REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE – WORK – FATHERLAND
DECREE No. 2026/00202 /PM of 02 FEV 2026 To lay down conditions for the management of radioactive waste.-
THE PRIME MINISTER, HEAD OF GOVERNMENT,
Mindful of the Constitution; Mindful of Law No. 89/27 of 29 December 1989 on toxic and hazardous waste;
Mindful of Law No. 96/03 of 4 January 1996: Framework Law on Health; Mindful of Law No. 96/12 of 5 August 1996: Framework Law on Environmental Management; Mindful of Law No. 98/015 of 14 July 1998 to regulate establishments classified as dangerous, unhealthy and obnoxious; Mindful of Law No. 2019/012 of 19 July 2019 to lay down the general framework for radiological and nuclear safety, nuclear security, civil liability and safeguards enforcement; Mindful of Decree No. 92/089 of 4 May 1992 to specify the duties of the Prime Minister, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 95/145-a of 4 August 1995; Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018; Mindful of Decree No. 2019/001 of 4 January 2019 to appoint a Prime Minister, Head of Government; Mindful of Decree No. 2024/599 of 19 November 2024 to change the name of and reorganize the National Radiation Protection Agency; Mindful of Decree No. 2012/2809/PM of 26 September 2012 to lay down conditions for the sorting, collection, storage, transport, recovery, recycling, treatment and final disposal of waste; Mindful of Decree No. 2024/00163 of 22 January 2024 to lay down procedures for the application of certain provisions of Law No. 2019/012 of 19 July 2019 to lay down the general framework for radiological and nuclear safety, nuclear security, civil liability and safeguards enforcement.
HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1.- (1) This decree lays down conditions for the management of radioactive waste. (2) It is issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 60(3) of Law No. 2019/012 mentioned above.
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ARTICLE 2.- Radioactive waste shall refer to any material for which no further use is foreseen and which contains, or is contaminated with radionuclides whose activity concentration exceeds the clearance levels specified in Annexe 1 of this decree.
ARTICLE 3.- (1) This decree shall apply in particular to:
- all solid, liquid, and gaseous waste whose activity exceeds the clearance levels specified in Annexe 1;
- all users of radioactive sources;
- operators of radioactive waste management facilities;
- operators of nuclear fuel cycle facilities.
(2) Liquid effluents and contaminated solid waste generated outside healthcare facilities by patients undergoing diagnostic tests or treatment using radionuclides in nuclear medicine shall be excluded from the scope of this decree.
ARTICLE 4.- Importation of radioactive waste into the national territory shall be forbidden.
ARTICLE 5.- All exempt radioactive waste must be managed in an environmentally friendly and rational manner in accordance with the regulations in force.