La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § XV-576

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-576 - Operating and Emergency Procedures

A. The licensee's or registrant's operating and emergency procedures shall include instructions in at least the following:

1. the handling and use of licensed sealed sources and radiographic exposure devices to be employed such that no individual is likely to be exposed to radiation doses in excess of the limits established in LAC 33:XV.Chapter 4;

2. methods and occasions for conducting radiation surveys;

3. methods for controlling access to radiography areas;

4. methods and occasions for locking and securing radiographic exposure devices, transport and storage containers, and sealed sources;

5. personnel monitoring and the use of personnel monitoring equipment, including steps that must be taken immediately by radiography personnel in the event a pocket dosimeter is found to be off scale or an alarm ratemeter sounds unexpectedly;

6. transportation of sealed sources to field locations, including packing of radiographic exposure devices and storage containers in the vehicles, placarding of vehicles when needed, and control of sealed sources during transportation (See 49 CFR Part 171-3);

7. minimizing exposure of individuals in the event of an accident;

8. the procedure for notifying proper personnel in the event of an accident or unusual occurrence;

9. maintenance of records;

10. the daily inspection, maintenance, and operability checks of radiographic exposure devices, radiation machines, associated equipment, survey meters, transport containers, storage containers, and personnel monitoring devices; and

11. source recovery procedure if licensee will perform source recoveries.

B. Each licensee shall maintain a copy of current operating and emergency procedures until the department terminates the license. Superseded material must be retained for three years after the change is made.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § XV-576

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Nuclear Energy Division, LR 13:569 (October 1987), amended by the Office of Air Quality and Radiation Protection, Radiation Protection Division, LR 20:653 (June 1994), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 27:1235 (August 2001), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs and Criminal Investigations Division, LR 451756 (12/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq. and 2104.B.