Emergency Exposure Situations

10 C.F.R. Part ..., Subpart N
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01

10 C.F.R. § 835.1301 General provisions.

(a) A general employee whose occupational dose has exceeded the numerical value of any of the limits specified in § 835.202 as a result of an authorized emergency exposure may be permitted to return to work in radiological areas during the current year providing that all of the following conditions are met: (1) Approval is first obtained from the contractor management and the Head of the responsible DOE field organization; (2) The individual receives counseling from radiological protection and medical personnel regarding the consequences of receiving additional occupational exposure during the year; and (3) The affected employee agrees to return to radiological work. (b) All doses exceeding the limits specified in § 835.202 shall be recorded in the affected individual's occupational dose record. (c) When the conditions under which a dose was received in excess of the limits specified in § 835.202, except those received in accordance with § 835.204, have been eliminated, operating management shall notify the Head of the responsible DOE field organization. (d) Operations which have been suspended as a result of a dose in excess of the limits specified in § 835.202, except those received in accordance with § 835.204, may be resumed only with the approval of DOE.

10 C.F.R. § 835.1302 Emergency exposure situations.

(a) The risk of injury to those individuals involved in rescue and recovery operations shall be minimized. (b) Operating management shall weigh actual and potential risks against the benefits to be gained. (c) No individual shall be required to perform a rescue action that might involve substantial personal risk. (d) Each individual authorized to perform emergency actions likely to result in occupational doses exceeding the values of the limits provided at § 835.202(a) shall be trained in accordance with § 835.901(b) and briefed beforehand on the known or anticipated hazards to which the individual will be subjected.

10 C.F.R. § 835.1304 Nuclear accident dosimetry.

(a) Installations possessing sufficient quantities of fissile material to potentially constitute a critical mass, such that the excessive exposure of individuals to radiation from a nuclear accident is possible, shall provide nuclear accident dosimetry for those individuals. (b) Nuclear accident dosimetry shall include the following: (1) A method to conduct initial screening of individuals involved in a nuclear accident to determine whether significant exposures to radiation occurred; (2) Methods and equipment for analysis of biological materials; (3) A system of fixed nuclear accident dosimeter units; and (4) Personal nuclear accident dosimeters.

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