ML20207D096

Requests Registration as User of Model AEA 660B Cameras Under Coc 9033

ML20207D096
Person / Time
Site:	07109033
Issue date:	02/12/1999
From:	Ryan Alexander CONAM INSPECTION
To:	Chappell C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
References
NUDOCS 9903090203
Download: ML20207D096 (5)

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We are sequesting to regular as a user for the AEA 6608 cameras under certificale #9033. This is a requrement for us per 10CFR71.12 (c) (3) and 49CFR173.471 (a).

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ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL LICENSE i

'Pursurnt to the Alabama Department of Pubhc Health Rules, and in rehance on statements and representations heretofore

' trade by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess and transfer radioactive rnatori:1 lhted below; and to use such radioactive material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below. This license is subject to all applica' ale rules of the Alabama Department of Pubhc Health now or hareafter in effect and to any conditions specified below.

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LICENSEE 3 L. cense nu.uher 1251 1.N:m3 CONAM Inspection, Inc 3605 Willowbend

4. Expuatim Date

2. Addr:ss Suite 500 July 31, 2003 liouston, TX 77054 r, p,i, no

6. R:dioactive Material

7. Type of Radioactive

8. Chemical and/or

9. Maximum Radioactivity Element and Mass Number)

Material License Physical Form and/or quantity of material which hcensee may possess at any one time.

SEE PAGE TWO 3.0.

SEli PAGE TWO SEE PAGE TWO

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10. Authorized Use SEE PAGE TWO i

CONDITIONS

11. Unt:ss otherwise specified, the authorized place of use is the hcensee's addiess stated in item 2 above.

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Radioactive material may be stored at the licensee's facilities located at 5460 Rangeline Road, Mobile, Alabama,36619 and may be used anywhere in Alabama that the Agency hasjurisdiction.

This condition does not prohibit use in Agreement States orin U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission jurisdiction areas under reciprocity procedures which niay be established by those states or the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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) The licensee shall comply with the provisions of Rule 420-3-26.01, General Provisions, Rule 420 -/

26.02, Licensing, Rule 420-3-26.03, Standards for Protection Against Radiation, Rule 420-3 04, Radiation Safety Requirements for Industrial Radiographic Operations, and Rule 420-3-26.10, Notices, Instmetions, and Repons to Workers; inspections, of Chapter 420-3-26, Radiation Control, Alabama Administrative Code.

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• SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET I

1251 C:ntinu:d From Page License Number G. H:dit:ctive Material 8 Chemical and/or Physical Form

9. Maximum Radioactivity and/or (El:m:nt and mass number) quantity of material which license may possess at any one time A. Iridium 192 A. Any sealed sources approved A. No single source to by the Agency, the U.S.

exceed 100 curies Nuclear Regulatory Conunission or an Agreement State for use in devices listed in Subitem 10. A.

B. Cobat: 60 11 Any sealed source approved by

11. No single source to the Agency, the U.S. Nuclear exceed 100 curies n

Regulatory Commission or en (f

Agreement State for use in devices listed in Subitem 10.It 10.

Authorized 1]ses A.

To be used in AEA Technology QSA, Inc. (Amersham) Model 660 System exposure devices for industrial radiography, and in AEA Technology QS A, Inc. (Amersham) Model 650L or 500SU and Source Production & liquipment Company Model C-1 devices for source exchange and/or storage.

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To be used in AEA Technology QSA, Inc. (Amersham) Model 680 Series exposure devices for industrial radiography, and in ASA Technology QSA, Inc. (Amersham) Model 770 and 771 devices for source exchange and/or storage.

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of Pages ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL LICENSE License Number.1251 C:ntinued Supplementary Sheet CONDITIONS 14.

Radioactive material shall only be used by individuals who have successfully completed the licensee's radiation safety training program for individual radiographers as described in attachments to letter I

dated August 17,1998, and who have been approved by Richard Alexander, Radiation Safety

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Ollicer. Records of training shall be maintained for review by the Agency.

15 The licensee shall notify the Agency at least seven (7) day 11Hier to conducting training authorized

[,} in Condition 14. Training will be considered invalid unless prior notification reouirem t

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The licensee shall file with the Agency a completed Agency Form ARC 20 for each individual prior to allowing that individual to perfonn the duties of a radiographer as described in Chapter 420-3.04, Rules of State Board ofIlealth, Radiation Control.

17.

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Each sealed source containing radioactive material, other than Ilydrogen 3, with a half-life greater than thiny (30) days and in any fonn other than gas shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to exceed six (6) months. In the absence of a certificate from a transferor indicating that a test has been made within six (6) months prior to the transfer, the sealed source shall not be put into use until tested B.

The test shall be capable to detecting the presence of 0.005 microcurie of radioactive material on the test sample. The test sample shall be taken from the sealed source or from the surfaces of the device in which the sealed source is permanently mounted or stored on

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which one might expect contamination to accumulate. Records ofleak test results shall be kept in units of microcuries and maintained for inspection by the Agency.

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If the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable contamination, the licensee shall inunediately withdraw the sealed source liom use and shall cause it to be decontaminated and repaired or to be disposed ofin accordance with Agency regulations.

A report shall be filed within five (5) days of the test wi'h the Director, Ollice of Radiation Corurol, Montgomeiy, Alabama 36130, describing the equipment involved, the test results, and the corrective action taken..

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL LICENSE

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License Number v

l CONDITIONS D.

Tests for leakage and/or contamination shall be performed by the licensee, or by other persons specifically authorized by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State to perform such services.

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The licensee is authorized to receive, possess, and use sealed sources ofIridium 192 or Cobalt 60 j

where the radioactivity exceeds the maximum amount of radioactivity specified in item 9 of this license provided:

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Such possession does not exceed the quantity per source specified in item 9 by more than l

20% for Iridium 192 or 10% for Cobalt 60, l

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Records of the licensee show that no more than the maximum amount of radioactivity per source specilied in item 9 of the license was ordered from the supplier or transferor of the radioactive material; and, C.

The levels of radiation li>r radiographic exposure devices and storage containers do not exceed those specilied in 420-3 26.04(4)(a) of Rule 420-3-26.04 J

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The licensee is authorized to possess, use, and transfer up to 999 kilograms of depleted uranium contained as shielding materialin the radiography exposure devices and source changers authorized i

by this license.

20.

Except as specilically provided otherwise in this license, the licensee shall conduct its radiation safety program in accordance with statements, representations, and procedures contained in the documents, j

including any enclosures, listed below. Alabama's Radiation Protection Rules shall govern unless the i

statements, representations, and proceduies in the licensee's application and correspondence are more restrictive than the ndes.

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Application dated June 4,1998, signed by John David llurke, with attachments.

August 28,1998 Dits of issuar e

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