Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1992)

1. Further to its observation, the Committee notes the Government’s latest report, as well as the adoption of Basic regulation of radiological protection and safety, Norma UY100, approved by resolution of 28 June 2002 of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining. It requests the Government to provide supplementary information on the following point.

2. Article 14 of the Convention. Alternative employment or other measures offered for maintaining income when continued assignment to work involving exposure is medically inadvisable. With reference to its previous comments regarding the Government’s indications related to the approval of resolution No. 9 of 12 November 1990 on basic standards on radiological protection, issued by the National Directorate of Nuclear Technology, which follows the philosophy enshrined in the Convention with regard to the offer of alternative employment to workers whose continued assignment to work involving exposure to ionizing radiation would be contraindicated for health reasons, the Committee notes that the Government’s latest report contains no information in this respect. In this context, the Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to paragraph 32 of its 1992 general observation under the Convention where it is indicated that every effort must be made to provide the workers concerned with suitable alternative employment or to maintain their income through social security measures or otherwise where continued assignment to work involving exposure to ionizing radiations is found to be medically inadvisable. The Committee requests the Government to provide in its next report information on measures taken to ensure the application of Article 14 of the Convention with due regard being given to the Committee’s general observation of 1992 under this Convention.