Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-12-.19 - OPERATING AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
(1) Each licensee
or registrant shall develop and follow written operating and emergency
procedures that cover:
(a) The handling and
use of sources of radiation including the use of sealed sources in wells
without surface casing for protecting aquifers, if appropriate;
(b) The use of remote handling tools for
handling sealed sources and radioactive tracer material except low-activity
calibration sources;
(c) Methods
and occasions for conducting radiation surveys, including surveys for detecting
contamination, as required by paragraphs (3) through (5) of Rule
0400-20-12-.21;
(d) Minimizing
personnel exposure including exposures from inhalation and ingestion of
radioactive tracer materials;
(e)
Methods and occasions for locking and securing stored sources of
radiation;
(f) Personnel monitoring
and the use of personnel monitoring equipment;
(g) Transportation of radioactive materials
to field stations or temporary job-sites, packaging of radioactive materials
for transport in vehicles, placarding of vehicles when needed, and physically
securing sources of radiation in transport vehicles during transportation to
prevent accidental loss, tampering, or unauthorized removal;
(h) Picking up, receiving, and opening
packages containing radioactive materials, in accordance with Rule
0400-20-05-.115;
(i) For the use of
tracers, decontamination of the environment, equipment, and
personnel;
(j) Maintenance of
records generated by logging personnel at temporary job-sites;
(k) The inspection and maintenance of sources
of radiation including sealed sources, source holders, logging tools, injection
tools, source handling tools, storage containers, transport containers, and
uranium sinker bars as required by Rule 0400-20-12-.13;
(l) Identifying and reporting to the Division
defects and noncompliance as required;
(m) Actions to be taken if a sealed source is
lodged in a well;
(n) Instructions
for notifying responsible persons in the event of an accident; and
(o) Actions to be taken if a sealed source is
ruptured including actions to prevent the spread of contamination and minimize
inhalation and ingestion of radioactive materials and actions to obtain
suitable radiation survey instruments as required by paragraph (2) of Rule
0400-20-12-.08.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 68-202-101 et seq., 68-202-201 et seq., and 4-5-201 et seq.
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