Article 17 Units that produce, sell or use radioisotopes and radiation devices shall, in accordance with the radiation safety training and examination syllabus finalized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, conduct radiation safety training for operators directly engaged in the production, sale or use of the activities as well as the person in charge of radiation protection and carry out an examination; those who fail in the examination shall not be allowed to take up their duties.
Article 18 Radiation safety training is divided into three levels: senior, intermediate and junior.
Radiation workers engaged in the following activities shall receive intermediate or advanced radiation safety training:
(1) production, sale, use of Class I radioactive sources;
(2) operation of radioisotopes in the workplace of non-sealed radioactive substances in Class A;
(3) use of Class I radiographic devices;
(4) the use of gamma-ray mobile flaw detection equipment.
The person in charge of radiation protection in units engaged in the activities listed in the preceding paragraph, as well as personnel engaged in the design, installation, commissioning, source reversal, maintenance, and other technical service activities related to radiation safety listed in the preceding paragraph, shall receive intermediate or advanced radiation safety training.
The second paragraph of this Article, other than the third paragraph of radiation workers shall receive primary radiation safety training.
Article 19 The unit engaged in radiation safety training shall have the following conditions:
(1) a sound training management system and have a full-time training management personnel;
(2) commonly used radiation monitoring equipment;
(3) with the scale of the training to adapt to the teaching, practice sites and facilities;
(4) have nuclear physics, Radiation Protection, Application of Nuclear Technology and related disciplines of professional teachers with bachelor's degree or above.
The unit to carry out primary radiation safety training should have more than five professional teachers, of which at least two have the qualification of registered nuclear safety engineers.
To carry out intermediate or advanced radiation safety training units, there should be more than 10 professional teachers, of which at least 5 are qualified to practice as registered nuclear safety engineers, outside teachers shall not exceed 30% of the total number of teachers.
Professional teachers engaged in radiation safety training should receive training organized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the specific measures developed separately by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Article 20 The competent authorities for environmental protection of the people's governments at or above the provincial level shall assess the units engaged in radiation safety training and recommend them to the society on the basis of merit.
The units assessed and recommended by the Ministry of Environmental Protection may conduct advanced, intermediate and primary radiation safety training; the units assessed and recommended by the competent authorities for environmental protection of the people's governments at the provincial level may conduct primary radiation safety training.
The competent department of environmental protection of the people's government at or above the provincial level shall publicize to the society the list of units recommended by it to engage in radiation safety training, and regularly assess the units listed in the list to engage in radiation safety training; if the assessment fails, it shall be de-listed, and public announcement shall be made to the society.
Article 21 of the units engaged in radiation safety training is responsible for participating in radiation safety training for the assessment, and the assessment of qualified personnel issued by the radiation safety training certificate. Radiation safety training certificate format prescribed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
People who have obtained a high-level radiation safety training certificate, do not need to undergo a lower level of radiation safety training.
Article 22 to obtain a certificate of radiation safety training, personnel shall receive retraining every four years.
Radiation safety retraining, including the newly promulgated relevant laws and regulations and radiation safety and protection professional standards, technical specifications, as well as case studies of radiation accidents and experience feedback.
Persons who do not participate in the retraining or who fail the retraining assessment will have their radiation safety training certificates automatically invalidated.
Article 23 The production, sale and use of radioisotopes and radiation devices shall, in accordance with the laws, administrative regulations and national environmental protection and occupational health standards, the unit of radiation workers for personal dose monitoring; found that the results of the personal dose monitoring abnormalities shall be immediately verified and investigated, and the relevant information will be reported in a timely manner to the radiation safety license-issuing authority.
Production, sales, use of radioisotopes and radiation devices, the unit shall arrange for a person responsible for personal dose monitoring management, the establishment of radiation workers personal dose file. Individual dose file should include personal basic information, work position, dose monitoring results and other materials. Individual dose file should be saved until the radiation worker is 75 years old, or stop radiation work for 30 years.
Radiation workers have the right to access and copy their personal dose file. Radiation workers transfer unit, the original employer shall provide the new employer or the radiation worker himself or herself a copy of the personal dose file.
Article 24 The production, sale and use of radioisotopes and radiation devices, does not have the ability to monitor the individual dose, shall entrust the following conditions of the organization to monitor the individual dose:
(a) have to ensure that the quality of the individual dose monitoring equipment, technology;
(b) by the people's government at or above the provincial level by the administrative department of measurement of measurement certification (c) laws and regulations provide for other conditions for engaging in personal dosage monitoring.
Article 25 The Ministry of Environmental Protection shall evaluate the organizations engaged in personal dose monitoring and recommend them to the society on the basis of merit.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection regularly assesses the monitoring quality of the organizations it recommends to engage in personal dose monitoring; those that fail the assessment shall be removed from the list and announced to the public.
Article 26 accepts the entrustment of personal dose monitoring organization, shall be in accordance with the requirements of the relevant national technical specifications for personal dose monitoring, and is responsible for the monitoring results.
To accept the entrusted personal dose monitoring organization, shall promptly issue a monitoring report to the entrusted unit, and will monitor the results in writing and online reporting, and directly report to the entrusted unit where the competent department for environmental protection of the people's government at the provincial level.
Article 27 The Ministry of Environmental Protection shall establish a national unified personal dose database for radiation workers, and realize data ****sharing with health and other relevant departments. Chapter IV Used radioactive sources and radioactively contaminated] items managementb] Article 28 The production and import of radioactive sources of units selling Class I, Class II, Class III radioactive sources for use by other units, shall sign an agreement on the return of used radioactive sources with the unit using the radioactive sources.
Transfer Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ radioactive sources, the transfer of both parties shall sign the agreement on the return of spent radioactive sources. Transfer of imported radioactive sources, the transfer unit should obtain the original exporter is responsible for the recovery of the original copy of the commitment document.
Article 29 The use of Class Ⅰ, Class Ⅱ, Ⅲ radioactive sources of the unit shall be in the radioactive sources idle or abandoned within three months, in accordance with the provisions of the agreement on the return of spent radioactive sources, the spent radioactive sources back to the production unit or return to the original exporter. Indeed can not be returned to the production unit or return to the original exporter, sent to a centralized storage unit of radioactive waste with appropriate qualifications (hereinafter referred to as "used radioactive sources storage unit") storage, and bear the relevant costs.
Waste radioactive sources storage unit, shall obtain the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued by the use of (including storage) radiation safety license, and in the qualification permit within the scope of the storage of waste radioactive sources and radioactively contaminated items.
Article 30 of the use of radioactive sources of the unit was revoked, dissolved, bankruptcy or terminated for other reasons, shall be transferred in advance to the unit of radioactive sources in accordance with the law, back to the production unit, back to the original exporter or sent to the storage unit of used radioactive sources, and assume responsibility for the completion of the above activities before the completion of all the security responsibilities.
Article 31 of the use of radioactive sources shall be in the used radioactive sources back to the production unit or sent to the storage of used radioactive sources storage unit within 20 days from the date of completion of the activity, reported to the competent department of environmental protection of the people's government at the provincial level for the record.
Waste radioactive sources returned to the original exporter, should be returned within 20 days of the date of completion of the activities, the radioisotope export form to the competent department of environmental protection of the provincial people's government in its location for the record.
Article 32: A unit for the collection and storage of used radioactive sources shall establish an account of the collection and storage of used radioactive sources and a corresponding computerized management system.
Waste radioactive sources storage units, shall be stored at the end of each quarter on the storage of used radioactive sources for summary statistics, the end of each year on the storage of used radioactive sources have been verified, and will be reported to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the competent department for environmental protection of the provincial people's government statistics and verification results, respectively.
Article 33 For radioactive sources that have been stored in the warehouse or returned to the production unit and are still valuable for use, they may be reused after going through the transfer procedures in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations on the Safety and Protection of Radioisotopes and Radiation Devices. The specific measures shall be formulated separately by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
To be reused radioactive sources, radioactive sources should be produced by the production unit in accordance with the requirements of the production of radioactive sources for security verification or processing, to meet the requirements of safety and technical parameters, the issuance of certificates of conformity, to specify the conditions for the use of radioactive sources, and coding of radioactive sources.
Article 34 units and individuals found abandoned radioactive sources or radioactively contaminated items, shall promptly report to the competent department for environmental protection of the local people's government at or above the county level; agreed to by the competent department for environmental protection of the people's government at the provincial level, sent to the storage of waste radioactive sources storage units.
Waste radioactive sources storage unit shall be discarded radioactive sources or radioactively contaminated items properly stored.
Prohibition of unauthorized transfer, storage, return of discarded radioactive sources or radioactively contaminated items.
Article 35 of the recycling of scrap metal smelting enterprises, shall establish a radiation monitoring system, equipped with sufficient radiation monitoring personnel, in the scrap metal raw materials into the furnace, the product before radiation monitoring, and will be included in the radioactive indicators of product qualification index system.
New construction, alteration, expansion of construction projects containing scrap metal recycling and smelting process, should be supporting the construction of radiation monitoring facilities; not supporting the construction of radiation monitoring facilities, the competent authorities in charge of environmental protection will not pass the environmental protection acceptance of the completion of its construction projects.
Radiation monitoring personnel in the scrap metal radiation monitoring and emergency response, should wear personal dosimeters and other protective equipment, personal protection.
Article 36 of the scrap metal recycling and smelting enterprises found and confirmed that the radiation monitoring results are obviously abnormal, shall immediately take appropriate control measures and within four hours to the local people's government at or above the county level of the competent department for environmental protection report.
After receiving the report, the competent department for environmental protection shall verify the radiation monitoring results, identify the causes of abnormal radiation levels, and order the scrap metal recycling and smelting enterprises to take measures to prevent radioactive contamination.
It is prohibited to delay, conceal, falsely report or omit to report information on abnormal radiation monitoring results.
Article 37 of the scrap metal recycling and smelting enterprises to send the storage of waste radioactive sources or radioactively contaminated items arising from the costs incurred by the waste radioactive sources or radioactively contaminated items of the original holder or supplier to bear.
It is impossible to identify the source of the discarded radioactive sources or radioactively contaminated items, the cost of sending storage by the scrap metal recycling and smelting enterprises; which has been carried out radiation monitoring of the scrap metal recycling and smelting enterprises, by the competent department of environmental protection of the provincial people's government at the location of the verification of the same level of the financial sector agreed to the competent department of environmental protection at the provincial level of the waste radioactive sources of the storage units can be Reduce or waive the relevant handling fees as appropriate.