Section R313-15-501 - Surveys and Monitoring - General(1) Each licensee or registrant shall make, or cause to be made, surveys of areas, including the subsurface, that:(a) may be necessary for the licensee or registrant to comply with Rule R313-15; and(b) are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate: (i) the magnitude and the extent of radiation levels; and(ii) concentrations or quantities of residual radioactive material; and(iii) the potential radiological hazards of the radiation levels and residual radioactivity detected.(2) Notwithstanding Subsection R313-15-1103(1), records from surveys describing the location and amount of subsurface residual radioactivity identified at the site shall be kept with records important for decommissioning, and the records shall be retained in accordance with Subsection R313-22-35(7), as applicable.(3) The licensee or registrant shall ensure that instruments and equipment used for quantitative radiation measurements, for example, dose rate and effluent monitoring, are calibrated at intervals not to exceed 12 months for the radiation measured, except when a more frequent interval is specified in another applicable part of Title R313 or a license condition.(4) Each personnel dosimeter, except for direct and indirect reading pocket ionization chambers and those dosimeters used to measure the dose to any extremity, that require processing to determine the radiation dose and that are used by licensees and registrants to comply with Section R313-15-201, with other applicable provisions of Title R313, or with conditions specified in a license or registration shall be evaluated at least quarterly or promptly after replacement, whichever is more frequent.(5) The licensee or registrant shall ensure that adequate precautions are taken to prevent a deceptive exposure of an individual monitoring device.Utah Admin. Code R313-15-501
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-7, effective 3/15/2016Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-03, effective 1/17/2023