Precautionary Radiation Protection Act

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The effects of the reactor accident in Chernobyl showed that the acts and ordinances currently valid in the Federal Republic of Germany in the field of radiation protection comprised only insufficient administrative regulations for a nuclear accident abroad which affects the territory of the Federal Republic. The Precautionary Radiation Protection Act governs the responsibilities of government and states to carry out measurements, evaluate the measured data and order restrictions and prohibitions for the sale of food and other substances.

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