Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2009, publiée 99ème session CIT (2010)

Convention (n° 115) sur la protection contre les radiations, 1960 - Suède (Ratification: 1961)

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report including on the requirement, in accordance with Article 13(b) of the Convention, that the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority must be informed of any incidents involving ionizing radiation.

Article 6. Maximum permissible does of ionizing radiation. The Committee notes the Government’s response indicating that the exposure limit values for ionising radiation are defined by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (formerly the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, SSI). The Committee also notes that the Government does not provide any information on the Government’s intention to bring the annual dose limits for radiation workers prescribed in section 5 of the SSI 1998:4 fully in line with the recommendations adopted by the International Commission on Radiological Protection in 1990, to which the Committee referred in its 1992 general observation under the Convention, in order to ensure the effective protection of workers exposed to ionizing radiation in the course of their work. The Committee again reiterates its invitation to the Government to provide information on its intention to lower the annual dose limit for radiation workers.

Article 14. Alternative employment or other measures offered for maintaining income where continued assignment to work involving exposure is medically inadvisable. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the provisions on measures by the employer to adapt the work situation to the individual worker’s capabilities for the work can be found in the Provisions of the Work Environment Authority on Job Adaptation and Rehabilitation (1994:1). The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on how these measures are applied in practice with respect to Article 14 of the Convention.