New Mexico Register / Volume XXXV, Issue 7
/ April 9, 2024
This is an
amendment to 20.3.4 NMAC, Sections 404 and 455, effective 05/01//2024.
20.3.4.404 RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS:
A. Each licensee or registrant shall develop, document and implement a radiation protection program commensurate with the scope and extent of licensed or registered activities and sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this part (see 20.3.4.441 NMAC for recordkeeping requirements related to these programs.)
B. The licensee or registrant shall use, to the extent practical, procedures and engineering controls based upon sound radiation protection principles to achieve occupational doses and doses to members of the public that are ALARA.
C. The
licensee or registrant shall, at intervals not to exceed 12 months, review the
radiation protection program content and implementation [.] with all
employees before beginning their job duties and annually thereafter.
D. To implement the ALARA requirements of Subsection B of this section, and notwithstanding the requirements in 20.3.4.413 NMAC, a constraint on air emissions of radioactive material to the environment, excluding Radon-222 and its daughters, shall be established by licensees such that the individual member of the public likely to receive the highest dose will not be expected to receive a total effective dose equivalent in excess of 10 millirems (0.1 millisievert) per year from these emissions. If a licensee subject to this requirement exceeds this dose constraint, the licensee shall report the exceedance as provided in 20.3.4.453 NMAC and promptly take appropriate corrective action to ensure against recurrence.
[20.3.4.404 NMAC - Rp, 20.3.4.404 NMAC, 4/30/2009, A, 05/01/2024]
20.3.4.455 REPORTS OF TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING
NATIONALLY TRACKED SOURCES: [Each
licensee who manufactures, transfers, receives, disassembles
or disposes of a nationally tracked source (as defined in 20.3.4.7 NMAC) shall
complete and submit a national source
tracking transaction report as specified in Subsections A through E of this
section for each type of transaction.] The regulations of the U. S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission set forth in 10 CFR 20.2207 are hereby incorporated
by reference.
[A. Each licensee who manufactures a nationally tracked source
shall complete and submit a national
source tracking transaction report. The
report must include the following information:
(1) the
name, address and license number of the reporting
licensee;
(2) the
name of the individual preparing the report;
(3) the
manufacturer, model and serial number of the source;
(4) the
radioactive material in the source;
(5) the
initial source strength in becquerels (curies) at the time of manufacture; and
(6) the
manufacture date of the source.
B. Each
licensee that transfers a nationally tracked source to another person shall
complete and submit a national source
tracking transaction report. The
report must include the following information:
(1) the
name, address and license number of the reporting
licensee;
(2) the
name of the individual preparing the report;
(3) the
name and license number of the recipient facility and the shipping address;
(4) the
manufacturer, model and serial number of the source
or, if not available, other information to uniquely identify the source;
(5) the
radioactive material in the source;
(6) the
initial or current source strength in becquerels (curies);
(7) the
date for which the source strength is reported;
(8) the
shipping date;
(9) the
estimated arrival date; and
(10) for
nationally tracked sources transferred as waste under a uniform low-level radioactive waste manifest, the waste manifest number and the container identification of the container
with the nationally tracked source.
C. Each
licensee that receives a nationally tracked source shall complete and submit a national source tracking transaction report. The report must include the following
information:
(1) the
name, address and license number of the reporting
licensee;
(2) the
name of the individual preparing the report;
(3) the
name, address and license number of the person that provided the source;
(4) the
manufacturer, model and serial number of the source
or, if not available, other information to
uniquely identify the source;
(5) the
radioactive material in the source;
(6) the
initial or current source strength in becquerels (curies);
(7) the
date for which the source strength is reported;
(8) the
date of receipt; and
(9) for
material received under a uniform
low-level radioactive waste manifest, the waste manifest number
and the container identification with the nationally tracked source.
D. Each
licensee that disassembles a nationally tracked source shall complete and
submit a national source tracking
transaction report. The report must
include the following information:
(1) the
name, address and license number of the reporting
licensee;
(2) the
name of the individual preparing the report;
(3) the
manufacturer, model and serial number of the source
or, if not available, other information to
uniquely identify the source;
(4) the
radioactive material in the source;
(5) the
initial or current source strength in becquerels (curies);
(6) the
date for which the source strength is reported; and
(7) the
disassemble date of the source.
E. Each
licensee who disposes of a nationally tracked source shall complete and submit
a national source tracking transaction
report. The report must include the
following information:
(1) the
name, address and license number of the reporting
licensee;
(2) the
name of the individual preparing the report;
(3) the
waste manifest number;
(4) the
container identification with the nationally tracked source;
(5) the
date of disposal; and
(6) the
method of disposal.
F. The
reports discussed in Subsections A through E of this section must be submitted
by the close of the next business day after the transaction. A single report may be submitted for multiple
sources and transactions. The reports
must be submitted to the national source
tracking system by using:
(1) the
on-line national source tracking system;
(2) electronically
using a computer-readable format;
(3) by
facsimile;
(4) by
mail to the address on the national
source tracking transaction report form (NRC form 748); or
(5) by
telephone with follow-up by facsimile or mail.
G. Each
licensee shall correct any error in previously filed reports or file a new
report for any missed transaction within 5 business days of the discovery of
the error or missed transaction. Such
errors may be detected by a variety of methods such as administrative reviews
or by physical inventories required by regulation. In addition, each licensee shall reconcile
the inventory of nationally tracked sources possessed by the licensee against
that licensee’s data in the national
source tracking system. The
reconciliation must be conducted during the month of January in each year. The reconciliation process must include
resolving any discrepancies between the national
source tracking system and the actual inventory by filing the reports
identified by Subsections A through E of this section. By January 31 of each year, each licensee
must submit to the national source
tracking system confirmation that the data in the national source tracking system is correct.
H. Each
licensee that possesses category 1 nationally tracked sources shall report its
initial inventory of category 1 nationally tracked sources to the national source tracking system by
January 31, 2009. Each licensee that
possesses category 2 nationally tracked sources shall report its initial
inventory of category 2 nationally tracked sources to the national source tracking system by January 31, 2009. The information may be submitted by using any
of the methods identified by Paragraph (1) through (4) of Subsection F of this
section. The initial inventory report
must include the following information:
(1) the
name, address and license number of the reporting
licensee;
(2) the
name of the individual preparing the report;
(3) the
manufacturer, model and serial number of each
nationally tracked source or, if not available, other information to uniquely
identify the source;
(4) the
radioactive material in the sealed source;
(5) the
initial or current source strength in becquerels (curies); and
(6) the
date for which the source strength is reported.]
[20.3.4.455 NMAC - N, 4/30/2009, A, 05/01/24]