Minnesota Administrative Rules

4731.2600 REPORTS; THEFT OR LOSS OF LICENSED MATERIAL.

Subpart 1.

Telephone reports.

A.

A licensee must report by telephone as follows:

(1)

immediately after its occurrence becomes known to the licensee, any lost, stolen, or missing licensed material in an aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times the quantity under part 4731.2800, under such circumstances that it appears to the licensee that an exposure could result to persons in unrestricted areas; or

(2)

within 30 days after an occurrence of any lost, stolen, or missing licensed material becomes known to the licensee, all licensed material in a quantity greater than ten times the quantity under part 4731.2800 that is still missing at the time of the report.

B.

Licensees having an installed emergency notification system must make reports to the NRC Operations Center according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 10, section 50.72, the commissioner, and the state duty officer at 1-800-422-0798, according to part 4731.0200. All other licensees must make reports by telephone to the state duty officer at 1-800-422-0798.

Subp. 2.

Written reports.

A licensee required to make a report under subpart 1 must, within 30 days after making the telephone report, make a written report to the commissioner that includes:

A.

a description of the licensed material involved, including kind, quantity, and chemical and physical form;

B.

a description of the circumstances under which the loss or theft occurred;

C.

a statement of disposition, or probable disposition, of the licensed material involved;

D.

exposures of individuals to radiation, circumstances under which the exposures occurred, and the possible total effective dose equivalent to persons in unrestricted areas;

E.

actions that have been taken, or will be taken, to recover the material; and

F.

procedures or measures that have been, or will be, adopted to ensure against a recurrence of the loss or theft of licensed material.

Subp. 3.

Exemption.

A report is not required under subpart 2 if the licensee is also required to submit a report under Code of Federal Regulations, title 10, section 40.64, paragraph (c).

Subp. 4.

Additional information.

Subsequent to filing a written report, a licensee must report any additional substantive information on the loss or theft within 30 days after the licensee learns of the information.

Subp. 5.

Individual names.

A licensee must prepare any report filed with the commissioner under this part so that names of individuals who may have received exposure to radiation are stated in a separate and detachable part of the report.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.1202; 144.1203

History:

29 SR 755; 32 SR 831

Published Electronically:

March 12, 2009