NAC459.321. Development, implementation and review of program for protection against radiation; establishment of constraint on air emissions to environment of radioactive material.

      1. Each licensee and registrant shall:

     (a) Develop, document and carry out a program for protection against radiation commensurate with the scope of its licensed or registered activities and sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive.

     (b) Use, to the extent practicable, procedures and engineering controls, based upon sound principles of protection against radiation, to achieve occupational doses and doses to members of the public that are as low as is reasonably achievable.

     (c) Review, at intervals not to exceed 12 months, the content and implementation of the program for protection against radiation.

     2. A licensee or registrant shall, to achieve doses to members of the public that are as low as is reasonably achievable pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, establish a constraint on air emissions to the environment of radioactive material, excluding radon 222 and its decay products, such that the individual member of the public likely to receive the highest dose from such emissions will not be expected to receive a total effective dose equivalent in excess of 10 millirems (0.1 millisievert).

     3. A licensee or registrant that causes, permits or is otherwise responsible for air emissions of radioactive material to the environment that exceed the constraint established pursuant to subsection 2 shall:

     (a) Submit to the Division the report required by NAC 459.371; and

     (b) Promptly take appropriate corrective action to prevent any recurrence.

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