Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 120.000 - The Control of Radiation
RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Section 120.932 - Operating and Emergency Procedures

Universal Citation: 105 CMR 120.000 MA Code of Regs 120.932

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

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

(A) Handling and use of sources of radiation, including the use of sealed sources in wells without surface casing for protecting fresh water aquifers if appropriate;

(B) Methods and occasions for conducting radiation surveys, including surveys for detecting contamination;

(C) Methods and occasions for locking and securing sources of radiation;

(D) Personnel monitoring and the use of personnel monitoring equipment;

(E) Transportation to temporary jobsites and field stations, including the packaging and placing of sources of radiation in vehicles, placarding of vehicles, and securing sources of radiation during transportation to prevent accidental loss, tampering or unauthorized removal;

(F) Minimizing exposure of individuals in the event of an accident;

(G) Procedure for notifying proper personnel in the event of an accident;

(H) Maintenance of records, including records generated by logging personnel at temporary jobsites;

(I) Inspection and maintenance of sealed sources, source holders, logging tools, source handling tools, storage containers, transport containers, injection tools and uranium sinker bars;

(J) Procedure to be followed in the event a sealed source is lodged downhole;

(K) Procedures to be used for picking up, receiving, and opening packages containing radioactive material;

(L) For the use of tracers, decontamination of the environment, equipment, and personnel;

(M) Actions to be taken if a sealed source is ruptured, including actions to prevent the spread of contamination and minimize inhalation and ingestion of radioactive material and actions to obtain suitable radiation survey instruments as required by 105 CMR 120.914(B);

(O) The use of remote handling tools for handling sealed sources and radioactive tracer material except low-activity calibration sources; and

(P) Identifying and reporting to the Agency defects and noncompliance as required by 10 CFR Part 21 of the NRC regulations

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