[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR36.55]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 36_LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS
--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Operation of Irradiators
 
Sec. 36.55  Personnel monitoring.

    (a) Irradiator operators shall wear a personnel dosimeter that is 
processed and evaluated by an accredited National Voluntary Laboratory 
Accreditation Program (NVLAP) processor while operating a panoramic 
irradiator or while in the area around the pool of an underwater 
irradiator. The personnel dosimeter processor must be accredited for 
high energy photons in the normal and accident dose ranges (see 10 CFR 
20.1501(c)). Each personnel dosimeter must be assigned to and worn by 
only one individual. Film badges must be processed at least monthly, and 
other personnel dosimeters must be processed at least quarterly.
    (b) Other individuals who enter the radiation room of a panoramic 
irradiator shall wear a dosimeter, which may be a pocket dosimeter. For 
groups of visitors, only two people who enter the radiation room are 
required to wear dosimeters. If pocket

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dosimeters are used to meet the requirements of this paragraph, a check 
of their response to radiation must be done at least annually. 
Acceptable dosimeters must read within plus or minus 30 percent of the 
true radiation dose.

[58 FR 7728, Feb. 9, 1993, as amended at 65 FR 63752, Oct. 24, 2000]