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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 7 - Medical Use of By product Material › Rule 15-21-78-1.7.111 - [Repealed]

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
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												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 7 - Medical Use of By product Material › Rule 15-21-78-1.7.112 - [Repealed]

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements For Analytical X-Ray Equipment › Rule 15-21-78-1.8.1 - Purpose and Scope

Current through June 25, 2024
This section provides special requirements for
						analytical x- ray equipment. The requirements of this section are in addition
						to, and not in substitution for, applicable requirements in other sections of
						these regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements For Analytical X-Ray Equipment › Rule 15-21-78-1.8.2 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
As used in this section, the following definitions
						apply:
1. "Analytical x-ray equipment" means equipment used for
						x-ray diffraction or fluorescence analysis.
2. "Analytical x-ray system" means a group of components
						utilizing x- or gamma-rays to determine the elemental composition or to examine
						the microstructure of materials.
3. "Fail-safe characteristics" mean a design feature
						which causes beam port shutters to close, or otherwise prevents emergence of
						the primary beam, upon the failure of a safety or warning device.
4. "Local components" mean part of an analytical x-ray
						system and include areas that are struck by x-rays such as radiation source
						housings, port and shutter assemblies, collimators, sample holders, cameras,
						goniometers, detectors, and shielding, but do not include power supplies,
						transformers, amplifiers, readout devices, and control panels.
5. "Normal operating procedures" mean step-by-step
						instructions necessary to accomplish the analysis. These procedures shall
						include sample insertion and manipulation, equipment alignment, routine
						maintenance by the registrant, and data recording procedures, which are related
						to radiation safety.
6. "Open-beam configuration" means an analytical x-ray
						system in which an individual could accidentally place some part of his body in
						the primary beam path during normal operation.
7. "Primary beam" means radiation which passes through an
						aperture of the source housing by a direct path from the x-ray tube or a
						radioactive source located in the radiation source housing.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements For Analytical X-Ray Equipment › General Regulatory Provisions and Specific Requirements › Rule 15-21-78-1.8.3 - Equipment Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Safety Device. A
						device which prevents the entry of any portion of an individual's body into the
						primary x-ray beam path or which causes the beam to be shut off upon entry into
						its path shall be provided on all open- beam configurations. A registrant may
						apply to the Agency for an exemption from the requirements of a safety device.
						Such application shall include:
a. a
						description of the various safety devices that have been evaluated;
b. the reason each of these devices cannot be
						used; and
c. a description of the
						alternative methods that will be employed to minimize the possibility of an
						accidental exposure, including procedures to assure that operators and others
						in the area will be informed of the absence of safety devices.
2
Warning Devices
a. Open-beam configurations shall be provided
						with a readily discernible indication of:
i.
						x-ray tube "on-off status located near the radiation source housing, if the
						primary beam is controlled in this manner; and/or
ii. shutter "open-closed" status located near
						each port on the radiation source housing, if the primary beam is controlled in
						this manner.
b. An
						easily visible warning light labeled with the words "X-RAY ON", or words having
						a similar intent, shall be located:
i. near
						any switch that energizes an x-ray tube and shall be illuminated only when the
						tube is energized; or
ii. in the
						case of a radioactive source, near any switch that opens a housing shutter and
						shall be illuminated only when the shutter is open.
c. Warning devices shall be labeled so that
						their purpose is easily identified. On equipment installed after June 30, 1978,
						warning devices shall have fail-safe characteristics.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements For Analytical X-Ray Equipment › General Regulatory Provisions and Specific Requirements › Rule 15-21-78-1.8.4 - Area Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Radiation
						Levels. The local components of an analytical x-ray system shall be located and
						arranged and shall include sufficient shielding or access control such that no
						radiation levels exist in any area surrounding the local component group which
						could result in a dose to an individual present therein in excess of the dose
						limits given in 1.4.14 of these regulations. For systems utilizing x-ray tubes,
						these levels shall be met at any specified tube rating.
2
Surveys
a. Radiation surveys, as required by 1.4.17
						of these regulations, of all analytical x-ray systems sufficient to show
						compliance with 1.8.4(1) shall be performed:
i. upon installation of the equipment, and at
						least once every 12 months thereafter;
ii. following any change in the initial
						arrangement, number, or type of local components in the system;
iii. following any maintenance requiring the
						disassembly or removal of a local component in the system;
iv. during the performance of maintenance and
						alignment procedures if the procedures require the presence of a primary x-ray
						beam when any local component in the system is disassembled or removed;
v. any time a visual inspection of the local
						components in the system reveals an abnormal condition; and
vi. whenever personnel monitoring devices
						show a significant increase over the previous monitoring period or the readings
						are approaching the limits specified in 1.4.6 of these regulations.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements For Analytical X-Ray Equipment › General Regulatory Provisions and Specific Requirements › Rule 15-21-78-1.8.5 - Operating Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Procedures.
						Normal operating procedures shall be written and available to all analytical
						x-ray equipment workers. No individual shall be permitted to operate analytical
						x-ray equipment in any manner other than that specified in the procedures
						unless such individual has obtained written approval of the radiation safety
						officer.
2. Bypassing. No
						individual shall bypass a safety device or interlock unless such individual has
						obtained the approval of the radiation safety officer. Such approval shall be
						for a specified period of time. When a safety device or interlock has been
						bypassed, a readily discernible sign bearing the words "SAFETY DEVICE NOT
						WORKING", or words having a similar intent, shall be placed on the radiation
						source housing.
3
Repair or Modification of X-Ray Tube
						  Systems.
Except as specified in 1.8.5(2), no operation involving removal
						  of covers, shielding materials or tube housings or modifications to shutters,
						  collimators, or beam stops shall be performed without ascertaining that the
						  tube is off and will remain off until safe conditions have been restored. The
						  main switch, rather than interlocks, shall be used for routine shutdown in
						  preparation for repairs.
4
Radioactive Source Replacement, Testing, or
						  Repair.
Radioactive source housings shall be opened for source
						  replacement, leak testing, or other maintenance or repair procedures only by
						  individuals authorized to specifically conduct such procedures under a license
						  issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an Agreement State, or
						  a Licensing State.
Miss. Code Ann.
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													45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements For Analytical X-Ray Equipment › General Regulatory Provisions and Specific Requirements › Rule 15-21-78-1.8.6 - Personnel Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Instruction. No
						individual shall be permitted to operate or maintain analytical x-ray equipment
						unless such individual has received instruction in and demonstrated competence
						as to:
a. identification of radiation hazards
						associated with the use of the equipment;
b. significance of the various radiation
						warning, safety devices, and interlocks incorporated into the equipment, or the
						reasons they have not been installed on certain pieces of equipment and the
						extra precautions required in such cases;
c. proper operating procedures for the
						equipment;
d. recognition of
						symptoms of an acute localized exposure; and
e. proper procedures for reporting an actual
						or suspected exposure.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.1 - Purpose and Scope

Current through June 25, 2024
1. This Section
					 establishes procedures for the registration and the use of particle
					 accelerators.
2. In addition to the
					 requirements of this section, all registrants are subject to the requirements
					 of Subchapters 1, 2, 4, and 10 of these regulations. Registrants engaged in
					 industrial radiographic operations are subject to the requirements of
					 Subchapter 5 of these regulations, and registrants and/or licensees engaged in
					 the healing arts are subject to the requirements of Subchapters 6, 7 and 15 of
					 these regulations. Registrants whose operations result in the production of
					 radioactive material are subject to the requirements of Subchapter 3 of these
					 regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.2 - Registration Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
No person shall receive, possess, use, transfer, own, or
						acquire a particle accelerator except as authorized in a registration issued
						pursuant to Subchapter 2 of these regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.3 - General Requirements for the Issuance of a Registration for Particle Accelerators

Current through June 25, 2024
In addition to the requirements of Subchapter 2 of
						these regulations, a registration application for use of a particle accelerator
						will be approved only if the Agency determines that:
1. the applicant is qualified by reason of
					 training and experience to use the accelerator in question for the purpose
					 requested in accordance with this section and Subchapters 4 and 10 of these
					 regulations in such a manner as to minimize danger to public health and safety
					 or property;
2. the applicant's
					 proposed or existing equipment, facilities, and operating and emergency
					 procedures are adequate to protect health and minimize danger to public health
					 and safety or property;
3. the
					 issuance of the registration will not be inimical to the health and safety of
					 the public, and the applicant satisfies any applicable special requirement in
					 1.9.4;
4. the applicant has
					 appointed a radiation safety officer;
5. the applicant and the applicant's staff
					 has substantial experience in the use of particle accelerators and training
					 sufficient for application to its intended uses;
6. the applicant has established a radiation
					 safety committee to approve, in advance, proposals for uses of particle
					 accelerators, whenever deemed necessary by the Agency; and
7. the applicant has an adequate training
					 program for operators of particle accelerators.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.4 - Reserved

Current through June 25, 2024
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.5 - Reserved

Current through June 25, 2024
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.6 - Limitations

Current through June 25, 2024
1. No registrant shall permit any individual
					 to act as an operator of a particle accelerator until such individual:
a. has been instructed in radiation safety
					 and shall have demonstrated an understanding thereof;
b. has received copies of and instruction in
					 this section and the applicable requirements of Subchapters 4 and 10 of these
					 regulations, pertinent registration conditions and the registrant's operating
					 and emergency procedures, and shall have demonstrated understanding thereof;
					 and
c. has demonstrated competence
					 to use the particle accelerator, related equipment, and survey instruments
					 which will be employed.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.7 - Shielding and Safety Design Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
1. A
					 qualified expert, acceptable to the Agency, shall be consulted in the design of
					 a particle accelerator installation and called upon to perform a radiation
					 survey when the accelerator is first capable of producing radiation.
2. Each particle accelerator installation
					 shall be provided with such primary and secondary barriers as are necessary to
					 assure compliance with 1.4.6 and 1.4.14 of these regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.8 - Particle Accelerator Controls and Interlock Systems

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Instrumentation, readouts, and controls on
					 the particle accelerator control console shall be clearly identified and easily
					 discernible.
2. Each entrance into
					 a target room or other high radiation area shall be provided with a safety
					 interlock that shuts down the machine under conditions of barrier
					 penetration.
3. Each safety
					 interlock shall be on a circuit which shall allow it to operate independently
					 of all other safety interlocks.
4.
					 All safety interlocks shall be designed so that any defect or component failure
					 in the safety interlock system prevents operation of the accelerator.
5. When a safety interlock system has been
					 tripped, it shall only be possible to resume operation of the accelerator by
					 manually resetting controls at the position where the safety interlock has been
					 tripped and, lastly, at the main control console.
6. A scram button or other emergency power
					 cutoff switch shall be located and easily identifiable in all high radiation
					 areas. Such a cutoff switch shall include a manual reset so that the
					 accelerator cannot be restarted from the accelerator control console without
					 resetting the cutoff switch.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.9 - Warning Devices

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Each location
					 designated as high radiation area, and each entrance to such location, shall be
					 equipped with easily observable warning lights that operate when, and only
					 when, radiation is being produced.
2. Except in facilities designed for human
					 exposure, each high radiation area shall have an audible warning device which
					 shall be activated for 15 seconds prior to the possible creation of such high
					 radiation area. Such warning device shall be clearly discernible in all high
					 radiation areas.
3. Barriers,
					 temporary or otherwise, and pathways leading to high radiation areas shall be
					 posted in accordance with 1.4.30 of these regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.10 - Operating Procedures

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Particle
					 accelerators, when not in operation, shall be secured to prevent unauthorized
					 use.
2. The safety interlock system
					 shall not be used to turn off the accelerator beam except in an
					 emergency.
3. All safety and
					 warning devices, including interlocks, shall be checked for proper operation at
					 intervals not to exceed three months. Results of such tests shall be maintained
					 at the accelerator facility for inspection by the Agency.
4. Electrical circuit diagrams of the
					 accelerator and the associated safety interlock systems shall be kept current
					 and maintained for inspection by the Agency and shall be available to the
					 operator at each accelerator facility.
5. If, for any reason, it is necessary to
					 intentionally bypass a safety interlock or interlocks, such action shall be:
a. authorized by the radiation safety
					 committee and/or radiation safety officer;
b. recorded in a permanent log and a notice
					 posted at the accelerator control console; and
c. terminated as soon as possible.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.11 - Radiation Monitoring Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
1. There shall be
					 available, at each particle accelerator facility, appropriate portable
					 monitoring equipment which is operable and has been appropriately calibrated
					 for the radiations being produced at the facility. Such equipment shall be
					 tested for proper operation daily and calibrated at intervals not to exceed one
					 year and after each servicing and repair.
2. A radiation protection survey shall be
					 performed and documented by a qualified expert, acceptable to the Agency, when
					 changes have been made in shielding, operation, equipment, or occupancy of
					 adjacent areas.
3. Radiation levels
					 in all high radiation areas shall be continuously monitored. The monitoring
					 devices shall be electrically independent of the accelerator control and safety
					 interlock systems and capable of providing a readout at the control
					 panel.
4. All area monitors shall
					 be calibrated at intervals not to exceed one year and after each servicing and
					 repair.
5. Whenever applicable,
					 periodic surveys shall be made to determine the amount of airborne particulate
					 radioactivity present.
6. Whenever
					 applicable, periodic smear surveys shall be made to determine the degree of
					 contamination.
7. All surveys shall
					 be made in accordance with the written procedures established by a qualified
					 expert, acceptable to the Agency, or the radiation safety officer.
8. Records of all radiation protection
					 surveys, calibrations, and instrumentation tests shall be maintained at the
					 accelerator facility for inspection by the Agency.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Rule 15-21-78-1.9.12 - Ventilation Systems

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Ventilation
					 systems shall be provided to ensure that personnel entering any area where
					 airborne radioactivity may be produced will not be exposed to airborne
					 radioactive material in excess of those limits specified in Subchapter 4,
					 Appendix B, Table I of these regulations.
2. A registrant, as required by 1.4.15 of
					 these regulations, shall not vent, release, or otherwise discharge airborne
					 radioactive material to an unrestricted area which exceeds the limits specified
					 in Subchapter 4, Appendix B, Table I of these regulations, except as authorized
					 pursuant to 1.4.15(3) of these regulations. For purposes of 1.9.12(2),
					 concentrations may be averaged over a period not greater than one year. Every
					 effort should be made to maintain releases of radioactive material to
					 unrestricted areas as far below these limits as is reasonably
					 achievable.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 10 - Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers - Inspections › Rule 15-21-78-1.10.2 - [Repealed]

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 10 - Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers - Inspections › Rule 15-21-78-1.10.3 - [Repealed]

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 10 - Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers - Inspections › Rule 15-21-78-1.10.4 - [Repealed]

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 10 - Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers - Inspections › Rule 15-21-78-1.10.5 - [Repealed]

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 10 - Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers - Inspections › Rule 15-21-78-1.10.6 - [Repealed]

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 10 - Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers - Inspections › Rule 15-21-78-1.10.7 - [Repealed]

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 10 - Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers - Inspections › Rule 15-21-78-1.10.8 - [Repealed]

Current through June 25, 2024
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.1 - Purpose

Current through June 25, 2024
This section establishes radiation protection standards
						for the possession, use, transfer, transport, storage and disposal of naturally
						occurring radioactive materials, NORM, not subject to regulation under the
						Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.2 - Scope

Current through June 25, 2024
These regulations apply to any person who engages in the
						extraction, mining, beneficiating, processing, use, transfer, transport,
						storage, waste generation or disposal of NORM in such a manner as to alter the
						chemical properties or physical state of the NORM or its potential exposure
						pathways to humans.
1. The regulations
					 in this section address the introduction of NORM into materials or products in
					 which neither the NORM nor the radiation emitted from the NORM is considered to
					 be beneficial to the materials or products. The manufacture and distribution of
					 materials or products containing NORM in which the NORM and/or its associated
					 radiation(s) is considered to be a beneficial attribute are licensed under the
					 provisions of Subchapter 3.
2.
					 These regulations also apply to sludges and scale deposits in tubulars and
					 equipment and to soil or water contaminated by the cleaning of scale deposits.
					 These regulations include the contamination of soil from produced
					 waters.
3. This section also
					 addresses waste generation, waste management, transfer, and disposal with
					 regard to both inactive and active sites and facilities involved in storage
					 and/or cleaning of tubulars and contaminated equipment. In the case of closed
					 or inactive pits, surveys are required only at the time of transfer for
					 unrestricted use.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.3 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
As used in this section, the following definitions
						apply:
1. "Beneficial attribute" or "beneficial to the product"
						means the radioactivity of the product is necessary to the use of the
						product.
2. "Beneficiating" means the processing of materials for
						the purpose of altering the chemical or physical properties to improve the
						quality, purity or assay grade.
3. "Decontamination" means the removal of NORM
						contaminants from surfaces or equipment to reduce levels of radiation.
4. "Decontamination facility" means a facility that
						provides services to reduce levels of NORM contamination.
5. "Equipment" means tubulars, wellheads, separators,
						condensers, or any other related apparatus associated with the potential
						enhancement of NORM.
6. "Facility" means all contiguous land and structures,
						other appurtenances, and improvements on land or water that contain
						NORM.
7. "Fluid" means any material or substance which flows or
						moves, whether in a semi-solid, liquid, sludge, gas, or any other form or
						state.
8. "Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)"
						means any nuclide which is radioactive in its natural physical state (i.e., not
						man-made), but does not include byproduct, source or special nuclear
						material.
9. "Product" means something produced, made,
						manufactured, refined, or beneficiated.
10. "Storage" means the containment of NORM waste in such
						a manner as not to constitute disposal of NORM waste.
11. "Technologically enhanced" means natural sources of
						radiation which would not normally appear without some technological activity
						not expressly designed to produce radiation.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.4 - Exemptions

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Persons who receive, possess, use,
					 process, transfer, transport, store, distribute, and dispose of NORM are exempt
					 from the requirements of these regulations if:
a. The materials contain, or are contaminated
					 at, concentrations less than 5 picocuries per gram of radium - 226 or radium -
					 228 above background; or, concentrations less than 30 picocuries per gram (1.11
					 kBq/kg) of technologically enhanced radium-226 or radium-228, averaged over any
					 100 square meters, provided the radon emanation rate does not exceed 20
					 picocuries (740 mBq) per square meter per second, or 150 picocuries per gram
					 (5.55 kBq/kg) of any other NORM radionuclide, provided that these
					 concentrations are not exceeded at any time; or
b. Equipment does not exceed 25
					 microroentgens per hour above background radiation at any accessible
					 point.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.5 - Reserved

Current through June 25, 2024
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.6 - Radiation Survey Instruments

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Radiation survey
					 instruments used to determine exposure rates pursuant to this section shall be
					 capable of measuring 1 microroentgen per hour through at least 500
					 microroentgens per hour.
2.
					 Radiation survey instruments used to make surveys required by this section
					 shall be calibrated and operable.
3. Each radiation survey instrument shall be
					 calibrated:
a. by person licensed by the
					 Agency, another Agreement State, or the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to
					 perform such service;
b. at
					 energies and radiation levels appropriate for the licensee's use;
c. at intervals not to exceed six months and
					 after each instrument servicing other than battery replacement; and
d. to demonstrate an accuracy within plus or
					 minus 20 percent of the true radiation level on each scale.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.7 - Reserved

Current through June 25, 2024
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.8 - Reserved

Current through June 25, 2024
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.9 - Reserved

Current through June 25, 2024
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-11110 - General Licenses

Current through June 25, 2024
1. A general
					 license is hereby issued to mine, extract, receive, possess, own, use, process,
					 and transfer NORM not exempted in 1.11.4 without regard to quantity. This
					 general license does not authorize the manufacturing or distribution of
					 products containing NORM in concentrations greater than those specified in
					 1.11.4(1) nor the disposal of wastes from other persons.
2. Facilities and equipment contaminated with
					 NORM in excess of the levels set forth in Appendix A of this section shall not
					 be released for unrestricted use. The decontamination of equipment, facilities
					 and land shall be performed only by persons specifically licensed by the Agency
					 or another Licensing State to conduct such work. Each general licensee shall
					 establish and submit to this Agency written procedures for performing on- site
					 maintenance on contaminated equipment, components and facilities and for
					 surveying (or screening) equipment, components and facilities prior to release
					 for unrestricted use to ensure that the levels in Appendix A of this section
					 are not exceeded.
3. person shall
					 transfer land for unrestricted use contaminated with technologically enhanced
					 radium-226 or radium-228, averaged over any 100 square meters, in which the
					 radon emanation rate is less than 20 picocuries (740 mBq) per square meter per
					 second and in which the concentrations of technologically enhanced radium-226
					 or radium-228 are in excess of 30 picocuries per gram (1.11 kBq/kg), averaged
					 over a maximum depth of 15 cm of soil below the surface. No person shall
					 transfer land contaminated with technologically enhanced radium-226 or
					 radium-228, averaged over any 100 square meters, in which the radon emanation
					 rate is 20 picocuries (740 mBq) per square meter per second or more and in
					 which concentrations of technologically enhanced radium-226 or radium-228 are
					 in excess of:
a. 5 pCi/g (185 Bq/kg), averaged
					 over the first 15 cm of soil below the surface; and
b. 15 pCi/g (555 Bq/kg), averaged over 15 cm
					 thick layers of soil more than 15 cm below the surface.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.11 - Protection of Workers and the General Population

Current through June 25, 2024
Each person subject to the general license in 1.11.10 or
						a specific license shall conduct operations in compliance with the standards
						for radiation protection set out in Subchapters 4 and 10, except for disposal,
						which shall be governed by 1.11.12.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.12 - Disposal and Transfer of Waste for Disposal

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
					 Each person subject to the general license in 1.11.10 or a specific license
					 shall manage and dispose of wastes containing NORM:
a. in accordance with the applicable
					 requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for disposal of such
					 wastes;
b. in a manner equivalent
					 to the requirements for uranium and thorium byproduct materials in 40 CFR
					 192;
c. by transfer of the wastes
					 for disposal to a land disposal facility licensed by the U.S. Nuclear
					 Regulatory Commission, an Agreement State, or a Licensing State; or
d. in accordance with alternate methods
					 authorized by the Agency upon application or upon the Agency's
					 initiative.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.13 - Specific Licenses

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Unless otherwise
					 exempted under the provisions of 1.11.4 or licensed under the provisions of
					 Subchapter 3 of the regulations, the manufacturing and distribution of any
					 material or product containing NORM shall be specifically licensed pursuant to
					 the requirements of this section or pursuant to equivalent regulations of
					 another Licensing State.
2. Persons
					 conducting the following activities involving equipment or facilities
					 contaminated with NORM in excess of the levels set forth in Appendix A of this
					 section and land contaminated with radium-226 or radium-228 in excess of the
					 limits set forth in 1.11.10(3) shall be specifically licensed pursuant to the
					 requirements of this section:
a.
					 Decontamination of equipment, facilities, and land; or
b. Disposal of the resulting waste.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.14 - Filing Application for Specific Licenses

Current through June 25, 2024
Applications for specific licenses shall be filed in
						accordance with 1.3.8 of these regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.15 - Requirements for the Issuance of Specific Licenses

Current through June 25, 2024
1. In
					 addition to the requirements set forth in 1.3.9, and application for a specific
					 license to decontaminate equipment, land, or facilities contaminated with NORM
					 in excess of the levels set forth in 1.11.4(1), 1.11.10(3), or Appendix A of
					 this section, as applicable and to dispose of the resulting waste will be
					 approved if:
a. The applicant has adequately
					 addressed the following items in the application:
i. Procedures and equipment for protection of
					 workers;
ii. An evaluation of the
					 radiation levels and concentrations of contamination expected during normal
					 operations;
iii. Operating and
					 emergency procedures, including procedures for waste reduction and quality
					 assurance of items released for unrestricted use; and
iv. Method of disposing of the NORM removed
					 from contaminated equipment, facilities, and/or land.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.16 - Safety Criteria

Current through June 25, 2024
An applicant for a license under 1.11.15(2) shall
						demonstrate that the product is designed and will be manufactured so
						that:
1. In normal use and disposal,
					 it is unlikely that the external radiation dose in any one year, or the dose
					 commitment resulting from the intake of NORM, excluding radon and radon decay
					 products, in any one year, to a suitable sample of the group of individuals
					 expected to be most highly exposed to radiation or NORM from the material or
					 product, will exceed the doses in Column I of 1.11.17
2. In normal handling and storage of the
					 quantities of the material or product likely to accumulate in one location
					 during marketing, distribution, installation, and servicing of the material or
					 product, it is unlikely that the external radiation dose in any one year, or
					 the dose commitment resulting from the intake of NORM, excluding radon, in any
					 one year, to a suitable sample of the group of individuals expected to be most
					 highly exposed to radiation or NORM from the material or product, will exceed
					 the doses in Column II of 1.11.17
3. In normal use, disposal, handling, and
					 storage, it is unlikely that the radon released from the material or product
					 will result in an increase in the average concentration in air of more than 0.4
					 picocurie per liter (14.8Bq/m3).
4.
					 It is unlikely that there will be a significant reduction in the effectiveness
					 of the containment, shielding, or other safety features of the material or
					 product from wear and abuse likely to occur in normal handling and use of the
					 material or product during its useful life.
Table of Organ Doses
.
Column I*
Column II*
Part of Body
Dose in Rem
Dose in Rem
Whole body; head and trunk;
active blood-forming organs;
0.005 (0.05 mSv)
0.5 (5 mSv)
gonads; or lens of eye
Hands and forearms; feet and ankles; localized areas
								of skin averaged over areas no larger than 1 square centimeter
0.075 (0.75 mSv)
7.5 (75 mSv)
Other organs
0.015 (0.15 mSv)
1.5 (15 mSv)
*Dose limit is the dose above background from the
						product.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.17 - Issuance of Specific Licenses

Current through June 25, 2024
The Agency will issue a specific license in accordance
						with 1.3.14 of these regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												45-14-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health › Subpart 78 - Radiological Health › Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI › Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm) › Rule 15-21-78-1.11.18 - Conditions of Licenses Issued Under 1.11.15

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
					 Each license issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to all the
					 requirements set forth in 1.3.15.
2. Each person licensed by the Agency
					 pursuant to this section is subject to the general license provisions of
					 1.11.11.
3. In addition to the
					 requirements set forth in 1.3.15 each person listed under 1.11.15(2) shall:
a. Carry out adequate control procedures in
					 the manufacture of the material or product to assure that each production lot
					 meets the quality control standards approved by the Agency;
b. Label or mark each unit to identify the
					 manufacturer, processor, producer, or initial transferor of the material or
					 product and the NORM in the material or product; and
c. Maintain records identifying, by name and
					 address, each person to whom NORM is transferred for use under 1.11.4(2) or the
					 equivalent regulations of another Licensing State, and stating the kinds,
					 quantities and uses of NORM transferred. An annual summary report stating the
					 total quantity of each radionuclide transferred under the specific license
					 shall be filed with the Agency. Each report shall cover the year ending
					 December 31, and shall be filed within 30 days thereafter. If no transfers of
					 NORM have been made pursuant to 1.11.15(2) during the reporting period, the
					 report shall so indicate.