National Atomic Energy Agency

Act of Parliament of 29 November 2000 on the Atomic Law introduced a consistent system ensuring nuclear safety and radiological protection of workers and general public in Poland.

Key provisions of the Atomic Law Act regard licensing of activities which involve exposure to ionizing radiation (i.e. licenses issued for activities specified in section „Definition, structure and functions of nuclear safety and radiological protection system”), powers vested within heads of organizational entities conducting activities with the use of radiation and powers of the President of National Atomic Energy Agency to control and supervise these activities. The Act also identifies other tasks of the PAA President concerning, inter alia, assessment of national radiation situation and procedures applied in radiation emergency. 

Regulation of the Prime Minister of 08 January 2010 on the method of carrying out supervision and inspection in the Internal Security Agency, Foreign Intelligence Agency and Central Anti-Corruption Bureau by the nuclear regulatory authority  (O.J. No. 8 item 55)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 9 August 2022 on the scope of an environmental radiation monitoring program developed and implemented by organizational entities included in category I or II of hazards (O.J. item 2058) (incl. attachments 1 and 3)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 17 December 2020 on building materials which require determining the activity concentration of radioactive potassium K-40, radium Ra-226 and thorium Th-232 isotopes, requirements to be fulfilled by these determinations, and the value of the activity concentration index which, once exceeded, requires informing proper authorities (O.J. item 33)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 30 November 2020 on the types of protective actions introduced in an external zone, and the operational intervention levels constituting a basis for the introduction of these actions in the external zone (O.J. Item 2247)

Regulation of the Minister of Climate of 18 September 2020 on an allocated and a special-purpose subsidy, the fees and the content of an annual financial and material plan of the ‘Radioactive Waste Management Plant’ - state-owned public utility company (O.J. Item 1624)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 11 February 2013 on requirements for the commissioning and operation of nuclear facilities (O.J. Item 281)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 11 February 2013 on nuclear safety and radiological protection requirements for the stage of decommissioning of nuclear facilities and the content of a report on decommissioning of a nuclear facility (O.J. Item 270)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 10 October 2012 on the amount of the contribution to cover the costs of the final management of spent fuel and radioactive waste and to cover the costs of decommissioning a nuclear power plant by an organisational entity which has been issued a licence to operate a nuclear power plant (O.J. Item 1213)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 11 August 2021 on nuclear regulatory inspectors  (O.J. Item 1577)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 5 March 2021 on radiation protection officers (O.J. Item 640)

Regulation by the Council of Ministers of 27 December 2011 on periodical safety assessment of a nuclear facility (O.J. Item 556)

Notice of the Prime Minister of 25 February 2021 on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Regulation of the Council of Ministers on the template of the quarterly report on the amount of the payment made to the decommissioning fund (O.J. Item 393)

Regulation by the Council of Ministers of 21 October 2008 on granting license and permit to import into the territory of the Republic of Poland, export from the territory of the Republic of Poland and transit through this territory radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel (O.J. No. 219 Item 1402)

Regulation by the Council of Ministers of 4 November 2008 on physical protection of nuclear material and nuclear facilities (O.J. No. 207 item 1295)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 25 May 2021 on requirements for the registration of individual doses (O.J. No. 207 item 1053)

Notice of the Prime Minister of 21 March 2022 on the publication of the consolidated text of the Council of Ministers' regulation on the basic requirements for controlled and supervised areas (O.J. Item 722)

Notice of Prime Minister of 29 March 2022 on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Regulation of the Council of Ministers on detailed conditions for safe work with ionising radiation sources (O.J. Item 967)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 11 August 2021 on indicators enabling the determination of ionizing radiation doses used when assessing exposure to ionizing radiation (O.J. Item 1657) (fragments)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 27 April 2004 on prior information to the general public in the event of a radiation emergency (O.J. No. 102 item 1065)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 27 April 2004 on the determination of entities competent to inspect maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs following a radiation event (O.J. No. 98 Item 988)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 27 April 2004 on intervention levels for various intervention measures and criteria for cancelling intervention measures (O.J. No. 98 Item 987)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 23 December 2002 on the requirements for dosimetric equipment (O.J. No. 239 Item 2032)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 17 December 2002 on the stations for early detection of radioactive contamination and on the units that conduct measurements of radioactive contamination (O.J. No. 239 Item 2030)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 30 August 2021 on documents required when submitting an application for the issuance of a license to perform an activity related to exposure to ionizing radiation, or when registering the performance of this activity (O.J. Item 1667)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 14 December 2015 on the periodic safety review of a radioactive waste repository (O.J. Item 28)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 05 March 2021 on the position of major importance for ensuring nuclear safety and radiation protection (O.J. Item 765)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 10 March 2021 on cases in which the performance of exposure-related activity involving ionising radiation originating from natural radioactive isotopes does not require a notification (O.J. Item 627)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 25 May 2021 on the scope of a hazard assessment resulting from an activity involving exposure to ionising radiation, and the form of presenting conclusions from the hazard assessment (O.J. Item 1059)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 25 May 2021 on emergency plans in the event of radiation emergencies (O.J. Item 1086)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 01 October 2021 on the security of radioactive sources (O.J. Item 1958)

Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 17 December 2013 on the types of technical equipment subject to technical inspection in an NPP (O.J. Item 111)

Regulation of the Minister of Finance of 14 September 2011 on guaranteed minimum amount of the compulsory civil liability insurance of the nuclear facility’s operator (O.J. No. 206 Item 1217)

Regulation of the Minister of Economy of 23 July 2012 on detailed rules for the establishment and operation of Local Information Committees and cooperation on nuclear power facilities (O.J. Item 861)

Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 22 April 2021 on the scope of information covered by the order for non-medical exposures using radiological equipment for the purpose of immigration, age assessment of persons and identification of objects hidden in the human body (O.J. Item 817)

Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 18 November 2011 on the Council for Nuclear Safety and Radiological Protection (O.J. No. 279 Item 1643)

Regulation of the Minister of Climate of 27 August 2020 on the template of an official identity card of a nuclear regulatory inspector (O.J. Item 1518)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 29 September 2011 on psychiatric and psychological tests of employees performing activities important for nuclear safety and radiological protection at the organizational unit conducting activities related to exposure which consist in commissioning, operation or decommissioning or a nuclear power plant (O.J. No. 220 Item 1310)

Regulation of the minister of health of 22 December 2006 on the supervision and control of compliance with the conditions of radiation protection in organisational units using X-ray equipment for medical diagnostics, interventional radiology, surface radiotherapy and radiotherapy of non-cancerous diseases (O.J. No. 1 Item 11)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 21 August 2006 on the detailed conditions of safe use of radiological equipment (O.J. No. 180 Item 1325)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 13 September 2021 on the minimum requirements for health care units conducting medical exposure activities involving the provision of X-ray diagnostics, interventional radiology or diagnostics involving the administration of radiopharmaceutical products to patients (O.J. Item 1725)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 27 August 2020 on an order to perform non-medical exposures related to employment or insurance (O.J. Item 1568)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 08 June 2020 on the scope of information contained in the Central Database for Medical Exposures (O.J. Item 1051)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 14 October 2021 on the minimum requirements for health care units conducting activity involving exposure for medical purposes, consisting in the provision of health care services in radiotherapy and treatment using radiopharmaceutical products (O.J. Item 1890)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 19 October 2021 on the information contained in the National Database of Radiological Equipment (O.J. Item 1959)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 14 October 2021 on granting a radiation protection officer authorization to exercise internal supervision over compliance with radiation protection requirements in health care units (O.J. Item 1908)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 06 December 2022 on diagnostic reference levels (O.J. Item 2626)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 06 December 2022 on the detailed scope of internal and external clinical audits and the template of their reports (O.J. Item 2683)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 13 December 2022 on the categories and eligibility criteria for unintended and accidental exposures, actions to be taken at the health care unit after their occurrence, and the scope of information covered by the Central Database of Unintended and Accidental Exposures (O.J. Item 2700)

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 12 December 2022 on operational tests of radiological equipment and auxiliary devices (O.J. Item 2759) (fragments)

Apart from the Atomic Law Act, Polish laws set forth provisions indirectly connected with the issues of nuclear safety and radiological protection, which are included in other Acts of Parliament, in particular in:

1. Act of Parliament on Shipment of Hazardous Goods
2. Act of Parliament on Marine Safety
3. Act of Parliament on Technical Supervision

Notice of the Minister of Health of 22 December 2014 on the announcement of the list of reference radiological procedures in nuclear medicine (O.J. MoH Item 82) (fragments)

Ordinance No. 51/MON of the Minister of National Defence of 17 September 2003 on the manner of exercising the provisions of the Act – Atomic Law in organizational entities subordinate to the Minister of National Defence (O.J. MoD Item 161)