OAR 333-105-0540
Radiation Safety Requirements: Operating and Emergency Procedures

(1)

Operating and emergency procedures must include, as a minimum, instructions in the following:

(a)

Appropriate handling and use of sources of radiation so that no person is likely to be exposed to radiation doses in excess of the limits established in division 120 of these rules;

(b)

Methods and occasions for conducting radiation surveys;

(c)

Methods for posting and controlling access to radiographic areas;

(d)

Methods and occasions for locking and securing sources of radiation;

(e)

Personnel monitoring and the use of personnel monitoring equipment;

(f)

Transporting equipment to field locations, including packing of radiographic exposure devices and storage containers in the vehicles, placarding of vehicles when required, and control of the equipment during transportation as described in division 118 of these rules;

(g)

The inspection, maintenance, and operability checks of radiographic exposure devices, radiation machines, survey instruments, alarming ratemeters, transport containers, and storage containers;

(h)

Steps that must be taken immediately by radiography personnel in the event a pocket dosimeter is found to be off-scale or an alarming ratemeter alarms unexpectedly;

(i)

The procedure(s) for identifying and reporting defects and noncompliance, as required by 333-105-0740 (Notifications);

(j)

The procedure for notifying proper persons in the event of an accident or incident;

(k)

Minimizing exposure of persons in the event of an accident or incident, including a source disconnect, a transport accident, or loss of a source of radiation;

(l)

Source recovery procedure if licensee will perform source recoveries; and

(m)

Maintenance of records.

(2)

The licensee must maintain copies of current operating and emergency procedures in accordance with 333-105-0690 (Recordkeeping Requirements: Copies of Operating and Emergency Procedures) and 333-105-0730 (Recordkeeping Requirements: Location Of Documents and Records).

Source: Rule 333-105-0540 — Radiation Safety Requirements: Operating and Emergency Procedures, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-105-0540.

333‑105‑0001
Purpose 333‑105‑0003
Scope 333‑105‑0005
Definitions 333‑105‑0050
Exemptions 333‑105‑0075
Licensing and Registration Requirements for Industrial Radiography Operations 333‑105‑0420
Equipment Control: Performance Requirements for Industrial Radiography Equipment 333‑105‑0430
Equipment Control: Limits on External Radiation Levels From Storage Containers and Source Changers 333‑105‑0440
Equipment Control: Locking of Sources of Radiation, Storage Containers and Source Changers 333‑105‑0450
Equipment Control: Radiation Survey Instruments 333‑105‑0460
Equipment Control: Leak Testing and Replacement of Sealed Sources 333‑105‑0470
Equipment Control: Quarterly Inventory 333‑105‑0480
Equipment Control: Inspection and Maintenance of Radiation Machines, Radiographic Exposure Devices, Transport and Storage Containers, Associated Equipment, Source Changers, and Survey Instruments 333‑105‑0490
Equipment Control: Permanent Radiographic Installations 333‑105‑0500
Equipment Control: Labeling, Storage, and Transportation 333‑105‑0510
Radiation Safety Requirements: Conducting Industrial Radiographic Operations 333‑105‑0520
Radiation Safety Requirements: Radiation Safety Officer 333‑105‑0530
Radiation Safety Requirements: Training 333‑105‑0540
Radiation Safety Requirements: Operating and Emergency Procedures 333‑105‑0550
Radiation Safety Requirements: Supervision of Radiographer’s Assistants 333‑105‑0560
Radiation Safety Requirements: Personnel Monitoring 333‑105‑0570
Radiation Safety Requirements: Radiation Surveys 333‑105‑0580
Radiation Safety Requirements: Surveillance 333‑105‑0590
Radiation Safety Requirements: Posting 333‑105‑0600
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records for Industrial Radiography 333‑105‑0610
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Receipt and Transfer of Sources of Radiation 333‑105‑0620
Records of Radiation Survey Instruments 333‑105‑0630
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Leak Testing of Sealed Sources and Devices Containing DU 333‑105‑0640
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Quarterly Inventory 333‑105‑0650
Recordkeeping Requirements: Utilization Logs 333‑105‑0660
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Inspection and Maintenance of Radiation Machines, Radiographic Exposure Devices, Transport and Storage Containers, Associated Equipment, Source Changers, and Survey Instruments 333‑105‑0670
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Alarm System and Entrance Control Checks at Permanent Radiographic Installations 333‑105‑0680
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records Of Training and Certification 333‑105‑0690
Recordkeeping Requirements: Copies of Operating and Emergency Procedures 333‑105‑0700
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Personnel Monitoring 333‑105‑0710
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Radiation Surveys 333‑105‑0720
Recordkeeping Requirements: Form of Records 333‑105‑0730
Recordkeeping Requirements: Location Of Documents and Records 333‑105‑0740
Notifications 333‑105‑0750
Notifications: Reciprocity 333‑105‑0760
Notifications: Specific Requirements for Radiographic Personnel Performing Industrial Radiography
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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