Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4731 - RADIATION SAFETY
DOMESTIC LICENSING OF SOURCE MATERIAL
Part 4731.0760 - SPECIFIC LICENSE; APPLICATION

(1) an evaluation showing that the maximum intake of uranium by a member of the public due to release would not exceed two milligrams; or

(2) an emergency plan for responding to the radiological hazards of an accidental release of source material and to any associated chemical hazards directly incident thereto.

(1) all or part of the radioactive material is not subject to release during an accident because of the way it is stored or packaged;

(2) facility design or engineered safety features in the facility would reduce the amount of the release; or

(3) other factors appropriate for the specific facility.

(1) a brief description of the licensee's facility and area near the site;

(2) identification of each type of accident for which protective actions may be needed;

(3) a classification system for classifying accidents as alert or site area emergencies;

(4) identification of the means of detecting each type of accident in a timely manner;

(5) a brief description of the means and equipment for mitigating the consequences of each type of accident, including those provided to protect workers on-site, and a description of the program for maintaining the equipment;

(6) a brief description of the methods and equipment to assess releases of radioactive materials;

(7) a brief description of the responsibilities of licensee personnel should an accident occur, including identification of personnel responsible for promptly notifying off-site response organizations and the commissioner, and the responsibilities for developing, maintaining, and updating the plan;

(8) a commitment to and a brief description of the means to promptly notify the commissioner and off-site response personnel and request assistance, including medical assistance for the treatment of contaminated injured on-site workers when appropriate. A control point must be established. The notification and coordination must be planned so that unavailability of some personnel, parts of the facility, and equipment does not prevent notification and coordination. The licensee must also commit to notifying the commissioner immediately after the licensee has notified the off-site response organizations and not later than one hour after the licensee declares an emergency;

(9) a brief description of the types of information on facility status, radioactive releases, and recommended protective actions, if necessary, to be given to off-site response organizations and to the commissioner;

(10) a brief description of the frequency, performance objectives, and plans for the training that the licensee will provide workers on how to respond to an emergency, including any special instructions and orientation tours the licensee would offer to fire, police, medical, and other emergency personnel. The training must:

(11) a brief description of the means of restoring the facility to a safe condition after an accident;

(12) provisions for conducting quarterly communications checks with off-site response organizations and biennial on-site exercises to test response to simulated emergencies. A quarterly communications check with off-site response organizations must include checking and updating all necessary telephone numbers. The licensee must invite off-site response organizations to participate in the biennial exercises. Participation of off-site response organizations in biennial exercises, although recommended, is not required. Exercises must use accident scenarios postulated as most probable for the specific site and the scenarios must not be known to most exercise participants. The licensee must critique each exercise using individuals not having direct implementation responsibility for the plan. Critiques of exercises must evaluate the appropriateness of the plan, emergency procedures, facilities, equipment, training of personnel, and overall effectiveness of the response. Deficiencies found by the critiques must be corrected; and

(13) a certification that the applicant has met its responsibilities under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, title III, Public Law 99-499, if applicable to the applicant's activities at the proposed place of use of the source material.