Article 4. Scope and principles of state regulation of the use of nuclear energy
1. The scope of state regulation of the use of nuclear energy includes effective protection of people’s life and health, their property, the environment, maintenance of nuclear and radiation safety, of nuclear security and support of nuclear non-proliferation regime in the use of nuclear energy.
2. State regulation of the use of nuclear energy is based on the principles of:
1) ensuring safety of people’s life and health, environmental protection in the use of nuclear energy;
2) priority of ensuring security over other aspects of the use of nuclear energy;
3) mandatory and continuous state control over the safety of a nuclear facility;
4) accessibility, credibility and timeliness of information on nuclear facilities’ safety and their effects on the population and environment;
5) obligatory compensation for damage caused by nuclear facilities’ radiation effect on the life and health of people, property of natural and legal persons and also to the environment;
6) inadmissibility of excess radioactive contamination of the environment;
7) inadmissibility of import and burial of radioactive wastes and spent nuclear fuel from other states in the Republic of Kazakhstan, except for its own re-imported radioactive wastes;
8) mandatory state regulation of safety of the nuclear energy use.
3. In the Republic of Kazakhstan, natural and legal persons are forbidden to carry out activities related to the use of nuclear energy with a view to develop, create, produce, test, store or disseminate nuclear weapons.
The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 12, 2016 No. 442-V SAM.
This Law defines the legal basis and principles for regulating public relations in the field of the use of atomic energy in order to protect human life and health, their property, and environmental protection, and is aimed at ensuring the regime of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, nuclear, radiation, and nuclear physical safety in the use of atomic energy.
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