Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 17 - Licensing and Radiation Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section XV-1703 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
				Chapter, the following definitions apply. Other definitions applicable to this
				Chapter may be found in LAC 33:XV.Chapters 1 and 2.
Annually
- at intervals not to exceed one
				  year.
Doubly Encapsulated Sealed Source
- a sealed
				  source in which the radioactive material is sealed within an inner capsule and
				  that capsule is sealed within an outer capsule.
Irradiator
- a facility that uses
				  radioactive sealed sources for the irradiation of objects or materials and in
				  which radiation dose rates exceeding 5 grays (500 rads) per hour exist at 1
				  meter from the sealed radioactive sources in air or water, as applicable for
				  the irradiator type, but does not include irradiators in which both the sealed
				  source and the area subject to irradiation are contained within a device and
				  are not accessible to personnel.
Irradiator Operator
- an individual who has
				  successfully completed the training and testing described in LAC 33:XV.1735 and
				  is authorized by the terms of the license to operate the irradiator without a
				  supervisor present.
Irradiator Operator Supervisor
- an
				  individual who meets the requirements for an irradiator operator and who
				  physically oversees operation of the irradiator by an individual who is
				  currently receiving training and testing described in LAC 33:XV.1735.
Panoramic Dry-Source-Storage Irradiator
- an
				  irradiator in which the irradiations occur in air in areas potentially
				  accessible to personnel and in which the sources are stored in shields made of
				  solid materials. The term includes beam-type dry-source-storage irradiators in
				  which only a narrow beam of radiation is produced for performing
				  irradiations.
Panoramic Irradiator
- an irradiator in
				  which the irradiations are done in air in areas potentially accessible to
				  personnel. The term includes beam-type irradiators.
Panoramic Wet-Source-Storage Irradiator
- an
				  irradiator in which the irradiations occur in air in areas potentially
				  accessible to personnel and in which the sources are stored under water in a
				  storage pool.
Pool Irradiator
- any irradiator at which
				  the sources are stored or used in a pool of water including panoramic
				  wet-source-storage irradiators and underwater irradiators.
Product Conveyor System
- a system for
				  moving the product to be irradiated to, from, and within the area where
				  irradiation takes place.
Radiation Room
- a shielded room in which
				  irradiations take place. Underwater irradiators do not have radiation
				  rooms.
Sealed Source
- 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 byproduct material.
Seismic Area
- any area where the
				  probability of a horizontal acceleration in rock of more than 0.3 times the
				  acceleration of gravity in 250 years is greater than 10 percent, as designated
				  by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Underwater Irradiator
- an irradiator in
				  which the sources always remain shielded under water and humans do not have
				  access to the sealed sources or the space subject to irradiation without
				  entering the pool.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  30:2001 et
				  seq.