NAC459.7715. Operating and emergency procedures.

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;

     8. Picking up, receiving and opening packages containing radioactive materials, in accordance with NAC 459.3585;

     9. The use of tracers;

     10. Decontamination of the environment, equipment and personnel;

     11. Maintenance of records generated by logging personnel at temporary jobsites;

     12. The inspection and maintenance of:

     (a) Sealed sources;

     (b) Source holders;

     (c) Logging tools;

     (d) Injection tools;

     (e) Source handling tools;

     (f) Storage containers;

     (g) Transport containers; and

     (h) Uranium sinker bars,

Ê as required by NAC 459.7665;

     13. Actions to be taken if a sealed source is lodged in a well;

     14. Notifying proper persons in the event of an accident; and

     15. Actions to be taken if a sealed source is ruptured, including:

     (a) Actions to prevent the spread of contamination and minimize inhalation and ingestion of radioactive materials; and

     (b) Actions to determine the boundaries of radioactive contamination with suitable radiation survey instruments described in NAC 459.7661.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 9-6-88; A 1-18-94)