, prohibit the storage, packaging, transporting, or loading of radioactive wastes if there is a reasonable likelihood that the activities...
• Section 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...
• Section 114735.
  The department may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the storage, packaging, transporting, loading, or disposal of radioactive wastes in...
• Section 114740.
  The department shall maintain surveillance over the storage, packaging, transporting, and loading of radioactive material within this state regardless of the material’s ultimate destination. In...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 114755.
  The department shall monitor radioactive materials in the environment, including radioactive materials in media such as air, milk, food, and water in locations and with...
• Section 114760.
  The department shall, at least once per month, make public to news media the results of its monitoring of radioactive materials.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch....
• Section 114765.
  Any regulations relating to radioactive material cargo, including, but not limited to, packing, marking, loading, handling, and transportation, shall be reviewed and made compatible with...
• Section 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 do...
• Section 114780.
  (a)  The Legislature finds and declares that the dumping of radioactive waste, including the scuttling of radioactive nuclear submarines, into the Pacific Ocean, could adversely...

Last modified: October 22, 2018