ML20248K052
| ML20248K052 | |
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| Site: | 07100673 |
| Issue date: | 03/28/1989 |
| From: | THIELSCH ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC. |
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| 25374, NUDOCS 8904170200 | |
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Sf.0_E5 This QA program is limited to fulfilling the requirements of
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10CFR71' for shipping containers used by the Company to transport it sealed radioactive sources.
Design ande fabrication of shipping I^
containers shall not be conducted under this Quality Assurance Program.
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ORGANIZATION 3
The final' responsibility for this Quality. Assurance Program rests with the Company whose organizational structure is included as a
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part of this procedure.
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'The - Radiation Safety Officer is responsible for overall administration of the program, training-and certification, document control and auditing.
The Lead Radiographer is responsible for handling storing, shipping, inspection, test, operating status and record keeping and are directly accountable to the Radiation Safety Officer on all radiation safety manners.
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OUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMf This QA program, althouz,h limited in scope, is conducted in accordance with the Company's normal QA policies.
For this program, this ' requries' that all procedures necessary for the safe use and control of shipping containers be written and defined by' the Radiation Safety Manual aad that only properly
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competent personnel shall-conduct the defined operations, inspections or tests. Also, the RSO shall assure that all shipping containers are designed and manufactured in accordance with 10CFR71 H
by certification from the manufacturer.
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PLOCUMENT CONTROL All ' documents pertaining to radiation safety program are controlled by the RSO and are ' included in our Radiation Safety Manual.
This manual is distributed to all company employees involved in working with radioactive materials.
Distribution of the manual and revisions are controlled in a positive manner by return of a l
transmittal form.
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HANDLING. STORAGS AND SHIPPING All operations involving the handling, storage and shipping of packages for certain special form radioactive material will be done in accordance with our Radiation Safety Manual.
No shipments will be made unicas all test, certifications, acceptance and final inspections have been completed.
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INSPECTION. TEST AND OPERATING STATUS The RSO shall assure radiographic personnel conduct inspections and test as follows:
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Receipt Inspection:
The following inspections shall be conducted at receipt.
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Survey 2.
Visual inspection for contreet marking and damage 3.
Manufacturer's documentation The survey results will be recorded, b.
In-process Inspection and Tests:
The following inspections 1
and tests shall be conducted as required.
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Leak tests 2.
Visual inspection and survey when damage is suspected 3.
Daily and montly inspections and maintenance c.
Final Inspection:
The following inspections shall be conducted immediately prior to shipping equipment off site.
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Survey 2.
Proper labeling 3.
Proper preparation for shipping (bolts, tightened, seals in place, source identification tag 6ttached, etc.)
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Shipping papers are complete and in order (shiopers j
certificate, bill of lading, etc.)
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NONCONFORMANCE i
On discovery of a nonconformance the container will immediately be j
surveyed.
If the radiation level exceeds 200 mr/hr at the surface or 10 mr/hr at 1 meter the restricted area shall be established and the RSO notified.
He shall direct resolution of the nonconformance.
Surveillance of the restricted area shall be maintained until the nonconformance is resolved.
If the survey meets the above levels, j
the equipment shall be moved to a locked secure area. The ESO shall be notified of the nonconfor*>nce and he shall provide resolution.
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OUALITY ASSURANCE RECORDS All shipping container records will be maintained along with the other required radiation safety documents.
All records are reviewed quarterly as pert of the internal audit program.
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AUDITS Audit of this -Quality Assurance program will be conducted on an annual schedule.
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Receipt Inspections 1
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Are radiation surveys conducted on receipt?
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Are surveys conducted within allowable time limits?.
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Are visual inspections conducted on receipt?
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Are current " Certificates of Compliance" on i
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Have received sources been leak tested within six months?.
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~Were leak tests within allowable limits?
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In-Process Inspections of-Tests a.
Leak tests conducted within last 6 months.
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Daily and quarterly maintenance inspections
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Inspections conducted when damage is suspected.
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Inspections Prior to Shloment a.
Radiation surveys conducted.
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Surveys within allowable limits.
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Proper radioactive labels affixed.
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Properly prepared for shipment (bolts i
tightened, seals in place, source I.D.
tag attached, etc.)
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Shipper's certificates properly prepared, f.
Bills of lading properly prepared.
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Notices of Receipt received from consignee.
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FORM MAT-4A'(8/88)
Pitge 1 of I R H0 D E I S L A N D R A,D I A T i(2N CONTROL AGENCY MATERIALS LICENSE Supplementary Sheet i
Thielsch Engineering Associates, Inc.
License No.:
3D-065-01; 4
195 Frances Avenue Cranston, RI 02910 Amendment No.: 01 In accordance with letter dated 11 August 1988, license number 3D-065-01 is amended as follows:
1 Conditions 13 and 20 are amended to read:
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- 13. The Radiation Safety Officer for all activities authorized under this license is Stephen Jackson.
- 20. Except as specifically prbvided otherwise in this license, the licensee i
shall conduct its program.in accordance with the statements, representa-tions, and procedures contained in the documents including any enclosures, listed below. The Radiation Control Agency's regulations shall govern unless the statements, representations and procedures in the licensee's application and correspondence are more restrictive than the regulations.
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Application dated 27 June 1985.
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Letter dated 22 July 1985.
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Standard Inspection Specification / Radiation Safety, revision 3 (5 August 1988).
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Letter dated 11 August 1988.
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Letter dated 30 August 1988.
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For the Rhode Island Radiation Control Agency Date:
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FORM MAT-4 -8/81 Page 1 of _3_ Pages RH0DE ISLAND RADIATION CONTROL AGENCY MATERIALS LICENSE Pursuant to Title 23, Chapter 1.3 of the General Laws of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Rules and Regulations for the Control of Radiation and in reliance on statements and representations heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer radioactive material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below; to q
deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it inaccorJance with 1
the Rhode Island Rules and Regulations for the Control of Radiation. This license is subject to all applicable rules, regulations, and orders of the Rhode Island Radiation Control Agency now or hereaf ter in effect and to any conditions specified below.
Licensee
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License No. 30-065-01 1.
Thielsch Engineering Associates, Inc.
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Expiration Date.
31 August 1990 2.
195 Frances Avenue Cranston, RI 02910; 5.
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Radioactive Material 7.
Chemical and/or 8.
Maximum amount that l
Physical Form licensee may possess at any one time under this license A.
Iridium 192 A.
Technical Operations A.
Not to exceed 100 curies Model A-424-9 Sealed per source Sources B.
Cobalt 60 8.
Technical Operations B.
Not to exceed 100 curies Model A-424-14 Sealed per source Sources 9.
Authorized Use A.
For use in Technical Operations Model 660 exposure devices for industrial radiography and Technical Operations Model 650 source changes for storage and replacement of sources. !
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For use in Technical Operations Model 680 exposure devices for industrial radiography.
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~ 10. Licensed material shall' be used only at temporary job sites of theilicensee ~
anywhere in Rhode Island.
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The licensee shall comply with the provisions of Parts A'and E of the Rhode s
. Island Rules and Regulations for the Control of Radiation.
- 12. Licensed material shall be used by Helmut Thielsch, and by individuals who have successfully completed the training program for radiographer contained in application dated 27 June 1985.
- 13. The P,adiation. Safety Officer for all activities authorized under this licensee I
shalll be Helmut Thielsch.
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Sealed sources containing licensed material sha'llnot be opened.
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Pursuant to Section E.2.6 of the Rhode Island Rules and Regulations for the-Control of Radiation the licensee is authorized to perform tests for leakage or contamination of the sealed sources authorized by this 1.icense in accordance with procedures contained in application dated 27. June 1985.
B.
Notwithstanding the ' periodic leak test required by Section E.2.6 (b) of the Rhode Island Rules and Regulations 'for the Control of Radiation, such requirement does not apply to radiography: sources that are stored and not being used..The sources excepted from this test shall be tested for leakage prior to any use or transfer to another' person unless they have been leak. tested within six months prior to the date of use or transfer.
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' Sealed sources authorized for a use other than radiography shall be tested as radiography sources 'in accordance with Section E.2.6 of the.Rhode Island
.l Rules and Regulations for the Control of Radiation.
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The licensee is authorized to receive, possess, and use sealed sources of Iridium 192 or-Cobalt 60 where the radioactivity; exceeds the maximum amount 1
of radioactivity specified in Item 8 of this license provided:
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Such possession does not exceed the quality per source specified in Item 6 l'i by more than 20% for Iridium 192 or 10% for Cobalt 60; For the Rhode Island Radiation Ccntrol Agency i
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Conditions Continued License No:
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Records of the licensee show that no more than the maximum amount of radioactivity per source specified in item 8 of the. license was ordered" i
H from the supplier or transferor of the radioactive material; and.
C.- The. levels of radiation for radiographic ' exposure l devices and storage j
containers do not exceed those'specified in Section E.2.2 ofsthe Rhode Island Rules' and Regulations for;the Control of Radiation.
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Pursuant to Part C of the Rhode Island Rules and Regulatio'ns for the Ontrol.
.of Radiation, the licensee'is^authorizedito. possess,.use, and transfer up to 999. kilograms of ~ uranium c,ontainet as shielding mater'ial' in radiography exposure.
devices and. source charges authorized by this license.
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- 18. _.The licensee shall conduct a physical inventory every three (3) months 'to-
. account.for all sealed sources received and possessed under the' license..The
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records of the inventories shal_1 be maintained for-two'(2)' years fromlthe date of the inv'entory for inspection by the _ Agency, and shall. include the quantities location' of sealed sources, 'and the date of and-kinds of radioactive material i the inventory.
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The licensee may transport licensed materiil or deliver licensed material to a carrier for transport in accordance with the provisions of Subpart C.7 of the Rhode Island Rules and Regulations for the Control'of: Radiation.
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Except.as specifically provided otherwise by_this license, the licensee shall possess and use licensed material described in items 6, 7, and 8 of this license in accordance with statements, representations, and procedures contained in application dated 27 June 1985, letter dated 22 July 1985, and Standard Inspection Specification Radiation Safety, Revision 1, dated 1 May 1985.
The Rhode-Island Radiation Control Agency's Regulations shall govern the licensee's statements in applications or letters,- unless the statements are more restrictive than the Regulations.
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