Section 180-19-001 - SCOPE AND AUTHORITYThe regulations are authorized by and implement the Nebraska Radiation Control Act, Nebraska Revised Statute (Neb. Rev. Stat.) §§ 71-3501 to 71-3520. This chapter contains requirements for the issuance of a license authorizing the use of sealed sources containing radioactive materials in irradiators used to irradiate objects or materials using gamma radiation. 180 Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC) 19 also contains radiation safety requirements for operating irradiators. The requirements of this chapter are in addition to other requirements of Title 180. In particular, the provisions of 180 NAC 1, 3, 4, 10, 13 and 18 apply to applications and licenses subject to this chapter.
001.01OTHER REQUIREMENTS. Nothing in this chapter relieves the licensee from complying with other applicable Federal, State and local regulations governing the siting, zoning, land use, and building code requirements for industrial facilities.001.02APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to panoramic irradiators that have either dry or wet storage of the radioactive sealed sources and to underwater irradiators where both the source and product being irradiated are under water. Irradiators whose dose rates exceed 5 grays (500 rads) per hour at 1 meter from the radioactive sealed sources in air or in water, as applicable for the irradiator type, are covered by this chapter.001.03EXCEPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to self contained dry-source-storage irradiators, those in which both the source and the area subject to irradiation are contained within a device and are not accessible by personnel, medical radiology or teletherapy, radiography, the irradiation of materials for nondestructive testing purposes, gauging, or open-field, agricultural irradiations.001.04CONCRETE STANDARD. American Concrete Institute Standard ACI 318-89 "Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete," Chapter 21 "Special Provisions for Seismic Design" as referred to in this Chapter is incorporated by reference and available for viewing at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Radiological Health, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5026.180 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 19, § 001
Amended effective 6/26/2021Amended effective 6/14/2023