Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
Division 20 - Division of Community and Public Health
Chapter 10 - Protection Against Ionizing Radiation
Section 19 CSR 20-10.070 - Storage of Radioactive Materials

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule requires the safe storage of radioactive material.

(1) The user shall see that radioactive materials are kept in a manner that will provide reasonable assurance that, during routine access to a controlled area, no person will be exposed in excess of the limits set forth in 19 CSR 20-10.040. Provisions shall be made to minimize the hazard to emergency workers in the event of fire and in situations where earthquake, flood and windstorm potentials exist.

(2) The user shall see that vaults or rooms used for storing materials that may emit radioactive gases or airborne particulate matter are ventilated in a manner that the concentration of the gases or particulate matter in the air does not constitute a radiation hazard.

(3) When there is a reasonable possibility that chemical, radiation or other action might lead to leakage of radioactive material from a container, the user shall provide a secondary tray or catchment to the container adequate to retain the entire amount of radioactive material.

*Original authority: 192.420, RSMo 1963.

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