2.13. For a disposal facility, as for any other operational nuclear facility or facility where radioactive material is handled, used, stored or processed, an operational radiation protection programme, commensurate with the radiological hazards, is required to be put in place to ensure that doses to workers during normal operations are controlled and that the requirements for the limitation of radiation doses are met (see Ref. [3], paras 2.24?2.26, and Ref. [15]). In addition, emergency plans are required to be put in place for dealing with accidents and other incidents, and for ensuring that any consequent radiation doses are controlled to the extent possible, with due regard for the relevant emergency action levels [16].