Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-322 - The Need for an Emergency Plan for Response to a Release of Radioactive Material
A. For
purposes of this Section, "Emergency Plan" means a procedure that will be
followed when an accident occurs involving licensed radioactive materials for
which an offsite response may be needed from organizations, such as police,
fire, or medical organizations.
B.
Each application to possess radioactive materials in unsealed form, on foils or
plated sources, or sealed in glass in excess of the quantities in Exhibit D,
"Radioactive Material Quantities Requiring Consideration for an Emergency Plan"
shall contain either:
1. An evaluation showing
that the maximum dose to a person off-site due to a release of radioactive
materials would not exceed 1 rem effective dose equivalent or 5 rems to the
thyroid; or
2. An emergency plan
for responding to a release of radioactive material.
C. One or more of the following factors may
be used to support an evaluation submitted under subsection (B)(1):
1. The radioactive material is physically
separated so that only a portion could be involved in an accident.
2. All or part of the radioactive material is
not subject to release during an accident because of the way it is stored or
packaged;
3. The release fraction
in the respirable size range would be lower than the release fraction shown in
Exhibit D due to the chemical or physical form of the material;
4. The solubility of the radioactive material
would reduce the dose received;
5.
Facility design or engineered safety features in the facility would cause the
release fraction to be lower than shown in Exhibit D;
6. Operating restrictions or procedures would
prevent a release fraction as large as that shown in Exhibit D; or
7. Other factors appropriate for the specific
facility.
D. An
emergency plan for responding to a release of radioactive material submitted
under subsection (B)(2) shall include the following information:
1. A brief description of the licensee's
facility and areas near the site that could expose a member of the public to a
dose equal to or greater than the levels expressed in subsection
(B)(1).
2. An identification of
each type of radioactive materials accident for which protective actions may be
needed.
3. A classification system
for classifying accidents as alerts or site area emergencies.
4. Identification of the means of detecting
each type of accident in a timely manner.
5. A brief description of the means and
equipment for mitigating the consequences of each type of accident, including
those provided to protect workers onsite, and a description of the program for
maintaining the equipment.
6. A
brief description of the methods and equipment to assess releases of
radioactive materials.
7. A brief
description of the responsibilities of licensee personnel responsible for
promptly notifying offsite response organizations and the Department; also
responsibilities for developing, maintaining, and updating the plan.
8. A commitment to and a brief description of
the means to promptly notify offsite response organizations and request
off-site assistance, including medical assistance for the treatment of
contaminated and injured onsite workers when appropriate. A control point shall
be established. The notification and coordination shall be planned so that
unavailability of some personnel, parts of the facility, and some equipment
will not prevent the notification and coordination. The licensee shall also
commit to notify the Department immediately after notification of the
appropriate off-site response organizations and not later than one hour after
the licensee declares an emergency.
9. A brief description of the types of
information on facility status, radioactive releases, and recommended
protective actions, if necessary, to be given to off-site response
organizations and to the Department.
10. A brief description of the frequency,
performance objectives, and plans for the training that the licensee will
provide workers on how to respond to an emergency including any special
instructions and orientation tours the licensee would offer to fire, police,
medical, and other emergency personnel. The training shall familiarize
personnel with site-specific emergency procedures. Also, the training shall
thoroughly prepare site personnel for their responsibilities in the event of
accident scenarios postulated as most probable for the specific site, including
the use of team training for such scenarios.
11. A brief description of the means of
restoring the facility to a safe condition after an accident.
12. Provisions for conducting quarterly
communications checks with off-site response organizations and biennial onsite
exercises to test response to simulated emergencies. Quarterly communications
checks with off-site response organizations shall include the verifying and
updating of all necessary telephone numbers. The licensee shall invite off-site
response organizations to participate in the biennial exercises. Their
participation is not required. Exercises shall use accident scenarios
postulated as most probable for the specific site and the scenarios shall not
be known to most exercise participants. The licensee shall critique each
exercise, using individuals without direct implementation responsibility for
the plan. Critiques of exercises shall evaluate the appropriateness of the
plan, emergency procedures, facilities, equipment, training of personnel, and
overall effectiveness of the response. Deficiencies found by the critiques
shall be corrected.
13. A
certification that the applicant has met its responsibilities in A.R.S.
§§
26-341 through
26-353 (Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986), if applicable to the applicant's
activities at the proposed place of use of the radioactive material.
E. The licensee shall allow 60
days for the off-site response organizations, expected to respond in case of an
accident, to comment on the licensee's emergency plan before submitting it to
the Department. The licensee shall provide any comments received within the 60
days to the Department with the emergency plan.
Notes
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