La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § XV-406

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-406 - Radiation Protection Programs

A. Each licensee or registrant shall develop, document, and implement a radiation protection program sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Chapter. See LAC 33:XV.471 for recordkeeping requirements relating to these programs.

B. The licensee or registrant shall use, to the extent practicable, procedures and engineering controls based upon sound radiation protection principles to achieve occupational doses and public doses that are as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA).

C. The licensee or registrant shall, at intervals not to exceed 12 months, review the radiation protection program content and implementation.

D. To implement the ALARA requirements of Subsection B of this Section, and notwithstanding the requirements in LAC 33:XV.421, a constraint on air emissions of radioactive material to the environment, excluding radon-222 and its daughters, shall be established by licensees such that the individual member of the public likely to receive the highest dose will not be expected to receive a total effective dose equivalent in excess of 10 mrem (0.1 mSv) per year from these emissions. If a licensee subject to this requirement exceeds this dose constraint, the licensee shall report the exceedance as provided in LAC 33:XV.487 and promptly take appropriate corrective action to ensure against recurrence.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § XV-406

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Air Quality and Radiation Protection, Radiation Protection Division, LR 19:1421 (November 1993), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2769 (December 2000).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq.