Introduction

The State Office for Nuclear Safety ensures the following in the field of health and environmental protection against the adverse effects of ionizing radiation:

  • State administration and surveillance in the field of radiation protection at all workplaces with ionizing radiation sources - from nuclear facilities, workplaces with open radionuclide sources, and dental X-ray equipment, including type approval of ionizing radiation sources, radioactive waste management and discharge of radionuclides to the environment; 
  • Monitoring, assessment and control of personal exposure including exposure to radon and other natural sources of ionizing radiation, exposure in emergency situations;
  • Control of activities of the countrywide radiation monitoring network (hereinafter referred to as RMS) including assurance of international data exchange on the radiation situation; 
  • Countrywide records of ionizing radiation sources (hereinafter referred to as ZIZ) and countrywide records of professional radiation;
  • Enforcement of radiation protection measures including enforcing corrective measures and imposing penalties.

SÚJB Radiation Protection - Organization

  • Department of Sources
  • Department of Exposure Regulation
  • Department of Radiation Protection in Fuel Cycle
  • Department of Assessment of Radiation Protection Activities
  • Regional Centers (Praha, Ústí nad Labem, Hradec Králové, Plzeň, Ostrava, Brno, České Budějovice, Kamenná)
  • Monitoring and Crisis Management Division