South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-63 - Radioactive Materials (Title A)
Part III - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Section 61-63.III.RHA 3.16 - Surveys and Monitoring

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 61-63.III.RHA 3.16

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

3.16.1 Each licensee shall make or cause to be made, surveys of areas, including the subsurface, that--

3.16.1.1 Each licensee shall make or cause to be made, surveys of areas, including the subsurface, that--

3.16.1.2 Are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate--
3.16.1.2.1 The magnitude and extent of radiation levels; and

3.16.1.2.2 Concentrations or quantities of residual radioactivity; and

3.16.1.2.3 The potential radiological hazards of the radiation levels and residual radioactivity detected.

3.16.2 Notwithstanding RHA 3.36.1, records from surveys describing the location and amount of subsurface residual radioactivity identified at the site must be kept with records important for decommissioning, and such records must be retained in accordance with RHA 1.15.13.

3.16.3 The licensee shall ensure that instruments and equipment used for quantitative radiation measurements (e.g., dose rate and effluent monitoring) are calibrated at least annually for the radiation measured.

3.16.4 All personnel dosimeters (except for direct and indirect reading pocket dosimeters and those dosimeters used to measure the dose to the extremities) that require processing to determine the radiation dose and that are used by licensees to comply with RHA 3.5, with other applicable provisions of this chapter, or with conditions specified in a license must be processed and evaluated by a dosimetry processor--

3.16.4.1 Holding current personnel dosimetry accreditation from the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and

3.16.4.2 Approved in this accreditation process for the type of radiation or radiations included in the NVLAP program that most closely approximates the type of radiation or radiations for which the individual wearing the dosimeter is monitored.

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