Section 180-9-010 - RADIATION MONITORING REQUIREMENTSRadiation must be monitored as described below.
010.01MONITORING EQUIPEMENT. There must be available at each particle accelerator facility appropriate portable monitoring equipment that is operable and has been appropriately calibrated for the radiation being produced at the facility. The equipment must be tested for proper operation daily and calibrated at intervals not to exceed one year and after each servicing and repair.010.02RADIATION PROTECTION SURVEY. A radiation protection survey must be performed and documented by a radiological health physicist as set out in 180 NAC 15-004.02 when changes have been made in shielding, operation, equipment, or occupancy of adjacent areas.010.03RADIATION LEVELS. Radiation levels in all high radiation areas must be continuously monitored. The monitoring devices must be electronically independent of the accelerator control and safety interlock systems and capable of providing a readout at the control panel.010.04AREA MONITORS. All area monitors must be calibrated at intervals not to exceed one year and after each servicing and repair.010.05PERIODIC AIR SURVEYS. Whenever applicable, periodic surveys must be made to determine the amount of airborne particulate radioactivity present.010.06PERIODIC SMEAR SURVEYS. Whenever applicable, periodic smear surveys must be made to determine the degree of contamination.010.07WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR SURVEYS. All surveys must be made following the written procedures established by a radiological health physicist as set out in 15-004.02 or by the radiation safety officer.010.08RECORDS. Records of all radiation protection surveys, calibration and instrumentation tests must be maintained at the accelerator facility for inspection by the Department.180 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 9, § 010
Amended effective 6/26/2021