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Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-084 - Special requirements for issuance of specific licenses for industrial radiography

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
In addition to the requirements set forth in WAC
					 246-235-020, a specific license
					 for use of sealed sources in industrial radiography will be issued if:
(1) The applicant submits an adequate program
				  for training radiographers and radiographer's assistants that meets the
				  requirements of WAC
				  246-243-050 and
				  246-243-130.
(a) After June 30, 2000, a license applicant
				  need not describe its initial training and examination program for
				  radiographers in the subjects outlined in WAC
				  246-243-230.
(b) From June 30, 2000, to January 1, 2001, a
				  license applicant may affirm that all individuals acting as industrial
				  radiographers will be certified in radiation safety by a certifying entity
				  before beginning duty as radiographers. This affirmation substitutes for a
				  description of its initial training and examination program for radiographers
				  in the subjects outlined in WAC
				  246-243-230.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-085 - Special requirements for issuance of a specific license for wireline services

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In addition to the requirements set forth in this chapter,
					 a specific license for use of radioactive material in wireline services must be
					 issued if:
(1) The applicant satisfies
				  the applicable requirements in chapter 246-244 WAC and any special requirements
				  contained in this chapter.
(2) The
				  applicant shall develop a program for training logging supervisors and logging
				  assistants and submit to the department a description of this program which
				  specifies:
(a) Initial training;
(b) On-the-job training;
(c) Annual safety reviews provided by the
				  licensee;
(d) Means the applicant
				  will use to demonstrate the logging supervisor's knowledge and understanding
				  of, and ability to comply with, the department's rules and licensing
				  requirements and the applicant's operating and emergency procedures;
				  and
(e) Means the applicant will
				  use to demonstrate the logging assistant's knowledge and understanding of, and
				  ability to comply with, the applicant's operating and emergency
				  procedures.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-091 - Manufacture and distribution of industrial products containing depleted uranium under general license

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(1) An
				  application for a specific license to manufacture industrial products and
				  devices containing depleted uranium for use pursuant to WAC
				  246-233-010(4) or equivalent regulations of the NRC or an agreement state will be approved if:
(a) The applicant satisfies the general
				  requirements specified in WAC
				  246-235-020;
(b) The applicant submits sufficient
				  information relating to the design, manufacture, prototype testing, quality
				  control procedures, labeling or marking, proposed uses and potential hazards of
				  the industrial product or device to provide reasonable assurance that
				  possession, use or transfer of the depleted uranium in the product or device is
				  not likely to cause any individual to receive in one year a radiation dose in
				  excess of 10 percent of the limits specified in WAC
				  246-221-010(1);
				  and
(c) The applicant submits
				  sufficient information regarding the industrial product or device and the
				  presence of depleted uranium for a mass-volume application in the product or
				  device to provide reasonable assurance that unique benefits will accrue to the
				  public because of the usefulness of the product or device.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-095 - Manufacture, assembly, or distribution of luminous safety devices, certain calibration sources or ice detectors under general license

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(1)
Special requirements for the
				  manufacture, assembly or repair of luminous safety devices for use in
				  aircraft.
An application for a specific license to manufacture,
				  assemble, repair, or initially transfer luminous safety devices containing
				  tritium or promethium-147 for use in aircraft for distribution to persons
				  generally licensed under WAC
				  246-233-025 will be approved
				  subject to the following conditions:
(a) The
				  applicant satisfies the general requirements specified in WAC
				  246-235-020; and
(b) The applicant satisfies the requirements
				  of Sections 32.53, 32.54, 32.55, and 32.56 of 10 C.F.R. Part 32 or their
				  equivalent.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-097 - Manufacture and distribution of radioactive material for certain in vitro clinical or laboratory testing under general license

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An application for a specific license to manufacture or
					 distribute radioactive material for use under the general license of WAC
					 246-233-040 will be approved
					 if:
(1) The applicant satisfies the
				  general requirements specified in WAC
				  246-235-020;
(2) The radioactive material is to be
				  prepared for distribution in prepackaged units of:
(a) Iodine-125 in units not exceeding 370
				  kilobecquerels (10 microcuries) each;
(b) Iodine-131 in units not exceeding 370
				  kilobecquerels (10 microcuries) each;
(c) Carbon-14 in units not exceeding 370
				  kilobecquerels (10 microcuries) each;
(d) Hydrogen-3 (tritium) in units not
				  exceeding 1.85 megabecquerels (50 microcuries) each;
(e) Iron-59 in units not exceeding 740
				  kilobecquerels (20 microcuries) each;
(f) Cobalt-57 in units not exceeding 370
				  kilobecquerels (10 microcuries) each;
(g) Selenium-75 in units not exceeding 370
				  kilobecquer-els (10 microcuries) each;
(h) Mock Iodine-125 in units not exceeding
				  1.85 kilo-becquerels (0.05 microcurie) of iodine-129 and 185 becquer-els (0.005
				  microcurie) of americium-241 each.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-100 - Manufacture, preparation, or transfer for commercial distribution of radioactive drugs containing radioactive material for medical use under chapter 246-240 WAC

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(1) An application
				  for a specific license to manufacture, prepare, or transfer for commercial
				  distribution radioactive drugs containing radioactive material for use by
				  persons authorized pursuant to chapter 246-240 WAC will be approved if:
(a) The applicant satisfies the general
				  requirements specified in WAC
				  246-235-020;
(b) The applicant submits evidence of at
				  least one of the following:
(i) Is registered
				  with the United States Food and Drug Administration as the owner or operator of
				  a drug establishment that engages in the manufacture, preparation, propagation,
				  compounding, or processing of a drug under  21 C.F.R. Part 207, Subpart
				  B;
(ii) Is registered or licensed
				  with the pharmacy quality assurance commission as a drug
				  manufacturer;
(iii) Is licensed as
				  a pharmacy by the pharmacy quality assurance commission;
(iv) Is operating as a nuclear pharmacy
				  within a federal medical institution; or
(v) Is a positron emission tomography drug
				  production facility registered with the Washington state pharmacy quality
				  assurance commission.
(c)
				  The applicant submits information on the radionuclide; the chemical and
				  physical form; the maximum activity per vial, syringe, generator, or other
				  container of the radioactive drug; and the shielding provided by the packaging
				  to show it is appropriate for the safe handling and storage of the radioactive
				  drugs by medical use licensees; and
(d) The applicant commits to the following
				  labeling requirements:
(i) A label is affixed
				  to each transport radiation shield, whether it is constructed of lead, glass,
				  plastic, or other material, of a radioactive drug to be transferred for
				  commercial distribution. The label must include the radiation symbol, the words
				  "caution-radioactive material" or "danger-radioactive material," the name of
				  the radioactive drug or its abbreviation, and the quantity of radioactivity at
				  a specified date and time. For radioactive drugs with a half-life greater than
				  100 days, the time may be omitted.
(ii) A label is affixed to each syringe,
				  vial, or other container used to hold a radioactive drug to be transferred for
				  commercial distribution. The label must include the radiation symbol, the words
				  "caution-radioactive material" or "danger-radioactive material" and an
				  identifier that ensures that the syringe, vial, or other container can be
				  correlated with the information on the transport radiation shield
				  label.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-102 - Manufacture and distribution of sources or devices containing radioactive material for medical use

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An application for a specific license to manufacture and
					 distribute sources and devices containing radioactive material to persons
					 licensed under chapter 246-240 WAC for use as a calibration, transmission, or
					 reference source or for the uses listed in WAC
					 246-240-251,
					 246-240-301, and
					 246-240-351 will be approved
					 if:
(1) The applicant satisfies the
				  general requirements in WAC
				  246-235-020;
(2) The applicant submits sufficient
				  information regarding each type of source or device pertinent to an evaluation
				  of its radiation safety, including:
(a) The
				  radioactive material contained, its chemical and physical form and
				  amount;
(b) Details of design and
				  construction of the source or device;
(c) Procedures for, and results of, prototype
				  tests to demonstrate that the source or device will maintain its integrity
				  under stresses likely to be encountered in normal use and accidents;
(d) For devices containing radioactive
				  material, the radiation profile of a prototype device;
(e) Details of quality control procedures to
				  assure that production sources and devices meet the standards of the design and
				  prototype tests;
(f) Procedures and
				  standards for calibrating sources and devices;
(g) Legend and methods for labeling sources
				  and devices as to their radioactive content; and
(h) Instructions for handling and storing the
				  source or device from the radiation safety standpoint, these instructions are
				  to be included on a durable label attached to the source or device or attached
				  to a permanent storage container for the source or device: Provided that
				  instructions which are too lengthy for the label may be summarized on the label
				  and printed in detail on a brochure which is referenced on the label.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-103 - Prototype tests for manufacture of calibration or reference sources containing americium-241 or radium-226

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An applicant for a license under this chapter shall, for
					 any type of source which is designed to contain more than 0.185 kilobecquerel
					 (0.005 microcurie) of americium-241 or radium-226, conduct prototype tests, in
					 the order listed, on each of no less than five prototypes of the source, which
					 contains more than 0.185 kilobecquerel (0.005 microcurie) of americium-241 or
					 radium-226, as follows:
(1)
Initial measurement
. The quantity of radioactive material
				  deposited on the source must be measured by direct counting of the
				  source.
(2)
Dry wipe
				  test
. The entire radioactive surface of the source must be wiped with
				  filter paper with the application of moderate finger pressure. Removal of
				  radioactive material from the source must be determined by measuring the
				  radioactivity on the filter paper or by direct measurement of the radioactivity
				  on the source following the dry wipe.
(3)
Wet wipe test
. The
				  entire radioactive surface of the source must be wiped with filter paper,
				  moistened with water, with the application of moderate finger pressure. Removal
				  of radioactive material from the source must be determined by measuring the
				  radioactivity on the filter paper after it has dried or by direct measurement
				  of the radioactivity remaining on the source following the wet wipe.
(4)
Water soak test
. The
				  source must be immersed in water at room temperature for a period of 24
				  consecutive hours. The source must then be removed from the water. Removal of
				  radioactive material from the source must be determined by direct measurement
				  of the radioactivity on the source after it has dried or by measuring the
				  radioactivity in the residue obtained by evaporation of the water in which the
				  source was immersed.
(5)
Dry wipe test
. On completion of the preceding test in this
				  section, the dry wipe test described in subsection (2) of this section must be
				  repeated.
(6)
Observations
. Removal of more than 0.005 microcurie (185
				  becquerels) of radioactivity in any test prescribed by this section must be
				  cause for rejection of the source design. Results of prototype tests submitted
				  to the department or the NRC must be given in terms of radioactivity in
				  microcuries (or becquerels) and percent of removal from the total amount of
				  radioactive material deposited on the source.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 09-06-003, §
						246-235-103, filed 2/18/09, effective
						3/21/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-105 - Manufacture, assembly or distribution of radioactive material exempt from regulation

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A person may not introduce radioactive material into a
					 product or material knowing, or having reason to believe, that it will be
					 transferred to persons exempt under this section or other sections or
					 equivalent regulations of the NRC or an agreement state, except in accordance
					 with a specific license issued by the NRC, Washington, D.C.
					 20555.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 09-06-003, §
						246-235-105, filed 2/18/09, effective 3/21/09. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050. 01-02-067, § 246-235-105,
						filed 12/29/00, effective 1/29/01; 98-13-037, § 246-235-105, filed 6/8/98,
						effective 7/9/98.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-107 - Serialization of nationally tracked sources

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Each licensee who manufactures a nationally tracked source
					 after February 6, 2007, shall assign a unique serial number to each nationally
					 tracked source. Serial numbers must be composed only of alpha-numeric
					 characters.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 09-06-003, §
						246-235-107, filed 2/18/09, effective
						3/21/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-108 - Sealed source and device registration and inactivation

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(1) Any
				  manufacturer or initial distributor of a sealed source or device containing a
				  sealed source may submit a request to the department for evaluation of
				  radiation safety information about its product and for its
				  registration.
(2) Request for
				  review must be sent to the department by an appropriate method, such as hard
				  copy, properly signed electronic document, or fax.
(3) The request for review of a sealed source
				  or a device must include sufficient information about the design, manufacture,
				  prototype testing, quality control program, labeling, proposed uses and leak
				  testing and, for a device, the request must also include sufficient information
				  about installation, service and maintenance, operating and safety instructions,
				  and its potential hazards, to provide reasonable assurance that the radiation
				  safety properties of the source or device are adequate to protect health and
				  minimize danger to life and property.
(4) The department normally evaluates a
				  sealed source or a device using radiation safety criteria in accepted industry
				  standards. If these standards and criteria do not readily apply to a particular
				  case, the department formulates reasonable standards and criteria with the help
				  of the manufacturer or distributor. The department shall use criteria and
				  standards sufficient to ensure that the radiation safety properties of the
				  device or sealed source are adequate to protect health and minimize danger to
				  life and property.  10 C.F.R. 32  Subpart A includes specific criteria that apply
				  to certain exempt products, Subpart B includes specific criteria applicable to
				  certain generally licensed devices, and Subpart C includes specific provisions
				  that apply to certain specifically licensed items.
(5) After completion of the evaluation, the
				  department issues a certificate of registration to the person making the
				  request. The certificate of registration acknowledges the availability of the
				  submitted information for inclusion in an application for a specific license
				  proposing use of the product, or concerning use under an exemption from
				  licensing or general license as applicable for the category of
				  certificate.
(6) The person
				  submitting the request for evaluation and registration of safety information
				  about the product shall manufacture and distribute the product in accordance
				  with:
(a) The statements and representations,
				  including quality control program, contained in the request; and
(b) The provisions of the registration
				  certificate.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-110 - Special requirements for issuance of specific licenses for source material milling

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In addition to the requirements set forth in WAC
					 246-235-020, the department will
					 issue a specific license for source material milling when the applicant submits
					 a satisfactory application and meets the other conditions specified
					 below:
(1) An application for a
				  license to receive title to, receive, possess, and use source material for
				  milling or byproduct material as defined in WAC
				  246-220-010 must address the
				  following:
(a) Description of the proposed
				  project or action.
(b) Area/site
				  characteristics including geology, demography, topography, hydrology and
				  meteorology.
(c) Radiological and
				  nonradiological impacts of the proposed project or action, including waterway
				  and groundwater impacts.
(d)
				  Environmental effects of accidents.
(e) Tailings disposal and
				  decommissioning.
(f) Site and
				  project alternatives.
(g)
				  Description of how the provisions of chapter 246-252 WAC must be met.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-125 - Special requirements to report transactions involving nationally tracked sources

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Each licensee who manufactures, transfers, receives,
					 disassembles, or disposes of a nationally tracked source shall complete and
					 submit a National Source Tracking Transaction Report as specified in
					 subsections (1) through (5) of this section for each type of
					 transaction.
(1) Each licensee who
				  manufactures a nationally tracked source shall complete and submit a National
				  Source Tracking Transaction Report. The report must include the following
				  information;
(a) The name, address, and
				  license number of the reporting licensee;
(b) The name of the individual preparing the
				  report;
(c) The manufacturer,
				  model, and serial number of the source;
(d) The radioactive material in the
				  source;
(e) The initial source
				  strength in becquerels (curies) at the time of manufacture; and
(f) The manufacture date of the
				  source.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-130 - Appendix-General laboratory rules for safe use of unsealed sources

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(1) In addition to
				  the requirements in WAC
				  246-235-020, a specific licensee
				  who uses unsealed, unplated or liquid sources shall possess adequate facilities
				  including ventilation systems which are compatible with the proposed uses:
				  and,
(2) Possess, use, and store
				  radioactive material in accordance with, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Receive, handle, and store radioactive
				  material only at specifically designated locations within the applicant's
				  facility. Vessels containing radioactive material must be labeled as required
				  by chapter 246-221 WAC.
(b) Wear
				  disposable gloves at all times when handling dispersible radioactive material
				  or potentially contaminated items.
(c) Wear personnel monitoring devices (film
				  badge, OSL, or TLD), when required, at all times when working with, or in the
				  vicinity of, radioactive materials. Extremity doses must be considered when
				  evaluating the need for separate extremity dosimeters. Extremity dosimetry
				  should be worn when working with millicurie or greater quantities of material
				  (excluding low energy beta emitters and pure alpha emitters). Monitoring
				  devices, when not in use, must be stored only in a designated low-background
				  area. Calculations based on whole-body dosimeter results for photon-emitters
				  may be used in lieu of separate extremity dosimeters.
(d) Use remote tools, lead shields,
				  lead-glass shields, or plexiglass shields as appropriate.
(e) Prohibit eating, chewing, drinking,
				  smoking, and application of cosmetics in any area where radioactive material is
				  used or stored.
(f) Do not store
				  food, drink or personal effects in any area, container, or refrigerator
				  designated for radioactive materials use or storage.
(g) Do not pipette radioactive materials or
				  perform any similar operation by employing mouth suction.
(h) Use disposable absorbent material with
				  impervious backing to cover work surfaces where spillage is possible.
(i) Properly dress and protect open wounds on
				  exposed body surfaces before working with radioactive materials.
(j) Wear laboratory coats when working with
				  radioactive material. Potentially contaminated laboratory coats must not be
				  worn outside the immediate work area.
(k) Nuclides in gaseous or volatile form, or
				  with a high potential for volatilization must be used only in areas with
				  adequate ventilation systems.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › Section 246-236-001 - Purpose and scope

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(1) The purpose
				of this chapter is to:
(a) Establish
				requirements for the issuance of a license authorizing the use of sealed
				sources containing radioactive materials in irradiators used to irradiate
				objects or materials using gamma radiation;
(b) Establish radiation safety requirements
				for operating irradiators.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › Section 246-236-005 - Interpretations

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Except as specifically authorized by the department in
				  writing, no interpretation of the meaning of this chapter by any officer or
				  employee of the department, other than a written interpretation by the
				  Washington state office of the attorney general, will be recognized to be
				  binding upon the department.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › Section 246-236-010 - Definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms

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The definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms in this section
				  apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
(1)
"Annually"
means either:
(a) At intervals not to exceed
				one year; or
(b) Once per year, at
				about the same time each year (plus or minus one month).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › SPECIFIC LICENSING REQUIREMENTS › Section 246-236-011 - Application for a specific license

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A person, as defined in WAC
					 246-220-010,
					 may file an application for a specific license authorizing the use of sealed
					 sources in an irradiator on a form approved for this purpose by the
					 department.
(1) Each application for a
				  license must be accompanied by the fee prescribed in chapter 246-254
				  WAC.
(2) The application must be
				  sent to the department.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › SPECIFIC LICENSING REQUIREMENTS › Section 246-236-013 - Specific licenses for irradiators

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The department shall approve an application for a specific
					 license for the use of licensed material in an irradiator if the applicant
					 meets the following requirements:
(1)
				  The applicant shall satisfy the general requirements specified in WAC
				  246-235-020
				  and
				  246-235-030,
				  and the requirements in this chapter.
(2) The application must describe the
				  training provided to irradiator operators including:
(a) Classroom training;
(b) On-the-job or simulator
				  training;
(c) Safety
				  reviews;
(d) Means employed by the
				  applicant to test each operator's understanding of the department's rules and
				  licensing requirements and the irradiator operating and emergency procedures;
				  and
(e) Minimum training and
				  experience of personnel who may provide training.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › SPECIFIC LICENSING REQUIREMENTS › Section 246-236-015 - Commencement of construction

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(1)
				  Commencement of construction of a new irradiator may not occur prior to the
				  submission to the department of both an application for a license for the
				  irradiator and the fee required by chapter 246-254 WAC.
(2) Any activities undertaken prior to the
				  issuance of a license are entirely at the risk of the applicant and have no
				  bearing on the issuance of a license with respect to the requirements of
				  chapter 70A.388 RCW, and rules and administrative orders issued under chapters
				  34.05 and 70A.388 RCW.
(3)
				  Commencement of construction as defined in WAC
				  246-236-010
				  may include nonconstruction activities if the activity has a reasonable nexus
				  to radiological safety and security.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › SPECIFIC LICENSING REQUIREMENTS › Section 246-236-017 - Applications for exemptions

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(1)
				  The department may, upon application of any interested person or upon its own
				  initiative, grant any exemptions from the requirements in this chapter that the
				  department determines are authorized by law and will not endanger life or
				  property and are otherwise in the public interest.
(2) Any application for a license or for
				  amendment of a license authorizing use of a teletherapy-type unit for
				  irradiation of materials or objects may include proposed alternatives to the
				  requirements of this chapter. The department shall approve the proposed
				  alternatives if the applicant provides adequate rationale for the proposed
				  alternatives and demonstrates the alternatives are likely to provide an
				  adequate level of safety for workers and the public.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › SPECIFIC LICENSING REQUIREMENTS › Section 246-236-019 - Request for written statements

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(1) After the filing of the original
				  application, the department may request further information necessary to enable
				  the department to determine whether the application should be granted or
				  denied.
(2) Each license is issued
				  with the condition that the licensee will, at any time before expiration of the
				  license, upon the department's request, submit written statements to enable the
				  department to determine whether the license should be modified, suspended, or
				  revoked.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-021 - Performance criteria for sealed sources

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(1) Requirements. Sealed sources installed
				  after July 1, 1993, must meet the following requirements:
(a) Must have a certificate of registration
				  issued under
				  10 C.F.R.
				  32.210;
(b) Must be doubly encapsulated;
(c) Must use radioactive material that is as
				  nondispersible as practical and that is as insoluble as practical if the source
				  is used in a wet-source-storage irradiator or underwater irradiator;
(d) Must be encapsulated in a material
				  resistant to general corrosion and to localized corrosion, such as 316L
				  stainless steel or other material with equivalent resistance if the sources are
				  for use in irradiator pools; and
(e) In prototype testing of the sealed
				  source, must have been leak tested and found leak-free after each of the tests
				  described in subsections (2) through (7) of this section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-025 - Shielding

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(1) The radiation
				  dose rate in areas that are normally occupied during operation of a panoramic
				  or beam-type irradiator may not exceed two-hundredths millisievert (two
				  millirems) per hour at any location thirty centimeters or more from the wall of
				  the room when the sources are exposed. The dose rate must be averaged over an
				  area not to exceed one hundred square centimeters having no linear dimension
				  greater than twenty centimeters. Areas where the radiation dose rate exceeds
				  two-hundredths millisievert (two millirems) per hour must be locked, roped off,
				  or posted.
(2) The radiation dose
				  at thirty centimeters over the edge of the pool of a pool irradiator may not
				  exceed two-hundredths millisievert (two millirems) per hour when the sources
				  are in the fully shielded position.
(3) The radiation dose rate at one meter from
				  the shield of a panoramic or beam-type dry-source-storage irradiator when the
				  source is shielded may not exceed two-hundredths millisievert (two millirems)
				  per hour and at five centimeters from the shield may not exceed two-tenths
				  millisievert (twenty millirems) per hour.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-027 - Fire protection

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(1)
				  The radiation room at a panoramic or beam-type irradiator must have heat and
				  smoke detectors. The detectors must activate an audible alarm. The alarm must
				  be capable of alerting a person who is prepared to summon assistance promptly.
				  The sources must automatically become fully shielded if a fire is
				  detected.
(2) The radiation room at
				  a panoramic or beam-type irradiator must be equipped with a fire extinguishing
				  system capable of extinguishing a fire without the entry of personnel into the
				  room. The system for the radiation room must have a shut-off valve to control
				  flooding into unrestricted areas.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-029 - Radiation monitors

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(1)
				  Irradiators with automatic product conveyor systems must have a radiation
				  monitor with an audible alarm located to detect loose radioactive sources that
				  are carried toward the product exit. If the monitor detects a source, an alarm
				  must sound and product conveyors must stop automatically. The alarm must be
				  capable of alerting an individual in the facility who is prepared to summon
				  assistance. Underwater irradiators in which the product moves within an
				  enclosed stationary tube are exempt from the requirements of this
				  subsection.
(2) Underwater
				  irradiators that are not in a shielded radiation room must have a radiation
				  monitor over the pool to detect abnormal radiation levels. The monitor must
				  have an audible alarm and a visible indicator at entrances to the personnel
				  access barrier around the pool. The audible alarm may have a manual shut-off.
				  The alarm must be capable of alerting an individual who is prepared to respond
				  promptly.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-031 - Control of source movement

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(1)
				  The mechanism that moves the sources of a panoramic or beam-type irradiator
				  must require a key to actuate. Actuation of the mechanism must cause an audible
				  signal to indicate that the sources are leaving the shielded position. Only one
				  key may be in use at any time, and only operators or facility management may
				  possess it. The key must be attached to a portable radiation survey meter by a
				  chain or cable. The lock for source control must be designed so that the key
				  may not be removed if the sources are in an unshielded position. The door to
				  the radiation room must require the same key.
(2) The console of a panoramic or beam-type
				  irradiator must have a source position indicator that indicates when the
				  sources are in the fully shielded position, when they are in transit, and when
				  the sources are exposed.
(3) The
				  control console of a panoramic or beam-type irradiator must have a control that
				  promptly returns the sources to the shielded position.
(4) Each control for a panoramic or beam-type
				  irradiator must be clearly marked as to its function.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-033 - Irradiator pools

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(1) For
				  licenses initially issued after July 1, 1993, irradiator pools must either:
(a) Have a water-tight stainless steel liner
				  or a liner metallurgically compatible with other components in the pool;
				  or
(b) Be constructed so that there
				  is a low likelihood of substantial leakage and have a surface designed to
				  facilitate decontamination. In either case, the licensee shall have a method to
				  safely store the sources during repairs of the pool.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-035 - Source rack protection

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If the product to be irradiated moves on a product
					 conveyor system, the source rack and the mechanism that moves the rack must be
					 protected by a barrier or guides to prevent products and product carriers from
					 hitting or touching the rack or mechanism.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-037 - Power failures

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(1) If
				  electrical power at a panoramic or beam-type irradiator is lost for longer than
				  ten seconds, the sources must automatically return to the shielded
				  position.
(2) The lock on the door
				  of the radiation room of a panoramic or beam-type irradiator may not be
				  deactivated by a power failure.
(3)
				  During a power failure, the area of any irradiator where sources are located
				  may be entered only when using an operable and calibrated radiation survey
				  meter.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › OPERATION OF IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-051 - Training

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(1) Before an
				  individual is permitted to operate an irradiator without a supervisor present,
				  the individual must be instructed in:
(a) The
				  fundamentals of radiation protection applied to irradiators (including the
				  differences between external radiation and radioactive contamination, units of
				  radiation dose, department radiation dose limits under this chapter and chapter
				  246-221 WAC, why large radiation doses must be avoided, how shielding and
				  access controls prevent large doses, how an irradiator is designed to prevent
				  contamination, the proper use of survey meters and personnel dosimeters, other
				  radiation safety features of an irradiator, and the basic function of the
				  irradiator);
(b) The requirements
				  of this chapter and chapter 246-222 WAC that are relevant to the
				  irradiator;
(c) The operation of
				  the irradiator;
(d) Those operating
				  and emergency procedures listed in WAC 246-236-053 that the individual is
				  responsible for performing; and
(e)
				  Case histories of accidents or problems involving irradiators.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › OPERATION OF IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-053 - Operating and emergency procedures

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(1) The licensee shall have and follow
				  written operating procedures for:
(a)
				  Operation of the irradiator, including entering and leaving the radiation
				  room;
(b) Use of personnel
				  dosimeters;
(c) Surveying the
				  shielding of panoramic or beam-type irradiators;
(d) Monitoring pool water for contamination
				  while the water is in the pool and before release of pool water to unrestricted
				  areas;
(e) Leak testing of
				  sources;
(f) Inspection and
				  maintenance checks required under WAC 246-236-061;
(g) Loading, unloading, and repositioning
				  sources, if the operations will be performed by the licensee; and
(h) Inspection of movable shielding required
				  under WAC 246-236-023(8), if applicable.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › OPERATION OF IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-055 - Personnel monitoring

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(1)
				  Irradiator operators shall wear a personnel dosimeter while operating a
				  panoramic or beam-type irradiator or while in the area around the pool of an
				  underwater irradiator. The personnel dosimeter must be capable of detecting
				  high energy photons in the normal and accident dose ranges per WAC
				  246-221-090(3).
				  Each personnel dosimeter must be assigned to and worn by only one individual.
				  Film badges must be replaced at least monthly and other personnel dosimeters
				  that require replacement must be evaluated at least quarterly or promptly after
				  replacement, whichever is more frequent.
(2) Other individuals who enter the radiation
				  room of a panoramic or beam-type irradiator shall wear a dosimeter, which may
				  be a pocket dosimeter. For groups of visitors, only two people who enter the
				  radiation room are required to wear dosimeters. If pocket dosimeters are used
				  to meet the requirements of this subsection, a check of their response to
				  radiation must be done at least annually. Acceptable dosimeters must read
				  within plus or minus 30 percent of the true radiation dose.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › OPERATION OF IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-057 - Radiation surveys

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(1) A radiation
				  survey of the area outside the shielding of the radiation room of a panoramic
				  or beam-type irradiator must be conducted with the sources in the exposed
				  position before the facility starts to operate. A radiation survey of the area
				  above the pool of pool irradiators must be conducted after the sources are
				  loaded but before the facility starts to operate. Additional radiation surveys
				  of the shielding must be performed at intervals not to exceed three years and
				  before resuming operation after addition of new sources or any modification to
				  the radiation room shielding or structure that might increase dose
				  rates.
(2) If the radiation levels
				  specified in WAC 246-236-025 are exceeded, the facility must be modified to
				  comply with the requirements of WAC 246-236-025.
(3) Portable radiation survey meters must be
				  calibrated at least annually to an accuracy of plus or minus twenty percent for
				  the gamma energy of the sources in use. The calibration must be done at two
				  points on each scale or, for digital instruments, at one point per decade over
				  the range that will be used. Portable radiation survey meters must be of a type
				  that does not saturate and read zero at high radiation dose rates.
(4) Water from the irradiator pool, other
				  potentially contaminated liquids, and sediments from pool vacuuming must be
				  monitored for radioactive contamination before release to unrestricted areas.
				  Radioactive concentrations must not exceed those specified in WAC
				  246-221-290
				  Table III "Releases to Sewers," or column 2 of Table II "Effluent
				  Concentration" in water.
(5) Before
				  releasing resins for unrestricted use, they must be monitored before release in
				  an area with a background level less than one-half microsievert
				  (five-hundredths millirem) per hour. The resins may be released only if the
				  survey does not detect radiation levels above background radiation levels. The
				  survey meter used must be capable of detecting radiation levels of one-half
				  microsievert (five-hundredths millirem) per hour.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-236 - Licenses and radiation safety requirements for irradiators › OPERATION OF IRRADIATORS › Section 246-236-061 - Inspection and maintenance

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(1)
				  The licensee shall perform inspection and maintenance checks that include, as a
				  minimum, each of the following at the frequency specified in the license or
				  license application:
(a) Operability of each
				  aspect of the access control system required under WAC 246-236-023;
(b) Functioning of the source position
				  indicator required under WAC 246-236-031(2);
(c) Operability of the radiation monitor for
				  radioactive contamination in pool water required under WAC 246-236-059(2) using
				  a radiation check source, if applicable;
(d) Operability of the over-pool radiation
				  monitor at underwater irradiators as required under WAC
				  246-236-029(2);
(e) Operability of
				  the product exit monitor required under WAC 246-236-029(1);
(f) Operability of the emergency source
				  return control required under WAC 246-236-031(3);
(g) Leak-tightness of systems through which
				  pool water circulates (visual inspection);
(h) Operability of the heat and smoke
				  detectors and extinguisher system required under WAC 246-236-027 (but without
				  turning extinguishers on);
(i)
				  Operability of the means of pool water replenishment required under WAC
				  246-236-033(3);
(j) Operability of
				  the indicators of high and low pool water levels required under WAC
				  246-236-033(4);
(k) Operability of
				  the intrusion alarm required under WAC 246-236-023(9), if applicable;
(l) Functioning and wear of the
				  system, mechanisms, and cables used to raise and lower sources;
(m) Condition of the barrier to prevent
				  products from hitting the sources or source mechanism as required under WAC
				  246-236-035;
(n) Amount of water
				  added to the pool to determine if the pool is leaking;
(o) Electrical wiring on required safety
				  systems for radiation damage;
(p)
				  Pool water conductivity measurements and analysis as required under WAC
				  246-236-063(2).