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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for X-Ray Industrial Radiography › Section 459.733 - Safety requirements at temporary job sites, rooms or buildings

Current through June 11, 2024
A licensee
				  or registrant who is responsible for providing X-ray industrial radiography at
				  a temporary job site or in a room or building that does not meet the
				  requirements of NAC 459.335 shall ensure that the temporary job site, room or
				  building is under constant surveillance and immediate action is taken by the
				  person conducting the surveillance to prevent unauthorized entry into an area
				  with high radiation.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 1-21-94; A by Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01,
				  5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Use of Sealed Source for Industrial Radiography › Section 459.738 - Compliance with certain provisions of Code of Federal Regulations regarding program for inspecting and maintaining transport containers

Current through June 11, 2024
A program
				  for inspecting and maintaining transport containers that complies with the
				  provisions of
				  10
				  CFR §
										34.31(b), as
				  those provisions existed on January 1, 2001, shall be deemed to comply with the
				  applicable provisions of Part 71 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
				  Regulations, as those provisions existed on January 1, 2001.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Human
				  Resources by R137-01, eff. 5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 459.740 - Purpose; additional requirements

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. The provisions
				  of NAC 459.740 to 459.752, inclusive, establish procedures for the registration
				  and the use of particle accelerators.
2. In addition to the requirements of NAC
				  459.740 to 459.752, inclusive, all registrants are subject to the requirements
				  of NAC 459.010 to 459.166, inclusive, 459.320 to 459.374, inclusive, and
				  459.780 to 459.794, inclusive. Registrants engaged in X-ray industrial
				  radiographic operations are subject to the requirements of NAC 459.680 to
				  459.733, inclusive, and registrants engaged in the healing arts are subject to
				  the requirements of NAC 459.400 to 459.624, inclusive. Registrants engaged in
				  the production of radioactive material are subject to the requirements of NAC
				  459.180 to 459.313, inclusive.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. §§ 9.1-9.1.2, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 1-18-94; R084-98, 1-26-99; A by
				  Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01, 5-30-2003; A by Bd. of Health by R149-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 459.742 - Requirements for registration

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. No person may
				  receive, possess, use, transfer, own or acquire a particle accelerator except
				  as authorized in a registration issued pursuant to NAC
				  459.010 to
				  459.950, inclusive, and sections
				  4 to 28, inclusive,, or as otherwise provided for in those sections. The
				  general procedures for registration of particle accelerator facilities are
				  included in NAC
				  459.150 to
				  459.166, inclusive.
				  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, a person must apply for a
				  license to possess radioactive materials before receiving, possessing, using,
				  transferring, owning or acquiring a particle accelerator whose particle beam
				  energies have the potential for exceeding 9 MeV.
2. In addition to the requirements of NAC
				  459.150 to
				  459.166, inclusive, a
				  registration application for use of a particle accelerator may be approved only
				  if the Division determines that:
(a) The
				  applicant is qualified by reason of training and experience to use the
				  accelerator in question for the purpose requested in accordance with NAC
				  459.320 to
				  459.374, inclusive,
				  459.740 to
				  459.752, inclusive, and
				  459.780 to
				  459.794, inclusive, in such a
				  manner as to minimize danger to public health and safety or property;
(b) The applicant's proposed or existing
				  equipment, facilities, operating and emergency procedures are adequate to
				  protect health and minimize danger to public health and safety or
				  property;
(c) 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 subsection
				  3;
(d) The applicant or the
				  applicant's staff has substantial experience in the use of particle
				  accelerators and training sufficient for application to its intended
				  uses;
(e) The applicant has
				  established a radiation safety committee to approve, in advance, proposals for
				  uses of the particle accelerator, whenever deemed necessary by the Division;
				  and
(f) The applicant has an
				  adequate training program for operators of the particle accelerator.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 459.744 - Safety requirements: Generally; operation

Current through
				  June 11, 2024
1. NAC
				  459.740 to
				  459.752, inclusive, establish
				  radiation safety requirements for the use of particle accelerators. These
				  provisions are in addition to, and not in substitution for, other applicable
				  provisions of NAC
				  459.010 to
				  459.794, inclusive, and sections
				  4 to 28, inclusive,.
2. The
				  registrant is responsible for ensuring that all requirements of NAC
				  459.740 to
				  459.752, inclusive, are
				  met.
3. No registrant may permit
				  any person to act as an operator of a particle accelerator until the person:
(a) Has been instructed in radiation safety
				  and has demonstrated an understanding of it;
(b) Has received a copy of, and instruction
				  in the requirements of, NAC
				  459.740 to
				  459.752, inclusive, and the
				  applicable provisions of NAC
				  459.320 to
				  459.374, inclusive, and
				  459.780 to
				  459.794, inclusive, pertinent
				  registration conditions and the registrant's operating and emergency procedures
				  and has demonstrated an understanding of that material; and
(c) Has demonstrated competence to use the
				  particle accelerator, related equipment and survey instruments which will be
				  employed in his or her assignment.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 459.746 - Safety requirements: Expert assistance; shielding; controls; interlock systems

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. A qualified
				  expert, specifically accepted by the Division, must 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 installation of a particle
				  accelerator must be provided with such primary and secondary barriers as are
				  necessary for compliance with NAC
				  459.325 and
				  459.335.
3. Instrumentation, readouts and controls on
				  the particle accelerator control console or any other assembly approved by the
				  Division must be clearly identified and easily discernible.
4. All entrances into a target room or other
				  area of high radiation must be provided with interlocks that shut down the
				  machine when any entrance is penetrated.
5. After an interlock system has been
				  tripped, it must be possible to resume operation of the accelerator only by
				  manually resetting controls first at the position where the interlock has been
				  tripped and last at the main control console or any other assembly approved by
				  the Division.
6. Each safety
				  interlock must be on a circuit which allows its operation independently of all
				  other safety interlocks.
7. All
				  safety interlocks must be fail safe, that is, designed so that any defect or
				  component failure in the interlock system prevents operation of the
				  accelerator.
8. A scram button or
				  other emergency power cutoff switch must be located and easily identifiable in
				  all designated areas of high radiation. Such a cutoff switch must include a
				  manual reset so that the accelerator cannot be restarted from the accelerator
				  control console or any other assembly approved by the Division without
				  resetting the cutoff switch.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. §§9.3.3-9.3.4.6, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 1-18-94; A by
				  R021-18A,
				  eff. 12/18/2019
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 459.748 - Safety requirements: Warning devices; operating procedures

Current through June 11, 2024
1. All locations designated as areas of high
				  radiation and all entrances to those locations must be equipped with easily
				  observable flashing or rotating warning lights that operate when, but only
				  when, radiation is being produced.
2. Except in facilities designed for human
				  exposure, each area of high radiation must have an audible warning device which
				  is activated for 15 seconds before the creation of high radiation within the
				  area. The warning devices must be clearly audible in all high radiation areas
				  and all radiation areas.
3.
				  Entrances and pathways leading to high radiation areas must be identified in
				  accordance with NAC
				  459.355.
4. Particle accelerators, when not in
				  operation, must be secured to prevent unauthorized use.
5. The safety interlock system must not be
				  used to turn off the accelerator beam except in an emergency.
6. All safety and warning devices, including
				  interlocks, must be checked for proper operability at intervals of not more
				  than 3 months. Results of the checks must be maintained at the accelerator
				  facility for inspection by the Division.
7. Diagrams of the electrical circuit of the
				  accelerator and associated interlock systems must be kept current and
				  maintained for inspection by the Division and must be available to the operator
				  at each accelerator facility.
8. If
				  it is necessary to bypass a safety interlock or interlocks intentionally, the
				  bypass must be:
(a) Authorized by the
				  radiation safety committee or radiation safety officer;
(b) Recorded in a permanent log and a notice
				  posted at the accelerator control console or any other assembly approved by the
				  Division; and
(c) Terminated as
				  soon as possible.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 459.750 - Safety requirements: Monitoring

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. There must be
				  available at each particle accelerator facility appropriate portable monitoring
				  equipment which is operable and calibrated for the appropriate radiations being
				  produced at the facility. This equipment must be tested for proper operation
				  daily and calibrated at intervals of not more than 1 year and after each
				  servicing and repair.
2. A
				  radiation protection survey must be performed and documented by a qualified
				  expert specifically approved by the Division when changes have been made in
				  shielding, operation, equipment or occupancy of adjacent areas.
3. Radiation levels in all high radiation
				  areas must be continuously monitored. The monitoring devices must be
				  electrically independent of the accelerator control and interlock systems and
				  capable of providing a remote and local readout with visual or audible alarms,
				  or both, at the control panel, at the entrance to high radiation areas and at
				  other appropriate locations so that persons entering or present become aware of
				  the existence of the hazard.
4. All
				  area monitors must be calibrated at intervals of not more than 1 year and after
				  each servicing and repair.
5.
				  Whenever applicable, periodic surveys must be made to determine the amount of
				  airborne particulate radioactivity present in areas of airborne
				  hazards.
6. Whenever applicable,
				  periodic smear surveys must be made to determine the degree of contamination in
				  target and other pertinent areas.
7. All area surveys must be made in
				  accordance with the written procedures established by a qualified expert or the
				  radiation safety officer of the particle accelerator facility.
8. Records of all radiation protection
				  surveys, calibration results, instrumentation tests and smear results must be
				  kept current and on file at each accelerator facility.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. §§ 9.3.7-9.3.7.8, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 459.752 - Safety requirements: Ventilation systems

Current through June
				  11, 2024
1. A means must
				  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 the limits specified in Table I of Appendix B.
2. A registrant, as required by NAC 459.3355,
				  shall not vent, release or otherwise discharge airborne radioactive material to
				  an unrestricted area in excess of the limits specified in Table II of appendix
				  B, except as authorized pursuant to NAC 459.3355. For the purposes of NAC
				  459.740 to 459.752, inclusive, concentrations may be averaged over a period not
				  greater than 1 year. Every reasonable effort must be made to maintain releases
				  of radioactive material to uncontrolled areas as far below these limits as is
				  reasonably achievable.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. §§ 9.3.8-9.3.8.2, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				  1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.756 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in
				  NAC 459.756 to 459.7745, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the
				  words and terms defined in NAC 459.757 to 459.763, inclusive, have the meanings
				  ascribed to them in those sections.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.757 - "Field station" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Field station" means a facility where
				  radioactive material may be stored or used and from which equipment is
				  dispatched to temporary jobsites.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7575 - "Fresh water aquifer" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Fresh water aquifer" means a geologic
				  formation that is capable of yielding fresh water to a well or spring.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.758 - "Injection tool" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Injection tool" means a device used for
				  controlled subsurface injection of radioactive tracer material.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7585 - "Irretrievable well logging source" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Irretrievable well logging source" means any
				  sealed source containing radioactive material that is pulled off or not
				  connected to the wireline that suspends the source in the well and for which
				  all reasonable effort at recovery has been expended.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.759 - "Logging assistant" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Logging assistant" means any person who, under
				  the personal supervision of a logging supervisor, handles sealed sources or
				  tracers that are not in logging tools or shipping containers or who performs
				  surveys required by NAC 459.7725.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7595 - "Logging supervisor" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Logging supervisor" means any person who uses
				  radioactive material or provides personal supervision in the use of radioactive
				  material at a temporary job site and who is responsible to the licensee for
				  assuring compliance with the requirements of the Division's regulations and the
				  conditions of the license.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7598 - "Logging tool" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Logging tool" means a device used below the
				  surface to perform well logging.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7605 - "Personal supervision" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Personal supervision" means guidance and
				  instruction by a logging supervisor who:
1. Is physically present at a temporary job
				  site;
2. Is in personal contact
				  with logging assistants; and
3. Can
				  give immediate assistance.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.761 - "Radioactive marker" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Radioactive marker" means material used for
				  depth determination or direction orientation. The term includes radioactive
				  collar markers and radioactive iron nails.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7615 - "Safety review" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Safety review" means a periodic review
				  provided by the licensee for its employees on radiation safety as it relates to
				  well logging. The review may include, as appropriate:
1. The results of internal
				  inspections;
2. New procedures or
				  equipment;
3. Accidents or errors
				  that have been observed; and
4.
				  Safety questions of employees.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7621 - "Source holder" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Source holder" means a housing or assembly
				  into which a sealed source is placed to facilitate the handling and use of the
				  source in well logging.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7625 - "Subsurface tracer study" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Subsurface tracer study" means the release of
				  unsealed radioactive material or a substance labeled with radioactive material
				  in a single well for the purpose of tracing the movement or position of the
				  material or substance in the well or adjacent formation.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.763 - "Surface casing" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Surface casing" means a pipe or tube used as a
				  lining in a well to isolate fresh water aquifers from the well.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7635 - Purpose and applicability

Current through June 11,
				  2024
The provisions of NAC 459.756 to 459.7745,
				  inclusive:
1. Establish radiation
				  safety requirements for persons using sources of radiation for well logging
				  which are in addition to and not in substitution for other applicable
				  requirements of NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive;
2. Apply to all licensees or registrants who
				  use sources of radiation for well logging; and
3. Apply to both radiation machines and
				  radioactive materials unless the context otherwise requires.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88; A by R084-98, 1-26-99; R149-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7641 - Approval of operation required; submission of information to Division

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person shall not perform a well logging
				  operation without :
(a) A general license
				  granted pursuant to NAC
				  459.210 and prior approval of the
				  Division; or
(b) A specific license
				  issued by the Division which authorizes the well logging operation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7645 - Agreement with owner or operator of well

Current through June
				  11, 2024
1. A licensee
				  shall not perform well logging with a sealed source before entering into a
				  written agreement with the owner or operator of the well who is employing the
				  licensee.
2. The written agreement
				  required by subsection 1 must identify the person who will assure that:
(a) If a sealed source becomes lodged in the
				  well, a reasonable effort will be made to recover it;
(b) A person will not attempt to recover a
				  sealed source in a manner which, in the licensee's opinion, could result in its
				  rupture;
(c) The radiation
				  monitoring required in NAC 459.773 will be performed;
(d) If the environment or any personnel are
				  contaminated with radioactive material, they will be decontaminated;
(e) If any equipment is contaminated with
				  radioactive material it will be decontaminated before it is released from the
				  job site or released for unrestricted use at the job site; and
(f) If a sealed source is classified as
				  irretrievable after reasonable efforts at recovery have been expended, the
				  following requirements will be carried out within 30 days:
(1) Each irretrievable well logging source
				  must be immobilized and sealed in place with a cement plug;
(2) A mechanical device to prevent
				  inadvertent intrusion on the irretrievable well logging source must be set at
				  some point in the well above the cement plug, unless the cement plug and source
				  are not accessible to any subsequent drilling operations; and
(3) A permanent identification plaque,
				  constructed of long lasting material such as stainless steel, brass, bronze or
				  monel, must be mounted at the surface of the well. The size of the plaque must
				  be at least 7 inches square and 1/8-inch thick and contain:
(I) The word "CAUTION";
(II) The radiation caution symbol, but the
				  color requirement in NAC 459.355 need not be met;
(III) The date on which the irretrievable
				  source was abandoned;
(IV) The name
				  of the well owner or well operator, as appropriate;
(V) The name of the well and the well
				  identification number or other designation;
(VI) An identification of the sealed source
				  by radionuclide and quantity;
(VII)
				  The depth of the sealed source and depth to the top of the plug; and
(VIII) An appropriate warning such as "DO NOT
				  RE-ENTER THIS WELL."
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.765 - Labeling of components and containers; transportation of radioactive material

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. A licensee may
				  not use a source, a source holder or a logging tool that contains radioactive
				  material unless the smallest component that is transported as a separate piece
				  of equipment with radioactive material inside bears a durable, legible and
				  clearly visible marking or label. The marking or label must contain the
				  radiation caution symbol specified in NAC 459.355 without the conventional
				  color requirements, and the wording "CAUTION (or DANGER) RADIOACTIVE
				  MATERIAL."
2. A licensee may not
				  use a container to store radioactive material unless the container has securely
				  attached to it a durable, legible and clearly visible label. The label must
				  contain the radiation caution symbol specified in NAC 459.355 and the wording
				  "CAUTION. (or DANGER.) RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. NOTIFY CIVIL AUTHORITIES (or NAME
				  OF COMPANY) IF FOUND."
3. A
				  licensee may not transport radioactive material unless the material is
				  packaged, labeled, marked and accompanied with appropriate shipping papers in
				  accordance with regulations of the United States Department of
				  Transportation.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88; A 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7655 - Storage of radioactive material; securing packages for transportation

Current through June 11, 2024
A licensee
				  shall:
1. Store each source containing
				  radioactive material in a storage container or transportation package. The
				  container or package must be locked and physically secured to prevent tampering
				  or removal of radioactive material from storage by unauthorized
				  persons.
2. Store radioactive
				  material in a manner which will minimize danger from explosion or
				  fire.
3. Lock and physically secure
				  a transport package containing radioactive material in the transporting vehicle
				  to prevent accidental loss, tampering or unauthorized removal of the
				  radioactive material from the vehicle.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7661 - Availability and calibration of instruments to survey and detect radiation

Current through June 11, 2024
A licensee
				  shall:
1. Keep a calibrated and
				  operable radiation survey instrument capable of detecting beta and gamma
				  radiation at each field station and temporary job site to make the radiation
				  surveys required by NAC 459.337 and 459.7725. The radiation survey instrument
				  must be capable of measuring as little as 0.1 milliroentgen per hour and as
				  much as 50 milliroentgens per hour.
2. 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
				  ruptured.
3. Have each radiation
				  survey instrument required under subsection 1 calibrated:
(a) At intervals not to exceed 6 months;
				  and
(b) In accordance with
				  subsection 2 of NAC 459.712.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7665 - Inspection and maintenance of equipment; restrictions on handling sealed sources

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. Each licensee
				  shall visually inspect source holders, logging tools and source handling tools
				  for defects before each use to ensure that the equipment is in good working
				  condition and that the required labeling is present.
2. If defects in equipment are found during
				  the inspection required by subsection 1, the equipment must be removed from
				  service until repaired and a record must be made listing:
(a) The date of inspection;
(b) The name of the licensee who performed
				  the inspection;
(c) The equipment
				  involved;
(d) The defects found;
				  and
(e) The repairs made.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.767 - Testing sealed sources for leakage

Current through June 11,
				  2024
A licensee shall test, as provided in NAC
				  459.307, each sealed source for leakage of radioactive material, at intervals
				  not to exceed 6 months.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7675 - Semiannual inventories of radioactive material

Current through
				  June 11, 2024
1. Each
				  licensee shall conduct a semiannual physical inventory to account for all
				  radioactive material received and possessed under his or her license. The
				  licensee must retain records of the physical inventory for 3 years after the
				  date of the inventory for inspection by the Division.
2. The physical inventory required by
				  subsection 1 must indicate:
(a) The quantity
				  and kind of radioactive material;
(b) The location of the radioactive
				  material;
(c) The date of the
				  inventory; and
(d) The name of the
				  person conducting the inventory.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7681 - Records of sources of radiation used

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. Each licensee or
				  registrant shall maintain records of each use of a source of radiation in well
				  logging, which must include:
(a) The make,
				  model and number of sources of radiation used and a serial number or a
				  description of each source of radiation;
(b) The name of the logging supervisor who is
				  responsible for the safe use of sources of radiation;
(c) The names of logging assistants present;
				  and
(d) The location and date of
				  use of the sources of radiation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7685 - Criteria for design and performance of sealed sources

Current
				  through June 11, 2024
1.
				  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a licensee shall not use a sealed
				  source in well logging unless the sealed source:
(a) Is doubly encapsulated;
(b) Contains radioactive material whose
				  chemical and physical forms are as insoluble and nondispersible as practical;
				  and
(c) Has been tested as a
				  prototype and found to maintain its integrity after:
(1) A temperature test in which the prototype
				  is subjected to -40 degrees C for 20 minutes and is subjected to 600 degrees C
				  for 1 hour and then is subjected to a thermal shock test in which the prototype
				  is subjected to a temperature drop from 600 degrees C to 20 degrees C within 15
				  seconds;
(2) An impact test in
				  which a 5 kg steel hammer measuring 2.5 cm in diameter is dropped from a height
				  of 1 m onto the prototype;
(3) A
				  vibration test in which the prototype is subjected to a vibration ranging from
				  25 Hz to 500 Hz at 5 g amplitude for 30 minutes;
(4) A puncture test in which a 1 gram hammer
				  attached to pin measuring 0.3 cm in diameter is dropped from a height of 1 m
				  onto the prototype; and
(5) A
				  pressure test in which the prototype is subjected to an external pressure of
				  24,600 pounds per square inch absolute.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.769 - Use of sealed source in well without surface casing

Current through
				  June 11, 2024
A licensee may use a sealed source to
				  log a well that does not have a surface casing if:
1. The well does not penetrate a fresh water
				  aquifer; or
2. The licensee follows
				  a procedure which has been approved by the Division for reducing the
				  probability of the source becoming lodged in the well.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88; A by
				  R144-13A,
				  eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7695 - Use of radioactive markers and uranium sinker bars

Current
				  through June 11, 2024
1.
				  A licensee shall not use radioactive markers in wells if the individual markers
				  contain quantities of radioactive material which exceed the quantities
				  specified in NAC 459.188.
2. The
				  use of radioactive markers is subject to the requirements of NAC
				  459.7675.
3. A licensee shall not
				  use a uranium sinker bar in well logging if the bar is not legibly impressed
				  with the words "CAUTION - RADIOACTIVE-DEPLETED URANIUM" and "NOTIFY CIVIL
				  AUTHORITIES (or COMPANY NAME) IF FOUND."
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7701 - Logging supervisors and assistants: Qualifications; safety reviews; records

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. A licensee shall
				  not permit a person to act as a logging supervisor until that person:
(a) Has completed training in the subjects
				  set forth in NAC 459.7705.
(b) Has
				  received copies of, and instruction in:
(1)
				  The regulations contained in NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive;
(2) The division license under which the
				  logging supervisor will perform well logging; and
(3) The licensee's operating and emergency
				  procedures required by NAC 459.7715.
(c) Has completed on-the-job training and
				  demonstrated his or her competence, in a field evaluation, in the use of:
(1) Radioactive materials;
(2) Remote handling tools; and
(3) Radiation survey instruments.
(d) Has demonstrated the person's
				  understanding of the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 1 by
				  successfully completing a written test.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7705 - Logging supervisors: Training

Current through June 11,
				  2024
A licensee shall include the following subjects
				  in the training required by NAC 459.7701:
1. Fundamentals of radiation safety,
				  including:
(a) Characteristics of
				  radiation;
(b) Units of radiation
				  dosage and quantity of radioactivity;
(c) Hazards of exposure to
				  radiation;
(d) Levels of radiation
				  from radioactive material;
(e)
				  Methods of controlling radiation dosage (time, distance and shielding);
				  and
(f) Radiation safety practices,
				  including prevention of contamination and methods of decontamination.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.771 - Logging supervisors: Presence at temporary job sites; surveillance of operations

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. A logging
				  supervisor shall be physically present at a temporary job site when radioactive
				  materials are being handled or are not stored and locked in a vehicle or
				  storage place. The logging supervisor may leave the temporary job site in order
				  to obtain assistance if a source becomes lodged in a well.
2. Except when radiation sources are below
				  ground or in shipping or storage containers, a logging supervisor or other
				  person designated by the logging supervisor shall, during well logging,
				  maintain direct surveillance of the operation to prevent unauthorized entry
				  into a restricted area, as defined in NAC 459.090.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7715 - Operating and emergency procedures

Current through June 11,
				  2024
Each licensee shall develop and follow written
				  operating and emergency procedures that cover:
1. The handling and use of radioactive
				  materials including, if appropriate, the use of sealed sources in wells without
				  surface casing;
2. The use of
				  remote handling tools for handling sealed sources and radioactive tracer
				  material, except low activity calibration sources;
3. Methods and occasions for conducting
				  radiation surveys, including surveys for detecting contamination, as required
				  by NAC 459.7725;
4. Minimizing
				  exposure of personnel to radiation including exposure from inhalation and
				  ingestion of tracer radioactive materials;
5. Methods and occasions for locking and
				  securing stored radioactive materials;
6. Equipment and procedures for monitoring
				  personnel;
7. The transportation of
				  radioactive materials to field stations or temporary jobsites, including:
(a) The packaging of radioactive materials
				  for transport in vehicles;
(b)
				  Placing placards on vehicles when needed; and
(c) Physically securing radioactive materials
				  in transport vehicles during transportation to prevent accidental loss,
				  tampering or unauthorized removal;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7721 - Monitoring personnel

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. A licensee shall
				  not permit a person to act as a logging supervisor or a logging assistant
				  unless that person wears, at all times during the handling of radioactive
				  materials, either a film badge or a thermoluminescence dosimeter. Each film
				  badge or thermoluminescence dosimeter must be assigned to, and worn by, only
				  one person. Film badges must be replaced at least once every month, and
				  thermoluminescence dosimeters must be replaced at least once every 3 months.
				  After replacement, each film badge or thermoluminescence dosimeter must be
				  promptly processed.
2. A licensee
				  shall provide bioassay services to persons using radioactive materials in
				  subsurface tracer studies if required by his or her license.
3. A licensee shall retain records of film
				  badge, thermoluminescence dosimeter and bioassay results for inspection until
				  the Division authorizes disposition of the records.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88; A by Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01,
				  5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7725 - Surveys of radiation: Requirements; records

Current through June
				  11, 2024
1. A licensee
				  shall make radiation surveys of each area where radioactive materials are used
				  and stored.
2. Before transporting
				  radioactive materials, a licensee shall make a radiation survey of the position
				  occupied by each person in the vehicle and of the exterior of each vehicle used
				  to transport the materials.
3. If a
				  sealed source assembly is removed from a logging tool before departure from a
				  temporary job site, the licensee shall confirm that the logging tool is free of
				  contamination by energizing the logging tool detector or by using a survey
				  meter.
4. If a licensee has reason
				  to believe that, as a result of any operation involving a sealed source, the
				  encapsulation of the sealed source could have been damaged by the operation,
				  the licensee shall conduct a radiation survey, including a contamination
				  survey, during and after the operation.
5. A licensee shall make a radiation survey
				  at a temporary job site before and after each subsurface tracer study to
				  confirm the absence of contamination.
6. The results of surveys required by
				  subsections 1 to 5, inclusive, must be recorded and must include:
(a) The date of the survey;
(b) The name of the person making the
				  survey;
(c) The identification of
				  the survey instrument used; and
(d)
				  The location of the survey.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.773 - Control of radioactive contamination

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. If a licensee
				  detects evidence that a sealed source has ruptured or radioactive materials
				  have caused contamination, the licensee shall immediately initiate the
				  emergency procedures required by NAC 459.7715.
2. If contamination results from the use of
				  radioactive material in well logging, a licensee shall decontaminate all work
				  areas, equipment and unrestricted areas.
3. During efforts to recover a sealed source
				  lodged in a well, a licensee shall continuously monitor, with an appropriate
				  radiation detection instrument or 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.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7735 - Prohibited acts

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. A licensee shall
				  not use sealed sources in a well that penetrates a fresh water aquifer if the
				  well does not have a surface casing, or if the well has a surface casing that
				  does not isolate the fresh water aquifer from the well.
2. A licensee shall not use sealed sources in
				  any well that is producing water for human or animal consumption, or for
				  irrigation purposes.
3. A licensee
				  shall not release any tracer radioactive materials in a well unless a written
				  authorization has been obtained from the Division for each specific
				  operation.
4. A registrant shall
				  not activate a radiation machine used in a well logging operation so that it
				  emits radiation, unless the radiation machine is in the well and at least 10
				  feet below the surface of the ground.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7741 - Notifying Radiological Health Section of certain events; procedure when sealed source is not retrievable

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. A licensee shall
				  immediately notify the Radiological Health Section of the Division by telephone
				  and subsequently, within 30 days, by confirmatory letter if the licensee knows,
				  or has reason to believe, that a sealed source has been ruptured. The letter
				  must:
(a) Designate the well or other
				  location;
(b) Describe the
				  magnitude and extent of the escape of radioactive materials;
(c) Assess the consequences of the rupture;
				  and
(d) Explain efforts planned or
				  being taken to mitigate the consequences of the rupture.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging › Section 459.7745 - Maintenance of documents and records

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. Each licensee
				  and registrant shall maintain the following documents and records at the field
				  station:
(a) The regulations contained in NAC
				  459.010 to 459.950, inclusive;
(b)
				  The license or registration authorizing the use of a source of
				  radiation;
(c) The records of
				  calibration of radiation survey instruments;
(d) Operating and emergency
				  procedures;
(e) The records of leak
				  tests;
(f) Physical inventory
				  records;
(g) Utilization
				  records;
(h) Records of inspection
				  and maintenance;
(i) Training
				  records; and
(j) Survey
				  records.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Notices; Instructions and Reports to Employees; Inspections › Section 459.780 - Purpose; applicability

Current through June 11,
				  2024
NAC 459.780 to 459.794, inclusive:
1. Establish requirements for notices,
				  instructions and reports by licensees or registrants to persons engaged in work
				  under a license or registration and options available to those persons in
				  connection with the Division's inspections of licensees or registrants to
				  ascertain compliance with the provisions of chapter 459 of NRS and regulations,
				  orders and licenses issued thereunder regarding radiological working
				  conditions.
2. Apply to all persons
				  who receive, possess, use or transfer sources of radiation licensed by or
				  registered with the Division pursuant to NAC 459.150 to 459.313,
				  inclusive.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 10.1, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by R149-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Notices; Instructions and Reports to Employees; Inspections › Section 459.782 - Notices to employees

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. Each licensee or
				  registrant shall post current copies of the following documents:
(a) The provisions of NAC 459.320 to 459.374,
				  inclusive, and 459.780 to 459.794, inclusive;
(b) The license, certificate of registration,
				  conditions or documents incorporated into the license by reference and
				  amendments thereto;
(c) The
				  operating procedures applicable to work under the license or registration;
				  and
(d) Any notice of a violation
				  involving radiological working conditions, any proposed imposition of a civil
				  penalty or an order issued pursuant to NAC 459.010 to 459.142, inclusive, and
				  any response from the licensee or registrant.