[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR39.63]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 39--LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR WELL LOGGING
--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D--Radiation Safety Requirements
 
Sec. 39.63  Operating and emergency procedures.

    Each licensee shall develop and follow written operating and 
emergency procedures that cover--
    (a) The handling and use of licensed materials including the use of 
sealed sources in wells without surface casing for protecting fresh 
water aquifers, if appropriate;

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    (b) The use of remote handling tools for handling sealed sources and 
radioactive tracer material except low-activity calibration sources;
    (c) Methods and occasions for conducting radiation surveys, 
including surveys for detecting contamination, as required by Sec. 
39.67(c)-(e);
    (d) Minimizing personnel exposure including exposures from 
inhalation and ingestion of licensed tracer materials;
    (e) Methods and occasions for locking and securing stored licensed 
materials;
    (f) Personnel monitoring and the use of personnel monitoring 
equipment;
    (g) Transportation of licensed materials to field stations or 
temporary jobsites, packaging of licensed materials for transport in 
vehicles, placarding of vehicles when needed, and physically securing 
licensed materials in transport vehicles during transportation to 
prevent accidental loss, tampering, or unauthorized removal;
    (h) Picking up, receiving, and opening packages containing licensed 
materials, in accordance with Sec. 20.1906 of this chapter;
    (i) For the use of tracers, decontamination of the environment, 
equipment, and personnel;
    (j) Maintenance of records generated by logging personnel at 
temporary jobsites;
    (k) The inspection and maintenance of sealed sources, source 
holders, logging tools, injection tools, source handling tools, storage 
containers, transport containers, and uranium sinker bars as required by 
Sec. 39.43;
    (l) Identifying and reporting to NRC defects and noncompliance as 
required by part 21 of this chapter;
    (m) Actions to be taken if a sealed source is lodged in a well;
    (n) Notifying proper persons in the event of an accident; and
    (o) Actions to be taken if a sealed source is ruptured including 
actions to prevent the spread of contamination and minimize inhalation 
and ingestion of licensed materials and actions to obtain suitable 
radiation survey instruments as required by Sec. 39.33(b).

[52 FR 8234, Mar. 17, 1987, as amended at 67 FR 77652, Dec. 19, 2002]