Form Rhf - 1pg - Application For Radioactive Material License

ATTACHMENT B

RADIATION SAFETY PROGRAM

FOR PORTABLE GAUGE LICENSE

The following radiation protection program will be followed at all times. A copy of these procedures shall be

maintained in the licensee’s radioactive materials license file, and another copy in the shipping case of each

nuclear gauge at all times.

Only certified operators shall use, or supervise the use of, nuclear gauges.

All unauthorized persons shall be kept out of the operating area. A minimum suggested distance

is five meters or 15 feet.

The licensee shall not open a source containing radioactive material.

No one shall be permitted to touch or directly handle the unshielded source.

The operator shall never unnecessarily be exposed to the unshielded source.

The nuclear gauge source shall be locked in the closed, safe, off, or stored position when not in

use.

Security of the nuclear gauge shall be maintained at all times. The gauge shall be returned to the carrying case

when not in use. Nuclear gauges shall never be left unattended, except when in storage in the licensed storage

facility in the designated locked storage area or in a locked vehicle out of sight so as to minimize the attractive

nuisance value. A gauge stored out of the carrying case must meet three levels of security to prevent an

unauthorized person from removing the gauge from the storage location.

Only licensed operators shall have or carry keys to the nuclear gauges or to their locked storage areas. The

Radiation Safety Officer shall maintain control of all keys.

If the operator detects any malfunction in the shutter or other part of the nuclear gauge, the operator shall

immediately notify the Radiation Safety Officer.

10.

The licensed operators shall keep the Radiation Safety Officer informed of the location of the radioactive sources

at all times. A utilization log shall be maintained at the secondary and/or primary storage location (not carried with

the gauge into the field) including, but not limited to, the following information:

Device manufacturer

Model number,

Serial number,

User,

Date(s) of use, and

Location(s) of use.

11.

When required, licensed operators and other persons working in the proximity of the nuclear gauge(s) when they

are being transported or used shall wear appropriate personnel dosimeters, such as film badges or

thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD’s). Each worker shall be assigned is/her own dosimeter. On no occasion

shall a person wear a dosimeter assigned to another individual.

12.

Personnel dosimeters shall be kept in a cool, dry, low radiation background when not in use.

13.

The personnel dosimeter shall be processed immediately if there is any indication of a high or unusual exposure,

or if the dosimeter is damaged in any way. The Radiation Safety Officer shall investigate all high or unusual

exposures, and take corrective action if necessary to prevent other such high exposures. Notification procedures

shall be in accordance with WAC 246-221-250 and WAC 246-221-260.

(continued)

322-028 JAR 4/17/12 Page 4 of 8

Form Rhf - 1pg - Application For Radioactive Material License - Portable Gauge Page 4

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