105 CMR 120.302 - Definitions

As used in 105 CMR 120.300, the following definitions apply:

Annual Refresher Safety Training means a review conducted or provided by the licensee or registrant for its employees on radiation safety aspects of industrial radiography. The review may include, as appropriate, the results of internal audits, new procedures or equipment, new or revised regulations, accidents or errors that have been observed, and should also provide opportunities for employees to ask safety questions.

ANSI means American National Standards Institute.

Associated Equipment means equipment that is used in conjunction with a radiographic exposure device to make radiographic exposures that drives, guides, or comes in contact with the source, (such as, guide tube, control tube, control cable (drive cable), removable source stop, "J" tube and collimator when it is used as an exposure head)

Cabinet Radiography means industrial radiography conducted in an enclosure or cabinet so shielded that doses to individual members of the public at every location on the exterior meet the limitations specified in 105 CMR 120.221(A).

Cabinet X-Ray System means an x-ray system with the x-ray tube installed in an enclosure which, independent of existing architectural structures except the floor on which it may be placed, is intended to:

(1) Contain at least that portion of a material being irradiated;

(2) Provide radiation attenuation; and,

(3) Exclude personnel from its interior during generation of x radiation.

Included are all x-ray systems designed primarily for the inspection of carry-on baggage at airline, railroad, and bus terminals, and in similar facilities.

An x-ray tube used within a shielded part of a building, or x-ray equipment which may temporarily or occasionally incorporate portable shielding, is not considered a cabinet x-ray system.

Certification means the authorization by the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (Agency) of an individual to perform industrial radiography in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Certification Identification (ID) Card means the document issued by the Agency to individuals who have completed the requirements stated in 105 CMR 120.320(B).

Certified Cabinet X-ray System means an x-ray system which has been certified in accordance with 21 CFR 1010.2 as being manufactured and assembled pursuant to the provisions of 21 CFR 1020.40.

Certified Industrial Radiographer means an individual who has met prescribed training and experience requirements and has passed an approved examination and is authorized by the Agency, pursuant to 105 CMR 120.321(H)(1), to perform industrial radiography.

Certifying Entity means an independent certifying organization or an Agreement State whose industrial radiographer certification program has been reviewed and found to have met the applicable parts of Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 34 for radioactive materials; or an independent certifying organization or radiation control agency whose x-ray/or combination certification requirements have been reviewed and found to be equivalent to criteria established by CRCPD.

Collimator means a small radiation shield of lead or other heavy metal which is placed on the end of a guide tube or directly onto a radiographic exposure device to restrict the size of the radiation beam when the sealed source is cranked into position to make a radiographic exposure.

Control Cable (Drive Cable) means the cable that is connected to the source assembly and used to drive the source from and return it to the shielded position.

Control Mechanism (Drive Mechanism) means a device that enables the source assembly to be moved from and returned to the shielded position. A drive mechanism is also known as a crank assembly.

Control Tube means a protective sheath for guiding the drive cable. The control tube connects the drive mechanism to the radiographic exposure device.

Crank-out Device means the cable, protective sheath, and hand crank used to move the sealed source from the shielded to the unshielded position to make an industrial radiographic exposure.

Enclosed Radiography means industrial radiography conducted in an enclosed cabinet or room and includes cabinet radiography and shielded room radiography.

Exposure Head (Source Stop) means a device that locates the gamma radiography sealed source in the selected working position. An exposure head is also known as a source stop.

Guide Tube means a flexible or rigid tube, such as a "J" tube, for guiding the source assembly and the attached control cable from the exposure device to the exposure head. The guide tube may also include the connections necessary for attachment to the exposure device and to the exposure head.

Independent Certifying Organization means an independent organization that meets all of the applicable parts of Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 34 for radioactive materials, and/or comparable criteria for x-ray/combination established by CRCPD.

Industrial Radiography means the examination of the macroscopic structure of materials by nondestructive methods using sources of radiation derived from radioactive materials or radiation machines. For purposes of 105 CMR 120.300, industrial radiography does not include radiography performed with Lixiscopes or cabinet x-ray systems, nor does it include computed tomography or computer-based digital radiography in which the useful beam of radiation is collimated to detectors.

Industrial Radiography -Radiation Machines means the process of performing industrial radiography using radiation producing machines.

Industrial Radiography -Radioactive Materials means the process of performing industrial radiography using radioactive materials.

Lay-barge Radiography means industrial radiography performed on any water vessel used for laying pipe.

Lixiscope means a portable light-intensified imaging device using iodine-125 as a sealed source.

Lock-out Survey means a radiation survey performed to determine that a sealed source is in its shielded position. The lock-out survey is performed before moving the radiographic exposure device or source changer to a new location or securing the radiographic exposure device or source changer.

Offshore Platform Radiography means industrial radiography conducted from a platform over a body of water.

Permanent Radiographic Installation means an installation or structure designed or intended for radiography and in which radiography is regularly performed and meets all the requirements of 105 CMR 120.319

Personnel Monitoring Badge means a whole body individual monitoring device that meets the requirements of 105 CMR 120.323(B).

Personal Supervision means supervision provided by a Certified Industrial Radiographer who is physically present at the site where sources of radiation and associated equipment are being used, visually evaluating the Radiographer Trainee and in such proximity that immediate assistance can be given if required.

Radiation Machine means any device capable of producing ionizing radiation except those which produce radiation only from radioactive material.

Radiation Safety Officer means an individual named by the licensee or registrant who has a knowledge of, responsibility for, and authority to enforce appropriate radiation protection rules, standards, and practices on behalf of the licensee and/or registrant and who meets the requirements of 105 CMR 120.380 and 120.005.

Radiographer means any individual who has successfully completed the training, testing and documentation requirements of 105 CMR 120.320(B), and who performs or personally supervises industrial radiographic operations and who is responsible to the licensee or registrant for assuring compliance with the requirements of 105 CMR 120.000 and all license and/or certificate of registration conditions.

Radiographer Trainee means any individual who has successfully completed the training and testing requirements of 105 CMR 120.320(A) and who uses sources of radiation and related handling tools or radiation survey instruments under the personal supervision of a radiographer trainer.

Radiographic Exposure Device (Camera or Projector) means any instrument containing a sealed source fastened or contained therein, in which the sealed source or shielding thereof may be moved, or otherwise changed, from a shielded to unshielded position for purposes of making a radiographic exposure.

Radiographic Personnel means any radiographer or radiographer trainee.

Sealed Source (Pill) means any radioactive material that is used as a source of radiation and is encased in a capsule designed to prevent leakage or escape of the radioactive material.

Shielded Position means the location within the radiographic exposure device or source changer where the sealed source is secured and restricted from movement.

S-tube means a tube through which the radioactive source travels when inside a radiographic exposure device.

Shielded-room Radiography means industrial radiography conducted in a room so shielded that radiation levels at every location on the exterior meet the limitations specified in 105 CMR 120.221(A).

Source Assembly (Pigtail) means a component to which the sealed source is affixed or in which the sealed source is contained. The source assembly includes the sealed source.

Source Changer means a device designed and used for replacement of sealed sources in radiographic exposure devices, including those source changers also used for transporting and storage of sealed sources.

Source Stop see "Exposure Head".

Storage Area means any location, facility, or vehicle which is used to store, to transport, or to secure a radiographic exposure device, a storage container, or a sealed source when it is not in use and which is locked or has a physical barrier to prevent accidental exposure, tampering with, or unauthorized removal of the device, machine, container, or sealed source.

Storage Container means a device other than a source changer in which sealed sources are stored.

Temporary Jobsite means any location where industrial radiography is performed other than the location(s) listed in a specific license or certificate of registration.

Transport Container means a package that is designed to provide radiation safety and security when sealed sources are transported and meets all applicable requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Underwater Radiography means industrial radiography performed when the radiographic exposure device and/or related equipment are beneath the surface of the water.

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