[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR34.45]

[Page 543-544]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 34--LICENSES FOR INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D--Radiation Safety Requirements
 
Sec. 34.45  Operating and emergency procedures.

    (a) Operating and emergency procedures must include, as a minimum, 
instructions in the following:
    (1) Appropriate handling and use of licensed sealed sources and 
radiographic exposure devices so that no person is likely to be exposed 
to radiation doses in excess of the limits established in 10 CFR part 20 
of this chapter ``Standards for Protection Against Radiation'';
    (2) Methods and occasions for conducting radiation surveys;

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    (3) Methods for controlling access to radiographic areas;
    (4) Methods and occasions for locking and securing radiographic 
exposure devices, transport and storage containers and sealed sources;
    (5) Personnel monitoring and the use of personnel monitoring 
equipment;
    (6) Transporting sealed sources to field locations, including 
packing of radiographic exposure devices and storage containers in the 
vehicles, placarding of vehicles when needed, and control of the sealed 
sources during transportation (refer to 49 CFR parts 171-173);
    (7) The inspection, maintenance, and operability checks of 
radiographic exposure devices, survey instruments, transport containers, 
and storage containers;
    (8) Steps that must be taken immediately by radiography personnel in 
the event a pocket dosimeter is found to be off-scale or an alarm 
ratemeter alarms unexpectedly.
    (9) The procedure(s) for identifying and reporting defects and 
noncompliance, as required by 10 CFR part 21 of this chapter;
    (10) The procedure for notifying proper persons in the event of an 
accident;
    (11) Minimizing exposure of persons in the event of an accident;
    (12) Source recovery procedure if licensee will perform source 
recovery;
    (13) Maintenance of records.
    (b) The licensee shall maintain copies of current operating and 
emergency procedures in accordance with Secs. 34.81 and 34.89.