Ministerial Decree No. 1298 regarding validation of the Regulation on the system of state registration and control of radioactive substances and radioactive waste.

The present Regulation establishes organization of the system of state registration and control of radioactive substances including their use in the sources of radiation and radioactive waste compulsory for all legal persons irrespectively of the form of property and organizational and legal form entitled to carry out activity of processing, handling, utilization, storage, disposal, transportation and transfer over customs border of the Russian Federation of radioactive substances and radioactive waste, by Federal Executive Bodies and Regional Executive Bodies, by the Russian Academy of Sciences that carry out within their plenary powers the respective state management of the use of nuclear energy, safety requirements in the process of the use of nuclear energy and environmental protection. Radioactive substances and radioactive waste emitting ionizing radioactivity of the intensity or energy exceeding minimum established limits and requiring authorization by state institutions entitled to regulate nuclear and radiation safety in the process of carrying out activity with the aforesaid substances and waste, are subject to registration and inspection.