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...(A) Each licensee shall maintain a copy of its license, license conditions, documents incorporated by reference, and amendments to each of these items until superseded by new documents approved by the director, or until the director terminates the license. (B) Each licensee shall maintain records showing the receipts and transfers of all sealed sources and all devices using depleted uranium for s...

...(A) In addition to the reporting requirements specified in rules 3701:1-40-20 and 3701:1-38-23 of the Administrative Code, each licensee shall provide a written report to the director, within thirty days of the occurrence of any of the following incidents involving radiographic equipment: (1) Unintentional disconnection of the source assembly from the control cable; (2) Inability to retract the source assembly to i...

...Terms defined in rule 3701:1-38-01 of the Administrative Code shall have the same meaning when used in this chapter except terms redefined within a given rule for use within that rule only, and additionally, as used in this chapter of the Administrative Code: (A) "Energy Compensation Source" (ECS) means a small sealed source, with an activity not exceeding 3.7 megabecquerels (one hundred microcuries), used within a ...

...Chapter 3701:1-49 of the Administrative Code covers requirements for the issuance of a license authorizing the use of licensed materials including sealed sources, radioactive tracers, radioactive markers, and uranium sinker bars in well logging in a single well. This chapter also prescribes radiation safety requirements for persons using licensed materials in these operations. The provisions and requirements of this ...

...(A) A person, as defined in rule 3701:1-38-01 of the Administrative Code, shall file an application for a specific license authorizing the use of licensed material in well logging on a form provided by the director. Each application for a license, must be accompanied by the fee prescribed in rule 3701:1-38-02 of the Administrative Code. (B) The director will approve an application for a specific license for the use ...

...(A) A licensee may perform well logging with a sealed source only after the licensee has a written agreement with the employing well owner or operator. This written agreement must identify which party shall be responsible for meeting the following requirements: (1) If a sealed source becomes lodged in the well, a reasonable effort will be made to recover it; (2) A person may not attempt to recover a sealed source i...

...(A) The licensee may not use a source, source holder, or logging tool that contains licensed material unless the smallest component that is transported as a separate piece of equipment with the licensed material inside bears a durable, legible, and clearly visible marking or label. The marking or label must contain the radiation symbol specified in paragraph (A) of rule 3701:1-38-18 of the Administrative Code without...

...(A) The licensee shall keep a calibrated and operable radiation survey instrument capable of detecting beta and gamma radiation at each field station and temporary job site to make the radiation surveys required by rules 3701:1-49-03 to 3701:1-49-24 of the Administrative Code and by Chapter 3701:1-38 of the Administrative Code. To satisfy this requirement, the radiation survey instrument must be capable of measuring ...

...(A) A licensee may use a sealed source in well logging applications if the sealed source: (1) Is doubly encapsulated; (2) Contains licensed material whose chemical and physical forms are as insoluble and non-dispersible as practical; and (3) Meets the requirements of paragraph (B), (C), or (D) of this rule. (B) For a sealed source manufactured on or before July 14, 1989, a licensee may use the sealed source for u...

...(A) Each licensee shall visually check source holders, logging tools, and source handling tools for defects before each use to ensure that the equipment is in good working condition and that required labeling is present. If defects are found, the equipment must be removed from service until repaired, and a record must be made listing: the date of check, name of inspector, equipment involved, defects found, and repair...

...The licensee may use radioactive markers in wells only if the individual markers contain quantities of licensed material not exceeding the quantities specified in rule 3701:1-40-11 of the Administrative Code. The use of markers is subject only to the requirements of rule 3701:1-49-08 of the Administrative Code.

...The licensee may use a sealed source in a well without a surface casing for protecting fresh water aquifers only if the licensee follows a procedure for reducing the probability of the source becoming lodged in the well. The procedure must be approved by the director pursuant to paragraph (B)(3) of rule 3701:1-49-03 of the Administrative Code, the United States nuclear regulatory commission or an agreement state.

...The licensee may use an energy compensation source (ECS) which is contained within a logging tool, or other tool components, only if the ECS contains quantities of licensed material not exceeding 3.7 megabecquerels (one hundred microcuries). (A) For well logging applications with a surface casing for protecting fresh water aquifers, use of the ECS is only subject to the requirements of rules 3701:1-49-07, 3701:1-49-...

...(A) Use of a tritium neutron generator target source, containing quantities not exceeding one thousand one hundred ten gigabecquerels (thirty curies) and in a well with a surface casing to protect fresh water aquifers, is subject to the requirements of this chapter except rules 3701:1-49-04, 3701:1-49-10, and 3701:1-49-26 of the Administrative Code. (B) Use of a tritium neutron generator target source, containing qu...

...(A) The licensee may not permit an individual to act as a logging supervisor until that person has: (1) Completed training in the subjects outlined in paragraph (E) of this rule; (2) Received copies of, and instruction in the: (a) Applicable rules of Chapter 3701:1-38 of the Administrative Code and this chapter; (b) License under which the logging supervisor will perform well logging; and (c) Licensee's operatin...

...Each licensee shall develop and follow written operating and emergency procedures that cover: (A) The handling and use of licensed materials including the use of sealed sources in wells without surface casing for protecting fresh water aquifers, if appropriate; (B) The use of remote handling tools for handling sealed sources and radioactive tracer material except low-activity calibration sources; (C) Methods and o...

...(A) If the licensee detects evidence that a sealed source has ruptured or licensed materials have caused contamination, the licensee shall initiate immediately the emergency procedures required by rule 3701:1-49-19 of the Administrative Code. (B) If contamination results from the use of licensed material in well logging, the licensee shall decontaminate all work areas, equipment, and unrestricted areas. (C) During ...

...(A) A logging supervisor must be physically present at a temporary job site whenever licensed materials are being handled or are not stored and locked in a vehicle or storage place. The logging supervisor may leave the job site in order to obtain assistance if a source becomes lodged in a well. (B) During well logging, except when radiation sources are below ground or in shipping or storage containers, the logging s...

...Each licensee shall maintain the following documents and records at the field station: (A) A copy of Chapters 3701:1-38 and 3701:1-49 of the Administrative Code; (B) The license authorizing the use of licensed material; (C) Operating and emergency procedures required by rule 3701:1-49-19 of the Administrative Code; (D) The record of radiation survey instrument calibrations required by rule 3701:1-49-06 of the Adm...

...Each licensee conducting operations at a temporary job site shall maintain the following documents and records at the temporary job site until the well logging operation is completed: (A) Operating and emergency procedures required by rule 3701:1-49-19 of the Administrative Code; (B) Evidence of latest calibration of the radiation survey instruments in use at the site required by rule 3701:1-49-06 of the Administra...

...(A) The licensee shall immediately notify the director by telephone and subsequently, within thirty days, by confirmatory letter using an appropriate method listed in rule 3701:1-40-04 of the Administrative Code, if the licensee knows or has reason to believe that a sealed source has been ruptured. The letter must designate the well or other location, describe the magnitude and extent of the escape of licensed materi...

...Terms defined in rule 3701:1-38-01 of the Administrative Code shall have the same meaning when used in this chapter except terms redefined within a given rule for use within that rule only, and additionally, as used in this chapter of the Administrative Code: (A) "Carrier" means a person engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by land or water as a common, contract, or private carrier, ...

...(A) This chapter establishes requirements for packaging, preparation for shipment, and transportation of radioactive material. (B) The packaging and transport of radioactive material are also subject to other chapters of the Administrative Code and to the regulations of other agencies (such as the DOT, the United States postal service and the United States nuclear regulatory commission) havin...

...(A) A licensee is exempt from all the requirements of this chapter with respect to shipment or carriage of the following low-level materials: (1) Natural material and ores containing naturally occurring radionuclides that are either in their natural state, or have only been processed for purposes other than for the extraction of the radionuclides, and which are not intended to be processed for th...

...(A) A general license is hereby issued to any Ohio licensee to transport, or to deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material in a package for which a license, CoC, or other approval has been issued by the United States nuclear regulatory commission. (B) This general license applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the director as satisfying the provision...