ML20055J015
| ML20055J015 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 06/12/1989 |
| From: | Beckjord E NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
| To: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20055H979 | List: |
| References | |
| FRN-53FR8460, FRN-55FR843, RULE-PR-34 AC12-2-07, AC12-2-7, NUDOCS 9007310276 | |
| Download: ML20055J015 (2) | |
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
Victor Stello, Jr., Executive Director for Operations
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Eric S. Beckjord, Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research i
SUBJECT:
FINAL AMENDMENT TO 10 CFR PART 34: " SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR 1NDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT"
. Attached for your signature is a Comission paper with enclosures which recommends amending 10 CFR Part 34 to specify additional safety performance requirements for industrial radiographic equipment, to add additional reporting requirements, and to require that radiographers wear alam rate meters. This action is in accord with the Commission directive to the staff inSECY-86-197(86/07/02) and in accordance with 1987 Policy and Planning Guidance Goal 3.2.
In addition, accompanying the final rule is a modification j
to the Comission's General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC l
Enforcement Actions, 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C.
The NRC and the Agreement States have been concerned for a number of years over radiation exposures involving radiographers and the general public resulting from industrial radiography operations. This concern derives from the l
potential for serious radiation overexposures due to the high radiation output of many radioactive so'.'rces used in the radiography industry. Most of the radiation overexposures that have occurred were due to ratiographers I
inadvertently leaving the radioactive source optside of its properly shielded s
position in the radiographic exposure device, either as a result of improper operational procedures or as a result of equipment malfunction.
An ad hoc Radiography Steering Comittee composed of NRC personnel and representativesfromCalifornia, Louisiana,andTexas;(stateswithlarge numbers of radiogra)hers) was created in 1980 to draft recomendations for improving radiograp1y safety, in 1984, the Task Force on Radiographic Equipment Safety (one of four task forces &stablished by the Steering Committee) draf ted its recomendations on performance criteria.
These reconsnendations contained many of the performance criteria specified in the consensus standard, NBS handbook 136, American National Standard N432,
' Radiological Safety for the Design and Construction of Apparatus for Gama i
Radiography," issued in 1981, and also identified other areas where radiation safety in radiography could be improved.
The Steering Committee also recommended that radiographers be required to wear alarm meters for added radiation protection, t
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2 The attached Comission paper with enclosures recommends incorporating the consensus standard ANSI N432 by reference in the regulations of 10 CFP Part 34, requires additionel reporting on radiographic device malfunctions, and requires radiographers to wear alarm ratemeters. Although the consensus standard was issued in 1981, it has not been universally adopted by the industry which led the Radiography Steering Comittee to conclude that rulemaking was needed to put into effect the recommended safety requirements.
The offices of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Reactor Regulation Governnent and Public Affairs, Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data. Enfurcement, and Administration concur in these amendments.
ACR$ and CRGR have also examined the final rule package and have determined that their formal review is not necessary. The Office of the General Counsel has no legal objections.
WCIMAL!!one g Eric S. Beckjord, Director Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
Enclosure:
Comission Paper w/ enclosures DISTRIBUTION: [MEMOFORVSJ)
RPHEB R/F Subj. File Concurrence memos attached:
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