NAC459.7725. Surveys of radiation: Requirements; records.

     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.

     7. A licensee shall retain the records of surveys required by subsection 6, for inspection by the Division, for 3 years after they are made.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 9-6-88)