NRC Final Rule: Reporting Requirements for Unauthorized Use

["Wesley M. Dunn" <WDUNN@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us>]

The NRC has published the Final Rule for the MIT/NIH rule on 
reporting unauthorized use.  First, they did get rid of the "report 
anything where you can't rule out there was an intentional exposure".

However, one point of interest to many users here (especially Broad 
Scope Licensees) is that intentional mis-use is required to be 
reported.  The example they use is a researcher performing an 
experiment when the researcher knew a license amendment OR Radiation 
Safety Committee approval was necessary.  This is reportable. 

The gist of the rule is:

10CFR20.2207:
    The licensee shall notify the NRC Operations Center by telephone 
    as soon as practical but not later than 24 hours after 
    discovering, developing or receiving information, or receiving an 
    allegation(!) that:
    
    1)  Licensed radioactive material was used intentionally for a 
        purpose not authorized by the applicable NRC license or 
        regulations; and
        
    2)  Such unauthorized use listed (above) may have caused, or 
        threatens to cause an expos7ure to an individual, regardless 
        of whether or not it exceeds the regulaotyr exposure limit as 
        identified in 20.2202.

Wes
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Wesley M. Dunn, CHP                        512-834-6688
Deputy Director, Licensing                 512-834-6690 (fax)
(Texas) Bureau of Radiation Control        wdunn@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us
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