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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-300 - Personnel requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(A) Instruction. No
			 person shall be permitted to operate or maintain analytical x-ray equipment
			 unless such person has received instruction in and demonstrated competence as
			 to:
(1) Identification of radiation hazards
			 associated with the use of the equipment;
(2) Significance of the various radiation
			 warning and safety devices 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;
(3) Proper operating procedures for the
			 equipment;
(4) Symptoms of an
			 acute localized exposure; and
(5)
			 Proper procedures for reporting an actual or suspected exposure.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-308 - Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) This part,
			 which establishes procedures for the registration and the use of particle
			 accelerators, shall be in addition to, and not a substitute for, other
			 applicable provisions of these regulations.
(b) In addition to the requirements of this
			 part, all registrants shall be subject to the requirements of parts 1, 2, 4,
			 and 10. Registrants engaged in industrial radiographic operations shall be
			 subject to the requirements of part 7, and registrants engaged in the healing
			 arts shall be subject to the requirements of parts 5, 6, and 14 of these
			 regulations. Registrants engaged in the production of radioactive material
			 shall be subject to the requirements of part 3.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-309 - Registration requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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No person shall receive, possess, use, transfer, own, or
				acquire a particle accelerator except as authorized in a registration issued
				pursuant to these regulations or as otherwise provided for in these
				regulations. The general procedures for registration of particle accelerator
				facilities are included in part 2 of these regulations.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-310 - General requirements for the issuance of a registration for particle accelerators

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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In addition to the requirements of part 2, the registrant
				shall:
(A) Be qualified by reason of
			 training and experience to use the accelerator in question for the purpose
			 intended in accordance with this part and part 4 and part 10 of these
			 regulations and in such a manner as to minimize danger to public health and
			 safety or property;
(B) The
			 registrant's proposed equipment, facilities, operating and emergency procedures
			 shall be adequate to protect health and minimize danger to public health and
			 safety or property;
(C) The use of
			 the particle accelerator shall not be inimical to the health and safety of the
			 public and the users shall satisfy any applicable special requirement in
			 regulation 28-35-311 of this regulation;
(D) The registrant shall appoint a radiation
			 safety officer;
(E) The registrant
			 and/or his staff shall have subntial experience in the use of particle
			 accelerators for the intended uses;
(F) The registrant shall establish a
			 radiation safety committee to approve, in advance, proposals for uses of
			 particle accelerators, whenever deemed necessary by the department; and
(G) The registrant shall have an
			 adequate training program for particle accelerator operators.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-311 - Human use of particle accelerators

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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In addition to the requirements set forth in part 2, the
				registrant shall:
(A) Whenever deemed
			 necessary by the department, the registrant shall appoint a medical committee
			 of at least three (3) members to evaluate all proposals for research,
			 diagnostic, and therapeutic use of a particle accelerator. Membership of the
			 committee should include physicians expert in internal medicine, hematology,
			 therapeutic radiology, and a person experienced in depth dose calculations and
			 protection against radiation;
(B)
			 The individuals designated as the users shall have substantial training and
			 experience in deep therapy techniques or in the use of particle accelerations
			 to treat humans; and
(C) The user
			 must be a physician.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-313 - Limitations

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(A) No registrant
			 shall permit any person to act as a particle accelerator operator until such
			 person:
(1) Has been instructed in radiation
			 safety and shall have demonstrated an understanding thereof;
(2) Has received copies of and instruction in
			 this part and the applicable requirements of part 4 and part 10, pertinent
			 operating conditions and the registrant's operating and emergency procedures,
			 and shall have demonstrated understanding thereof; and
(3) Has demonstrated competence to use the
			 particle accelerator, related equipment, and survey instruments which will be
			 employed in his assignment.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-314 - Shielding and safety design requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) An expert who
			 is qualified in shielding and safety design requirements shall be consulted in
			 the design of each particle accelerator installation and shall perform a
			 radiation survey when the accelerator is first capable of producing radiation.
(b) Each particle accelerator
			 installation shall be provided with the primary barriers or secondary barriers,
			 or both, necessary to ensure compliance as specified in K.A.R. 28-35-212a and
			 K.A.R. 28-35-214a.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-315 - Particle accelerator controls and interlock systems

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(A)
			 Instrumentation, readouts and controls on the particle accelerator control
			 console shall be clearly identified and easily discernible.
(B) All entrances into a target room or other
			 high radiation area shall be provided with interlocks that shut down the
			 machine under conditions of barrier penetration.
(C) When an 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 interlock has been
			 tripped, and lastly at the main control console.
(D) Each safety interlock shall be on a
			 circuit which shall allow its operation independently of all other safety
			 interlocks.
(E) All safety
			 interlocks shall be fail safe, i.e., designed so that any defect or component
			 failure in the interlock system prevents operation of the accelerator.
(F) 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.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-316 - Warning devices

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each location
			 designated as a high-radiation area and each entrance to the high-radiation
			 area shall be equipped with easily observable flashing or rotating warning
			 lights that operate only if radiation is being produced.
(b) Except in facilities designed for human
			 exposure, each high-radiation area shall have an audible warning device that
			 shall be activated for 15 seconds before the possible creation of a
			 high-radiation area. The warning device shall be clearly discernible in all
			 high-radiation areas and all radiation areas.
(c) All barriers, temporary or permanent, and
			 all pathways leading to high-radiation areas shall be identified as specified
			 in K.A.R. 28-35-219a.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-317 - Operating procedures

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(A) Particle
			 accelerators, when not in operation, shall be secured to prevent unauthorized
			 use.
(B) Only a switch on the
			 accelerator control console shall be routinely used to turn the accelerator
			 beam on and off. The safety interlock system shall not be used to turn off the
			 accelerator beam except in an emergency.
(C) All safety and warning devices, including
			 interlocks, shall be checked for proper operability at intervals not to exceed
			 three (3) months. Results of such tests shall be maintained for inspection at
			 the accelerator facility.
(D)
			 Electrical circuit diagrams of the accelerator, and the associated interlock
			 systems, shall be kept current and maintained for inspection by the department
			 and available to the operator at each accelerator facility.
(E) If, for any reason, it is necessary to
			 intentionally bypass a safety interlock or interlocks, such action shall be:
(1) Authorized by the radiation safety
			 committee and/or radiation safety officer;
(2) recorded in a permanent log and a notice
			 posted at the accelerator control console; and
(3) terminated as soon as possible.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-318 - Radiation monitoring requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each particle
			 accelerator facility registrant shall have available the appropriate portable
			 monitoring equipment that is operable and is calibrated for the appropriate
			 types and levels of radiation being produced at the facility. The equipment
			 shall be tested for proper operation daily and calibrated at intervals not to
			 exceed one year, and after each servicing or repair.
(b) A radiation protection survey shall be
			 performed and documented by a qualified expert acceptable to the department
			 each time that changes have been made in the shielding, operation, or
			 equipment, or in the occupancy of adjacent areas.
(c) Radiation levels in each high-radiation
			 area shall be continuously monitored. Each monitoring device shall be
			 electrically independent of the accelerator control and interlock systems and
			 capable of providing a remote and local readout with visual alarms or audible
			 alarms, or both, at both the control panel and the entrance to high-radiation
			 areas, and other appropriate locations, so that people entering or present
			 become aware of the existence of the hazard.
(d) All area monitors shall be calibrated at
			 intervals not to exceed one year, and after each servicing or repair.
(e) Whenever applicable, the
			 registrant shall make periodic surveys to determine the amount of airborne
			 particulate radioactivity present in areas of airborne hazards.
(f) Whenever applicable, the registrant shall
			 make periodic smear surveys to determine the degree of contamination in target
			 and other pertinent areas.
(g) All
			 area surveys shall be made in accordance with the written procedures
			 established by a qualified expert or by the radiation safety officer of the
			 particle accelerator facility.
(h)
			 Records of all radiation protection surveys, calibration results,
			 instrumentation tests, and smear results shall be kept current and on file at
			 each accelerator facility.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-319 - Ventilation systems

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Adequate
			 ventilation shall be provided in areas where airborne radioactivity could be
			 produced.
(b) No registrant shall
			 vent, release, or otherwise discharge airborne radioactive material to an
			 uncontrolled area, except as specified in K.A.R. 28-35-214b.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-331 - Persons required to meet the requirements of this part

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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The requirements of this part apply to all persons who receive,
				possess, use, own or transfer material licensed by or registered with the
				department pursuant to part 2 or 3 of these regulations.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-332 - Posting of notices to workers

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each licensee
			 or registrant shall post current copies of the following documents:
(1) The regulations in this part and part 4;
(2) the license, or certificate of
			 registration, including any conditions on the license and any document or
			 documents incorporated into the license by reference and also any amendment to
			 the license;
(3) the operating
			 procedures applicable to work under the license or registration; and
(4) any notice of violation involving
			 radiological working conditions, any order issued pursuant to Part 1, and any
			 response from the licensee or registrant.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-333 - Instructions to workers

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each licensee
			 or registrant shall ensure that each individual who is likely to receive in a
			 year an occupational dose in excess of 100 mrem (1 mSv) is instructed as
			 follows:
(1) Is kept informed of the storage,
			 transfer, or use of radioactive material or of radiation in the restricted
			 area;
(2) is instructed in all of
			 the following subjects:
(A) Health protection
			 problems associated with exposure to radioactive material or radiation to the
			 individual and potential offspring;
(B) precautions or procedures to minimize
			 exposure; and
(C) the purposes and
			 functions of protective devices employed;
(3) is instructed in, and instructed to
			 observe, to the extent within the worker's control, the provisions of these
			 regulations and any licenses concerning the protection of personnel from
			 exposures to radiation or radioactive material;
(4) is informed of the individual's
			 responsibility to report promptly to the licensee or registrant any condition
			 that has caused or could cause any of the following:
(A) A violation of these regulations;
(B) a violation of a license or
			 registration; or
(C) unnecessary
			 exposure to radiation or radioactive material;
(5) is instructed in the appropriate response
			 to warnings made in the event of any unusual occurrence or malfunction that
			 could involve exposure to radiation or radioactive material; and
(6) is informed of the radiation exposure
			 reports that workers may request as specified in K.A.R. 28-35-334.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-334 - Reports to individuals

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28,
			 July 11, 2024
Radiation exposure data for an individual and the results of
				any measurements, analyses, and calculations of radioactive material deposited
				or retained in the body of an individual shall be reported to the individual as
				specified in this regulation.
(a) The
			 information reported shall include data and results obtained pursuant to the
			 requirements of these regulations or any order of the secretary or license
			 condition, as shown in records maintained by the licensee or registrant
			 pursuant to K.A.R. 28-35-227h. Each report shall meet the following
			 requirements:
(1) Be in writing;
(2) include appropriate identifying data,
			 including the name of the licensee or registrant, the name of the individual,
			 and the individual's identification number, preferably social security
			 number;
(3) include the
			 individual's exposure information; and
(4) contain the following statement:
"This report is furnished to you under the provisions of Kansas
				Administrative Regulation 28-35-334. You should preserve this report for
				further reference."
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-335 - Presence of representatives of licensees or registrants and workers during inspection

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each licensee
			 or registrant shall afford to the department, at all reasonable times,
			 opportunity to inspect materials, machines, activities, facilities, premises,
			 and records maintained by the licensee or registrant.
(b) During an inspection, department
			 inspectors may consult privately with workers as specified in K.A.R. 28-35-336
			 and any amendment to that rule and regulation. The licensee or registrant may
			 accompany department inspectors during other phases of an inspection.
(c) If, at the time of inspection,
			 an individual has been authorized by the workers to represent them during
			 department inspections, the licensee shall give the workers' representative an
			 opportunity to accompany the inspectors during the inspection of physical
			 working conditions.
(d) Each
			 workers' representative shall be routinely engaged in work under control of the
			 licensee or registrant and shall have received the instructions specified in
			 K.A.R. 28-35-333 and any amendment of that rule and regulation.
(e) Different representatives of licensees or
			 registrants and workers may accompany the inspectors during different phases of
			 an inspection if there is no resulting interference with the conduct of the
			 inspection. However, only one workers' representative at a time shall accompany
			 the inspectors.
(f) With the
			 approval of the licensee or registrant and the workers' representative, an
			 individual who is not routinely engaged in work under control of the licensee
			 or registrant shall be afforded the opportunity to accompany department
			 inspectors during the inspection of physical working conditions.
(g) Department inspectors may refuse to
			 permit accompaniment by an individual who deliberately interferes with a fair
			 and orderly inspection. If an area to be inspected is a restricted area, the
			 workers' representative for that area shall be an individual previously
			 authorized by the licensee or registrant to enter that area.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-336 - Consultation with workers during inspections

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Department
			 inspectors may consult privately with workers concerning matters of
			 occupational radiation protection and other matters related to the provisions
			 of these regulations or any condition of a license, to the extent the
			 inspectors deem necessary for the conduct of an effective and thorough
			 inspection.
(b) During the course
			 of an inspection, any worker may bring privately to the attention of the
			 inspectors, either orally or in writing, any past or present condition which
			 that worker has reason to believe may have contributed to or caused any
			 violation of the act, these regulations, or any license condition, or any
			 unnecessary exposure of an individual to radiation from licensed radioactive
			 material or a registered radiation machine under the licensee's or registrant's
			 control. Any such notice in writing shall state clearly the condition
			 complained of and be signed by the worker.
(c) The provisions of 28-35-336 subsection
			 (b) shall not be interpreted as authorizing disregard of instructions given
			 pursuant to K.A.R. 28-35-333 and any amendments of that rule and regulation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-337 - Requests by workers for inspections

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Any worker or
			 representative of workers who believes that a violation of the act, these
			 regulations or a license conditions exists or has occurred in work under a
			 license or registration with regard to radiological working conditions in which
			 the worker is engaged may request an inspection by giving notice of the alleged
			 violation to the department. Any such notice shall be in writing, shall set
			 forth the specific grounds for the notice, and shall be signed by the worker or
			 representative of the workers. A copy shall be provided to the licensee or
			 registrant by the department no later than at the time of inspection except
			 that, upon the request of the worker giving the notice, the worker's name and
			 the name of individuals referred to shall not appear in the copy or on any
			 record published, released, or made available by the department, except for
			 good cause shown.
(b) If, upon
			 receipt of the notice, the department determines that the complaint meets the
			 requirements of subsection (a), and that there are reasonable grounds to
			 believe that the alleged violation exists or has occurred, an inspection shall
			 be made as soon as practicable, to determine if the alleged violation exists or
			 has occurred. Inspections pursuant to this section need not be limited to
			 matters referred to in the complaint.
(c) No licensee or registrant shall discharge
			 or in any manner discriminate against any worker because the worker has filed
			 any complaint, or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under
			 these regulations, or has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding,
			 or because of the exercise by the worker on behalf of the worker or others of
			 any option afforded by this part.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-338 - Inspections not warranted; informal review

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) If the
			 department determines, with respect to a complaint filed under K.A.R.
			 28-35-337, and any amendments to that rule and regulation that an inspection is
			 not warranted because there are no reasonable grounds to believe that a
			 violation exists or has occurred, the department shall notify the complainant
			 in writing of that determination. The complainant may obtain a review of the
			 determination by submitting a written statement of position to the secretary,
			 who will provide the licensee or registrant with a copy of the statement by
			 certified mail, excluding, at the request of the complainant, the name of the
			 complainant. The licensee or registrant may submit an opposing written
			 statement of position to the secretary, who will provide the complainant with a
			 copy of that statement by certified mail. Upon the request of the complainant,
			 the secretary or the secretary's designee may hold an informal conference in
			 which the complainant and the licensee or registrant may orally present their
			 views. An informal conference may also be held at the request of the licensee
			 or registrant, but disclosure of the identity of the complainant shall be made
			 only following receipt of written authorization from the complainant. After
			 considering all written or oral views presented, the secretary shall affirm,
			 modify, or reverse the determination of the department and furnish the
			 complainant and the licensee or registrant a written notification of the
			 decision and the reason for the decision.
(b) If the secretary determines that an
			 inspection is not warranted because the requirements of K.A.R. 28-35-337(a)
			 have not been met, the secretary shall notify the complainant in writing of the
			 determination. That determination shall be without prejudice to the filing of a
			 new complaint meeting the requirements of K.A.R. 28-35-337(a).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-341 - Persons to whom these regulations apply

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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The regulations in this part shall apply to each licensee or
				registrant who uses any source of radiation for wireline service operations,
				including mineral logging, radioactive markers, or subsurface tracer studies.
				The requirements of this part shall be in addition to, and not in substitution
				for, the requirements of Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10 of these regulations.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-342 - Preoperational and use requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Preoperational
			 agreements. A licensee shall not perform any wireline service operation with a
			 sealed source or source unless, before commencement of the operation, the
			 licensee has a written agreement with the well operator, well owner, drilling
			 contractor, or land owner stating the following:
(1) If a sealed source is lodged downhole, a
			 reasonable effort at recovery will be made.
(2) No person will attempt to recover a
			 sealed source in a manner that, in the licensee's opinion, could result in a
			 rupture of the sealed source.
(3)
			 If a decision is made to abandon the sealed source downhole, the requirements
			 of K.A.R. 28-35-362 (c) will be met.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-343 - Storage precautions

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			 July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 source of radiation, except accelerators, shall be provided with a storage
			 container and, if transported, a transport container. The same container may be
			 used in both cases if the container meets the requirements for each use. The
			 container shall be provided with a lock to prevent unauthorized removal of, or
			 exposure to, the source of radiation.
(b) Each source of radiation shall be stored
			 in a manner that minimizes danger from explosion or fire.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-344 - Transport precautions

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			 July 11, 2024
Each licensee shall lock and physically secure each transport
				package containing licensed material in the transporting vehicle to prevent
				accidental loss, tampering, or unauthorized removal of the licensed material
				from the vehicle.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-345 - Radiation survey instruments

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each licensee
			 or registrant shall maintain a sufficient supply of calibrated and operable
			 radiation survey instruments capable of detecting beta and gamma radiation at
			 each field station and temporary job site to make any physical radiation survey
			 required by this part and part 4 of these regulations. Instrumentation shall be
			 capable of measuring a range of 0.1 milliroentgens through at least 50
			 milliroentgens per hour.
(b) Each
			 licensee shall have available additional calibrated and operable
			 radiation-detection instruments sensitive enough to detect the low radiation
			 and contamination levels that could be encountered if a sealed source ruptures.
			 Any licensee may own the instruments or may have a procedure to obtain them
			 from a second party when needed.
(c) Within the previous six months and after
			 each servicing or repair, each radiation survey instrument used shall be
			 calibrated as follows:
(1) At energies and
			 radiation levels appropriate for use;
(2) with a demonstrated accuracy of within
			 plus or minus 20 percent of the true radiation level on each scale; and
(3)
(A) At two points located approximately
			 one-third and two-thirds of full scale on each scale if it is a linear
			 instrument;
(B) at midrange of
			 each decade, and at two points of at least one decade if it is a logarithmic
			 scale instrument; and
(C) at
			 appropriate points if it is a digital instrument.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-347 - In-person inventory

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28,
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Each licensee or registrant shall conduct an in-person
				inventory to account for all sources of radiation once every six months. A
				record of each inventory shall be maintained for two years from the date of the
				inventory for inspection by the department and shall include the quantities and
				kinds of sources of radiation, the location where sources of radiation are
				assigned, the date of the inventory, and the name of the individual conducting
				the inventory.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-348 - Utilization records

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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Each licensee or registrant shall maintain current utilization
				records, which shall be kept available for inspection by the department for two
				years from the date of the recorded event, showing the following information
				for each source of radiation:
(a)
			 make, model number, and a serial number or a description of each source of
			 radiation used;
(b) the identity
			 of the well-logging supervisor or field unit to whom assigned;
(c) each location where used and each date of
			 use; and
(d) the radionuclide and
			 activity used in a particular well, when dealing with tracer materials and
			 radioactive markers.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-349 - Design, performance, and certification criteria for sealed sources used in downhole operations

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each sealed
			 source that is used in downhole operations and manufactured after May 1, 1991
			 shall be certified by the manufacturer or other testing organization to meet
			 the following minimum criteria.
(1) Each
			 source shall be doubly encapsulated.
(2) Each source shall contain radioactive
			 material with a chemical and physical form that is as insoluble and
			 nondispersive as practical.
(3)
			 Each source's prototype shall have been tested and found to maintain its
			 integrity after each of the following tests:
(A) Temperature. The test source shall be
			 held at -40° C for 20 minutes and at 600° C for one hour. Then the test
			 source be subjected to a thermal shock test with a temperature drop from
			 600° C to 20° C within 15 seconds.
(B) Impact test. A five-kg steel hammer with
			 a diameter of 2.5 cm shall be dropped from a height of one meter onto the test
			 source.
(C) Vibration test. The
			 test source shall be subject to a vibration from 25 Hz to 500 Hz at five g
			 (gravitational acceleration) amplitude for 30 minutes.
(D) Puncture test. A one-gram hammer with a
			 pin having a diameter of 0.3 cm shall be dropped from a height of one meter
			 onto the test source.
(E) Pressure
			 test. The test source shall be subjected to an external pressure of 24,600
			 pounds per square inch absolute (1.695 x 107 pascal).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-350 - Labeling

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each source,
			 source holder, and logging tool containing radioactive material shall bear a
			 durable, legible, and clearly visible marking or label that has, at a minimum,
			 the standard radiation caution symbol, without the conventional color
			 requirement, and the following wording:
DANGER (or CAUTION) RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
This labeling shall be on the smallest component transported as
				a separate piece of equipment.
(b) Each storage container that is
			 transported shall have securely attached to the container a durable, legible,
			 and clearly visible label that has, at a minimum, the standard radiation
			 caution symbol and the following wording:
DANGER (or CAUTION) RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
NOTIFY CIVIL AUTHORITIES
(or NAME OF COMPANY)
(c) No licensee may transport licensed
			 material unless the material is packaged, labeled, marked, and accompanied by
			 appropriate shipping papers in accordance with these regulations.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-351 - Repair, opening, or modification

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(a) Each licensee
			 shall visually check for defects all source holders, logging tools, sinker
			 bars, injection tools, source handling tools, storage containers, transport
			 containers, and uranium sinker bars before each use to ensure that the
			 equipment is in good working condition and that the required labeling is
			 present. If any defects are found, the equipment shall be removed from service
			 until repaired, and a record shall be made listing the following:
(1) The date of inspection;
(2) the name of the inspector;
(3) the type of equipment involved;
(4) the defects found; and
(5) the repairs made.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-352 - Training requirements

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(a) A licensee or
			 registrant shall not permit any individual to act as a logging supervisor as
			 defined in this part until that individual meets the following requirements:
(1) Has received, in a course recognized by
			 the department, the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission, an agreement state, or
			 a licensing state, instruction in each subject outlined in K.A.R. 28-35-363 and
			 has demonstrated an understanding of the course material and of this subsection
			 by successfully completing a written or oral test;
(2)
(A) has
			 received copies of and received instruction in the regulations contained in
			 this part and the applicable regulations in parts 1, 4, and 10 of these
			 regulations, the conditions of the appropriate license or certificate of
			 registration, and the licensee's or registrant's operating and emergency
			 procedures; and
(B) has
			 demonstrated an understanding of these materials; and
(3) has demonstrated competence to use
			 sources of radiation, related handling tools, and radiation survey instruments
			 that will be used on the job.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-353 - Operating and emergency procedures

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Each licensee shall develop and follow written operating and
				emergency procedures that cover the following:
(a) The handling and use of licensed
			 materials, including the use of sealed sources in wells without surface casing
			 for protecting freshwater aquifers, if appropriate;
(b) the use of remote handling tools for
			 handling sealed sources and radioactive tracer material, except low-activity
			 calibration sources;
(c) the
			 methods and occasions for conducting radiation surveys, including surveys for
			 detecting contamination;
(d) the
			 ways to minimize personnel exposure, including exposures from inhalation and
			 ingestion of licensed tracer materials;
(e) the methods and occasions for locking and
			 securing stored licensed materials;
(f) personnel monitoring and the use of
			 personnel-monitoring equipment;
(g) the transportation of licensed materials
			 to field stations or temporary job sites, packaging of licensed materials for
			 transport in vehicles, placarding of vehicles when needed, and physically
			 securing licensed materials in transport vehicles during transportation to
			 prevent accidental loss, tampering, or unauthorized removal;
(h) the procedures for picking up, receiving,
			 and opening packages containing licensed materials;
(i) the use of tracers;
(j) decontamination of the environment,
			 equipment, and personnel;
(k) the
			 maintenance of records generated by logging personnel at temporary job sites;
(l) the inspection and maintenance
			 of sealed sources, source holders, logging tools, injection tools, source
			 handling tools, storage containers, transport containers, and uranium sinker
			 bars;
(m) the actions to be taken
			 if a sealed source is lodged in a well;
(n) the means of notifying the proper persons
			 if an accident occurs; and
(o) the
			 actions to be taken if a sealed source is ruptured, including actions to
			 prevent the spread of contamination and minimize the inhalation and ingestion
			 of licensed materials and actions to obtain appropriate radiation survey
			 instruments as required by K.A.R. 28-35-345.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-354 - Personnel monitoring

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(a) The licensee or
			 registrant shall not permit any individual to act as a logging supervisor or to
			 assist in the handling of sources of radiation unless each individual wears a
			 personnel-monitoring device as specified in K.A.R. 28-35-217a. Each PMD shall
			 be assigned to and worn by only one individual. Film badges shall be replaced
			 at least monthly, and other personnel-monitoring devices shall be replaced at
			 least quarterly. After replacement, each film badge or PMD shall be promptly
			 processed.
(b) Each licensee shall
			 provide bioassay services to individuals using licensed materials in subsurface
			 tracer studies if required by the license.
(c) Personnel monitoring and bioassay results
			 records shall be maintained for inspection until the secretary authorizes the
			 disposition of these records.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-355 - Security

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(a) During each
			 logging or tracer application, except when radiation sources are below ground
			 or in shipping or storage containers, the logging supervisor or other
			 designated employee shall maintain direct surveillance of the operation to
			 protect against unauthorized or unnecessary entry into a controlled area.
(b) A logging supervisor shall be
			 physically present at a temporary job site whenever licensed materials either
			 are being handled or are not stored and locked in a vehicle or storage place.
			 The logging supervisor may leave the job site in order to obtain assistance if
			 a source becomes lodged in a well.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-357 - Subsurface tracer studies

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(a) Protective
			 gloves and other appropriate protective clothing and equipment shall be used by
			 all personnel when handling radioactive tracer material. Precautions shall be
			 taken to avoid ingestion or inhalation of radioactive material and to avoid
			 contamination of field stations and temporary job sites.
(b) A licensee shall not intentionally cause
			 the injection of radioactive material into freshwater aquifers.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-358 - Particle accelerators

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A licensee or registrant shall not permit above-ground testing
				of any particle accelerator, designed for use in well logging which results in
				the production of radiation, except in areas or facilities controlled or
				shielded so that the requirements of
				K.A.R.
				28-35-212a and
				28-35-214a of these regulations,
				as applicable, are met.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-359 - Radiation surveys

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(a) Each licensee
			 shall make a radiation survey or calculation and record for each area where
			 radioactive materials are stored.
(b) Each licensee shall make a radiation
			 survey or calculation and record for the radiation levels in occupied positions
			 and on the exterior of each vehicle used to transport radioactive material. The
			 survey or calculation shall include each source of radiation or combination of
			 sources to be transported in the vehicle.
(c) After removal of the sealed source from
			 the logging tool and before departing the job site, the logging tool detector
			 shall be energized, or a survey meter used, to ensure that the logging tool is
			 free of contamination.
(d) If the
			 licensee has reason to believe that, as a result of any operation involving a
			 sealed source, the encapsulation of the sealed source could be damaged by the
			 operation, the licensee shall conduct radiation surveys, including a
			 contamination survey, during and after the operation.
(e) The licensee shall make a radiation
			 survey at the temporary job site before and after each subsurface tracer study
			 to confirm the absence of contamination.
(f) Each licensee shall make a radiation
			 survey and record at the job site or wellhead for each tracer operation, except
			 those using hydrogen-3, carbon-14, and sulfur-35. The survey shall include
			 measurements of radiation levels before and after the operation.
(g) Each record required by subsections (a)
			 through (f) of this regulation shall include the dates, the identification of
			 the individual or individuals making the survey, the identification of the
			 survey instrument or instruments used, and an exact description of the location
			 of the survey. The record of each licensee's survey shall be maintained for
			 inspection by the department for three years after completion of the survey.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-359a - Radioactive contamination control

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(a) If the licensee
			 detects any evidence that a sealed source has ruptured or that licensed
			 materials have caused any contamination, the licensee shall immediately
			 initiate the emergency procedures required by this part.
(b) If contamination results from the use of
			 licensed materials in well logging, the licensee shall decontaminate all work
			 areas, equipment, and unrestricted areas.
(c) During all efforts to recover a sealed
			 source lodged in a well, the licensee shall continuously monitor, with an
			 appropriate radiation-detection instrument or a logging tool with a radiation
			 detector, the circulating fluids from the well, if any, to check for
			 contamination resulting from damage to the sealed source.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-360 - Documents and records required to be maintained at field stations

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Each licensee or registrant shall maintain, for inspection by
				the department, the following documents and records for the specific devices
				and sources assigned to the field station:
(a) The appropriate license, certificate of
			 registration, or equivalent document;
(b) operating and emergency procedures;
(c) applicable regulations;
(d) records of the latest survey
			 instrument calibrations conducted according to K.A.R. 28-35-345;
(e) records of the latest leak test results
			 conducted according to K.A.R. 28-35-348;
(f) quarterly physical inventories required
			 by K.A.R. 28-35-359;
(g)
			 utilization records required by K.A.R. 28-35-348;
(h) survey records required by K.A.R.
			 28-35-349;
(i) records of
			 inspection and maintenance required by K.A.R. 28-35-351; and
(j) training records required by K.A.R.
			 28-35-352.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-361 - Documents and records required at temporary jobsites

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Each licensee or registrant conducting operations at a
				temporary jobsite shall have the following documents and records available at
				that site for inspection by the department:
(a) operating and emergency procedures;
(b) survey records required
			 pursuant to K.A.R. 28-35-359 for the period of operation at the site;
(c) evidence of current
			 calibration for each radiation survey instrument in use at the site;
(d) when operating in the state under a
			 reciprocity agreement, a copy of the appropriate license, certificate of
			 registration, or equivalent documentation; and
(e) shipping papers for the transportation of
			 radioactive material.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-362 - Notification of incidents, abandonment, and lost sources

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(a) Each licensee shall notify the department
			 of any incidents and any sources lost in other than downhole logging operations
			 in accordance with
			 K.A.R.28-35-184b,
			 28-35-228a,
			 28-35-229a
			 and
			 28-35-230a.
(b) Whenever a sealed source or device
			 containing radioactive material is lodged downhole, the licensee shall monitor
			 at the surface for the presence of radioactive contamination with a radiation
			 survey instrument or logging tool during logging tool recovery
			 operations.
(c) If the licensee
			 knows or has reason to believe that a sealed source has been ruptured, the
			 licensee shall notify the department immediately by telephone and subsequently,
			 within 30 days, by confirmatory written report. This written report shall
			 identify the well or other location, describe the magnitude and extent of the
			 escape of radioactive material, assess the consequences of the rupture, and
			 explain efforts planned or being taken to mitigate these
			 consequences.
(d) If it becomes
			 apparent that efforts to recover the radioactive source will not be successful,
			 the licensee shall meet the following requirements:
(1) The licensee shall advise the well
			 operator of the following requirements regarding the method of abandonment:
(A) The well operator shall immobilize and
			 seal the radioactive source in place with a cement plug.
(B) The well operator shall set in place a
			 whipstock or other deflection device.
(C) The well operator shall mount a permanent
			 identification plaque at the surface of the well, containing the appropriate
			 information required by this regulation.