Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part XV - Radiation Protection
Chapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators
Subchapter B - Radiation Safety Requirements for the Use of Particle Accelerators
Section XV-911 - Radiation Monitoring Requirements

A. There shall be available at each particle accelerator facility appropriate portable monitoring equipment that is operable and that has been calibrated for the appropriate radiations being produced at the facility. Such equipment shall be tested for proper operation daily and calibrated at intervals not to exceed one year and also after servicing and repair.

B. A radiation protection survey shall be performed, documented, and submitted to the Office of Environmental Compliance by a qualified expert specifically approved in writing by the department when changes have been made in shielding, operation, equipment, or occupancy of adjacent areas.

C. Radiation levels in all high radiation areas shall be continuously monitored. The monitoring devices shall be electrically independent of the accelerator control and interlock systems and shall be capable of providing a readout at the control panel.

D. All area monitors shall be calibrated at intervals not to exceed one year and also after each servicing and repair.

E. Whenever applicable, periodic surveys shall be made to determine the amount of airborne particulate radioactivity present in areas of airborne hazards.

F. Whenever applicable, periodic smear surveys shall be made to determine the degree of contamination in target and other pertinent areas.

G. All area surveys shall be made in accordance with the written procedures established by a qualified expert or the radiation safety officer of the particle accelerator facility.

H. Records of all radiation protection surveys, calibrations, and instrumentation tests shall be maintained at each accelerator facility for inspection by the department.