ML19282A921
| ML19282A921 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/23/1979 |
| From: | Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| RULE-PRM-20-13 NUDOCS 7903080332 | |
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NRC PUBLIC DOCUMENT ROOM NUCLEAR REGULATURY COMMISSION
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/_ Docket No. PRM-20-13 f Victor E. Anderson Filing of Petition for Rule Making Notice is hereby given that Mr. Victor E. Anderson, 59 Baird Avenue, Paulsboro, New Jersey, has filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission a petition for rule making dated January 17, 1979 requesting the Commission
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to amend its regulation "Standt' os for Protection Against Radiation,"
l' CFR Part 20, to require th
-e:th Physics personnel be certified by the Commission.
The text of the proposed amendments to Part 20 is set out in the petition.
Section 20.600 proposed by the petitioner states that:
5 20.600 Only individuals certified by the Commission may make surveys, evaluations and decisions on matters of radiation protection. This does not preclude individuals from taking actions for their own' protection.
A licensee may not override the decisions of a certified Health Physicist except in cases where the Health Physicist decision (s) are a clear violation of Federal Regulations or will result in a clear and present danger of loss of life.
The peu tioner's proposed amendments provide for the certification of Health Physicists on five levels - Trainee, Junior, Senior, Supervisor, and Master Health Physicists. The proposed amendments also provide for certification, validation, and revocation of certificates.
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1-In support cf the petition the petitioner states that:
Health Physics is one of the three most important job functions perfonned in a facility.
Operations and maintenatice are important for obvious reasons.
Because of the nature of radioactive materials there must be a group of indiciduals who are concerned with radiation safety. These persons must be familiar with all phases of the facility operation, maintenance and above all have demonstrated a sound understanding of Health Physics.
This is the ideal; unfortu-nately in the industry this is not true.
Furt.hermore there are no official legal standards, only a regulatory guide for radiation protection managers and some ANST Standards for Techs.
The primary reason for suggesting that amendment 10 CFR 20.600 be added is to prevent management from placing pressure on Health Physics personnel to engage in bad practice. * *
- A copy of the petition for rule making is availabie foi public inspection in the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. A copy of the petition may be obtained by writing the Division of Rules and Records at the below address.
All persons who desire to submit written comments or suggestions concerning the petition for rule making should send their comments to the Secretary of the Commission, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch by April 30,1979
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_ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gerald L. Hutton, Division of Rules and Records, Office of Administration, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, telephone 301-492-7 086.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 23rd day of February 1979.
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Samue\\1 J. Chilk Secretary of the Comission
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