N. C. Regulations for Protection Against Radiation

15A NCAC 11 .0317          SPECIFIC LICENSES: FILING APPLICATION AND GENERAL REQUIREMENT

(a)  Applications for specific licenses shall be filed on an agency form.  Completed applications shall include the following information and other information required by the agency form:

(1)           name, address and use location of the applicant;

(2)           training and experience of radioactive material users and of the person responsible for radiation protection;

(3)           types, quantities and uses of radioactive materials;

(4)           description of facilities, equipment and safety program;

(5)           procedures for disposal of radioactive material; and

(6)           how facility design and procedures for operation will minimize, to the extent practical, contamination of the facility and the environment, facilitate eventual decommissioning, and minimize, to the extent practical, the generation of radioactive waste.

(b)  The agency may at any time after the filing of the original application, and before the expiration of the license, require further statements in order to enable the agency to determine whether the application should be granted or denied or whether a license should be modified or revoked.

(c)  Each application shall be signed by the applicant or licensee or a person duly authorized to act on his behalf.

(d)  An application for a license may include a request for a license authorizing one or more activities.

(e)  Applications and documents submitted to the agency may be made available for public inspection except as may be determined otherwise by the agency pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 104E‑9(4).

(f)  A license application shall be approved if the agency determines that:

(1)           the applicant is qualified by reason of training and experience to use the material in question for the purpose requested in accordance with these Rules in such a manner as to minimize danger to public health and safety or property;

(2)           the applicant's proposed equipment, facilities, and procedures are adequate to protect public health from radiation hazards and minimize radiological danger to life or property;

(3)           the issuance of the license will not be inimical to the health and safety of the public; and

(4)           the applicant satisfies any applicable special requirements in Rules .0318 to .0336 of this Section.

(g)  As provided by Rule .0353 of this Section, certain applications for specific licenses filed under this Section must contain a proposed decommissioning funding plan or a certification of financial assurance for decommissioning.  In the case of renewal applications submitted before the effective date of this Rule, this submittal may follow the renewal application but must be submitted on or before the effective date of this Rule.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 104E‑7; 104E‑10(b); 104E‑12; 104E‑18;

Eff. February 1, 1980;

Amended Eff. April 1, 1999; May 1, 1992; November 1, 1989.

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