Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-1722 - Operating and Emergency Procedures

Each licensee shall develop operating and emergency procedures on the following subjects:

1. Procedures designed to prevent individuals from being exposed to radiation in excess of the limits in Article 4 of this Chapter. This subject includes:

a. Use of a sealed source in a well without a surface casing for the purposes of protecting a fresh water aquifer, as appropriate;

b. Methods employed to minimize exposure from inhalation or ingestion of licensed tracer materials; and

c. Methods for minimizing exposure of individuals in the event of an accident;

2. Use of remote handling tools for manipulating a radioactive sealed source or tracer;

3. Methods and occasions for conducting a radiation survey;

4. Methods and occasions for locking and securing a source of radiation;

5. Personnel monitoring and the use of personnel monitoring equipment;

6. Transportation of a source to a temporary job site or field station, including packaging and placing the source of radiation in a vehicle, placarding the vehicle, and securing the source of radiation during transportation;

7. Procedure for notifying the Department if there is an accident;

8. Maintenance of records;

9. Inspection and maintenance of source holders, logging tools, source handling tools, storage containers, transport containers, and injection tools;

10. Procedure required if a sealed source is:

a. Lost or lodged downhole; or

b. Ruptured, including safeguards to prevent job site and personnel contamination, inhalation; and ingestion;

11. Procedures required for picking up, receiving, and opening packages that contain radioactive material; and

12. Procedures required for site and equipment surveys and decontamination following tracer studies.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-1722

New Section R9-7-1722 recodified from R12-1-1722 at 24 A.A.R. 813, effective March 22, 2018 (Supp. 18-1).