(1) The department may use the Radiation Protection Trust Fund to pay for measures to prevent or mitigate the adverse effects from a licensee’s abandonment of radioactive materials, default on lawful obligations, insolvency, or other inability to meet the requirements of the department or applicable state statutes or rules and to assure the protection of the public health and safety and the environment from the adverse effects of ionizing radiation.
(2) The department may provide by contract, agreement, lease, or license with any person for the decontamination, closure, decommissioning, reclamation, surveillance, or other care of a site or facility subject to this section, as needed to carry out the purpose of this section.
(3) The existence of the Radiation Protection Trust Fund does not make the department liable for the costs of decontamination, transfer, transportation, reclamation, surveillance, or disposal of radioactive material arising from a licensee’s abandonment of radioactive material, default on lawful obligations, insolvency, or inability to meet the requirements of the department.
History.—ss. 8, 18, ch. 84-190; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 18, ch. 96-418.
Structure Florida Statutes
404.022 - Declaration of Policy.
404.042 - Designation of State Radiation Protection Agency.
404.051 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Health.
404.0614 - Licensing of Commercial Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Facilities.
404.0617 - Siting of Commercial Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Facilities.
404.071 - Inspection, Agreements, and Training Programs.
404.101 - Impounding of Sources of Radiation.
404.111 - Surety Requirements.
404.121 - Perpetual Care Trust Funds.
404.122 - Radiation Protection Trust Fund.
404.162 - Administrative Penalties; Emergency Orders.
404.166 - County or Municipal Regulation Prohibited.
404.20 - Transportation of Radioactive Materials.
404.22 - Radiation Machines and Components; Inspection.
404.30 - Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact; Party State.