| (a) Qualifications of the designated radiation safety
officer (RSO) are adequate for the purpose requested and include as
a minimum:
(1) have earned at least a bachelor's degree in a physical
or biological science, industrial hygiene, health physics, radiation
protection, or engineering from an accredited college or university,
or an equivalent combination of training and relevant experience,
with two years of relevant experience equivalent to a year of academic
study, from a uranium or mineral extraction/recovery, radioactive
waste processing, or a radioactive waste or by-product material disposal
facility;
(2) have at least one year of relevant experience,
in addition to that used to meet the educational requirement, working
under the direct supervision of the RSO at a uranium or mineral extraction/recovery,
radioactive waste processing, or radioactive waste or by-product material
disposal facility; and
(3) have additional training in health physics or radiation
safety as determined by the Executive Director.
(b) The specific duties of the RSO include, but are
not limited to, the following:
(1) to establish and oversee operating, safety, emergency,
and as low as reasonably achievable procedures, and to review them
at least annually to ensure that the procedures are current and conform
with this chapter;
(2) to oversee and approve all phases of the training
program for operations and/or personnel so that appropriate and effective
radiation protection practices are taught;
(3) to ensure that required radiation surveys and leak
tests are performed and documented in accordance with this chapter,
including any corrective measures when levels of radiation exceed
established limits;
(4) to ensure that individual monitoring devices are
used properly by occupationally-exposed personnel, that records are
kept of the monitoring results, and that timely notifications are
made in accordance with §336.405 of this title (relating to Notifications
and Reports to Individuals);
(5) to investigate and cause a report to be submitted
to the agency for each known or suspected case of radiation exposure
to an individual or radiation level detected in excess of limits established
by this chapter and each theft or loss of source(s) of radiation,
to determine the cause(s), and to take steps to prevent a recurrence;
(6) to investigate and cause a report to be submitted
to the executive director for each known or suspected case of release
of radioactive material to the environment in excess of limits established
by this chapter;
(7) to have a thorough knowledge of management policies
and administrative procedures of the licensee;
(8) to assume control and have the authority to institute
corrective actions, including shutdown of operations when necessary
in emergency situations or unsafe conditions;
(9) to ensure that records are maintained as required
by this chapter;
(10) to ensure the proper storing, labeling, transport,
use and disposal of sources of radiation, storage, and/or transport
containers;
(11) to ensure that inventories are performed in accordance
with the activities for which the license application is submitted;
(12) to perform an inventory of the radioactive sealed
sources authorized for use on the license every six months and make
and maintain records of the inventory of the radioactive sealed sources
authorized for use on the license every six months, to include, but
not be limited to, the following:
(A) isotope(s);
(B) quantity(ies);
(C) radioactivity(ies); and
(D) date inventory is performed.
(13) to ensure that personnel are complying with this
chapter, the conditions of the license, and the operating, safety,
and emergency procedures of the licensee; and
(14) to serve as the primary contact with the agency.
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