Conforming to the「 Ionizing Radiation Protection Act 」article 19, promulgated on January 30, 2002, The Competent Authority (Nuclear Safety Commission, NSC in abbreviation) shall conduct environmental radiation monitoring at properly designated locations, where radiation monitoring facilities are set up and samples are taken, and makes results available to the public.
And by the Organic Act of Radiation Monitoring Center (RMC in abbreviation) article 2, RMC is responsible for the environmental radiation monitoring plan to monitoring the radioactive fallout, radioactivity analysis in foodstuff and drinking water in Taiwan and survey the environmental radiation level around the nuclear facilities and radioactive waste storage site and makes results available to the public.
Besides, following the「Regulations for Management of Radiation Workplaces and Environmental Radiation Monitoring Outside Them」and 「Direction for Radiation Monitoring」, promulgated on June 27, 2016, November 11, 2009 respectively, RMC construct the 「Environmental Radiation Monitoring Plan in Taiwan 2023」which include 3 sub-projects ：「Environmental radiation surveillance for nuclear facilities of Taiwan」,「Radiation surveillance of radioactive fallout and environmental radiation level of Taiwan」 and 「Radioactivity analysis in foodstuff and drinking water in Taiwan」.
In addition, to comply with the existing situation in Taiwan, the subproject, Environmental radiation surveillance for nuclear facilities of Taiwan, divides into 3 more elaborate sub-plans of the radiation inspection of nuclear power plant, research nuclear facility and the Lan-Yu Storage Site.
