Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION
Chapter 9 - RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR NON HUMAN USE PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Section 180-9-010 - RADIATION MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Current through March 20, 2024
Radiation must be monitored as described below.
010.01 MONITORING EQUIPEMENT. There must be available at each particle accelerator facility appropriate portable monitoring equipment that is operable and has been appropriately calibrated for the radiation being produced at the facility. The equipment must be tested for proper operation daily and calibrated at intervals not to exceed one year and after each servicing and repair.
010.02 RADIATION PROTECTION SURVEY. A radiation protection survey must be performed and documented by a radiological health physicist as set out in 180 NAC 15-004.02 when changes have been made in shielding, operation, equipment, or occupancy of adjacent areas.
010.03 RADIATION LEVELS. Radiation levels in all high radiation areas must be continuously monitored. The monitoring devices must be electronically independent of the accelerator control and safety interlock systems and capable of providing a readout at the control panel.
010.04 AREA MONITORS. All area monitors must be calibrated at intervals not to exceed one year and after each servicing and repair.
010.05 PERIODIC AIR SURVEYS. Whenever applicable, periodic surveys must be made to determine the amount of airborne particulate radioactivity present.
010.06 PERIODIC SMEAR SURVEYS. Whenever applicable, periodic smear surveys must be made to determine the degree of contamination.
010.07 WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR SURVEYS. All surveys must be made following the written procedures established by a radiological health physicist as set out in 15-004.02 or by the radiation safety officer.
010.08 RECORDS. Records of all radiation protection surveys, calibration and instrumentation tests must be maintained at the accelerator facility for inspection by the Department.
