Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4731 - RADIATION SAFETY
WELL LOGGING
Part 4731.7230 - RADIATION SURVEYS
Universal Citation: MN Rules 4731.7230
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. Requirement.
A licensee must make radiation surveys, including but not limited to the surveys required under subpart 2, of each area where licensed materials are used and stored.
Subp. 2. Safety surveys.
A. Before transporting licensed materials, a
licensee must make a radiation survey of the position occupied by each
individual in the vehicle and of the exterior of each vehicle used to transport
the licensed materials.
B. If the
sealed source assembly is removed from the logging tool before departure from
the temporary job site, a licensee must confirm that the logging tool is free
of contamination by energizing the logging tool detector or by using a survey
meter.
C. If a licensee has reason
to believe that, as a result of any operation involving a sealed source, the
encapsulation of the sealed source could be damaged by the operation, the
licensee must conduct a radiation survey, including a contamination survey,
during and after the operation.
D.
A licensee must make a radiation survey at the temporary job site before and
after each subsurface tracer study to confirm the absence of
contamination.
Subp. 3. Records.
A. The results of
surveys required under this part must be recorded and must include:
(1) the date of the survey;
(2) the name of the individual making the
survey;
(3) the identification of
the survey instrument used; and
(4)
the location of the survey.
B. A licensee must retain records of surveys
for inspection by the commissioner for three years after they are
made.
Statutory Authority: MS s 144.1202; 144.1203
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