West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-23 - Radiological Health Rule › Section 64-23-15 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Wireline Services Operations and Subsurface Tracer Studies

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
15.1. Purpose.
				The rules in this Section establish radiation safety requirements for using
				sources of radiation for wireline service operations including mineral-logging,
				radioactive markers, and subsurface tracer studies. The requirements of this
				Section are in addition to, and not in substitution for, the requirements of
				Sections 1., 5., 6., 11., and 13. of this rule.
15.2. Scope. The rules in this Section apply
				to all registrants who use sources of radiation for wireline service operations
				including mineral-logging, radioactive markers, or subsurface tracer
				studies.
15.3. Definitions. As used
				in this Section, the following definitions apply:
15.3.a. Field station - a facility where
				radioactive sources may be stored or used and from which equipment is
				dispatched to temporary Job sites.
15.3.b. Injection Tool - a device used for
				controlled subsurface injection of radioactive tracer material.
15.3.c. Logging assistant - any individual
				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 Subsection 15.20.
15.3.d. Logging Supervisor - the individual
				who uses sources of radiation or provides personal supervision of the
				utilization of sources of radiation at the well site.
15.3.e. Logging Tool - a device used
				subsurface to perform well-logging.
15.3.f. Mineral Logging - any logging
				performed for the purpose of mineral exploration other than oil or
				gas.
15.3.g. Personal Supervision -
				guidance and instruction by the supervisor who is physically present at the
				jobsite and watching the performance of the operation in such proximity that
				contact can be maintained and immediate assistance given as required.
15.3.h. Radioactive Marker - radioactive
				material placed subsurface or on a structure intended for subsurface use for
				the purpose of depth determination or direction orientation.
15.3.i. Source Holder - a housing or assembly
				into which a radioactive source is placed for the purpose of facilitating the
				handling and use of the source in well-logging operations.
15.3.j. Subsurface Tracer Study - the release
				of a substance tagged with radioactive material for the purpose of tracing the
				movement or position of the tagged substance in the well-bore or adjacent
				formation.
15.3.k. Temporary
				Jobsite - a location where radioactive materials are present for the purpose of
				performing wireline service operations or subsurface tracer studies.
15.3.l. Uranium Sinker Bar - a weight
				containing depleted uranium used to pull a logging tool down toward the bottom
				of a well.
15.3.m. Well-bore - a
				drilled hole in which wireline service operations or subsurface tracer studies
				are performed.
15.3.n. Well-logging
				- all operations involving the lowering and raising of measuring devices or
				tools which may contain sources of radiation into well-bores or cavities for
				the purpose of obtaining information about the well or adjacent
				formations.
15.3.o. Wireline - a
				cable containing one or more electrical conductors which is used to lower and
				raise logging tools in the well-bore.
15.3.p. Wireline Service Operation - any
				evaluation or mechanical service which is performed in the well-bore using
				devices on a wireline.