RE: USA licencing regs

["Dunn, Wes" <WDunn@intiso.com>]

David,

The NRC is limited by the Atomic Energy Act to regulating by-product
material (e.g., fuel cycle and reactor produced).  All other radiation
(machine, accelerator produced, naturally occurring) is left to the
States to regulate or not.  

So the answer is Yes, you can be regulated by the NRC and the State.
Many states (30 at my last count) are also known as Agreement States.
These States have taken over the regulation of by-product material from
the NRC.  This avoids the duel regulation problem (to some extent).  The
NRC has responsibility to ensure these Agreement States have radiation
protection programs for by-product material that are Adequate (to
protect people/environment from radiation) and Compatible (have similar
requirements to the NRC when deemed required).

Note that the NRC retains responsibility for all nuclear reactors.  So a
research institution with a reactor could still have duel regulation
(NRC for the reactor facility, the State for everything else).

Wes

Wesley M. Dunn, CHP, Director, Environmental Health & Safety
International Isotopes, Inc.
3100 Jim Christal Road
Denton, Texas  76207
Wdunn@intiso.com <mailto:Wdunn@intiso.com>
Corporate Website:  http://www.intiso.com
940-484-9492; 940-484-0877 (fax)


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	D J Hornsey [SMTP:bssdjh@bath.ac.uk]
	Sent:	Thursday, August 27, 1998 7:34 AM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	USA licencing regs


	  Dear  Stateside Radsafers,
	      I would value some clarification on the licencing
requirements for
	the use of radioactive materials in the States. I always assumed
that your
	National NRC issued such authorisations. However I gather that
"NARM"
	(Naturally occurring and Accelerator produced Radioactive
Materials) are
	not regulated by NRC. Does this mean that using isotopes such as
	Na-22,Y-88, or Ra-226 requires the involvement of some other
regulatory
	body? If so, which? Again if so, if you bought neutron or
accelerator
	produced Zn-65, would two authorities be involved?

	
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