10 C.F.R. Subpart M—Reports
Title 10 - Energy
Source: 56 FR 23406, May 21, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
(a) Telephone reports. (1) Each licensee shall report by telephone as follows: (i) 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 specified in appendix C to part 20 under such circumstances that it appears to the licensee that an exposure could result to persons in unrestricted areas; or (ii) Within 30 days after the occurrence of any lost, stolen, or missing licensed material becomes known to the licensee, all licensed material in a quantity greater than 10 times the quantity specified in appendix C to part 20 that is still missing at this time. (2) Reports must be made as follows: (i) Licensees having an installed Emergency Notification System shall make the reports to the NRC Operations Center in accordance with §50.72 of this chapter, and (ii) All other licensees shall make reports by telephone to the NRC Operations Center (301–816–5100). (b) Written reports. (1) Each licensee required to make a report under paragraph (a) of this section shall, within 30 days after making the telephone report, make a written report setting forth the following information: (i) A description of the licensed material involved, including kind, quantity, and chemical and physical form; and (ii) A description of the circumstances under which the loss or theft occurred; and (iii) A statement of disposition, or probable disposition, of the licensed material involved; and (iv) Exposures of individuals to radiation, circumstances under which the exposures occurred, and the possible total effective dose equivalent to persons in unrestricted areas; and (v) Actions that have been taken, or will be taken, to recover the material; and (vi) Procedures or measures that have been, or will be, adopted to ensure against a recurrence of the loss or theft of licensed material. (2) Reports must be made as follows: (i) For holders of an operating license for a nuclear power plant, the events included in paragraph (b) of this section must be reported in accordance with the procedures described in §50.73(b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of this chapter and must include the information required in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, and (ii) All other licensees shall make reports to the Administrator of the appropriate NRC Regional Office listed in appendix D to part 20. (c) A duplicate report is not required under paragraph (b) of this section if the licensee is also required to submit a report pursuant to §§30.55(c), 40.64(c), 50.72, 50.73, 70.52, 73.27(b), 73.67(e)(3)(vii), 73.67(g)(3)(iii), 73.71, or §150.19(c) of this chapter. (d) Subsequent to filing the written report, the licensee shall also report any additional substantive information on the loss or theft within 30 days after the licensee learns of such information. (e) The licensee shall prepare any report filed with the Commission pursuant to this section so that names of individuals who may have received exposure to radiation are stated in a separate and detachable part of the report. [56 FR 23406, May 21, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 69220, Dec. 30, 1993; 60 FR 20186, Apr. 25, 1995; 66 FR 64738, Dec. 14, 2001; 67 FR 3585, Jan. 25, 2002] (a) Immediate notification. Notwithstanding any other requirements for notification, each licensee shall immediately report any event involving byproduct, source, or special nuclear material possessed by the licensee that may have caused or threatens to cause any of the following conditions— (1) An individual to receive— (i) A total effective dose equivalent of 25 rems (0.25 Sv) or more; or (ii) A lens dose equivalent of 75 rems (0.75 Sv) or more; or (iii) A shallow-dose equivalent to the skin or extremities of 250 rads (2.5 Gy) or more; or (2) The release of radioactive material, inside or outside of a restricted area, so that, had an individual been present for 24 hours, the individual could have received an intake five times the annual limit on intake (the provisions of this paragraph do not apply to locations where personnel are not normally stationed during routine operations, such as hot-cells or process enclosures). (b) Twenty-four hour notification. Each licensee shall, within 24 hours of discovery of the event, report any event involving loss of control of licensed material possessed by the licensee that may have caused, or threatens to cause, any of the following conditions: (1) An individual to receive, in a period of 24 hours— (i) A total effective dose equivalent exceeding 5 rems (0.05 Sv); or (ii) A lens dose equivalent exceeding 15 rems (0.15 Sv); or (iii) A shallow-dose equivalent to the skin or extremities exceeding 50 rems (0.5 Sv); or (2) The release of radioactive material, inside or outside of a restricted area, so that, had an individual been present for 24 hours, the individual could have received an intake in excess of one occupational annual limit on intake (the provisions of this paragraph do not apply to locations where personnel are not normally stationed during routine operations, such as hot-cells or process enclosures). (c) The licensee shall prepare any report filed with the Commission pursuant to this section so that names of individuals who have received exposure to radiation or radioactive material are stated in a separate and detachable part of the report. (d) Reports made by licensees in response to the requirements of this section must be made as follows: (1) Licensees having an installed Emergency Notification System shall make the reports required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section to the NRC Operations Center in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72; and (2) All other licensees shall make the reports required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section by telephone to the NRC Operations Center (301) 816–5100. (e) The provisions of this section do not include doses that result from planned special exposures, that are within the limits for planned special exposures, and that are reported under §20.2204. [56 FR 23406, May 21, 1991, as amended at 56 FR 40766, Aug. 16, 1991; 57 FR 57879, Dec. 8, 1992; 59 FR 14086, Mar. 25, 1994; 63 FR 39483, July 23, 1998] (a) Reportable events. In addition to the notification required by §20.2202, each licensee shall submit a written report within 30 days after learning of any of the following occurrences: (1) Any incident for which notification is required by §20.2202; or (2) Doses in excess of any of the following: (i) The occupational dose limits for adults in §20.1201; or (ii) The occupational dose limits for a minor in §20.1207; or (iii) The limits for an embryo/fetus of a declared pregnant woman in §20.1208; or (iv) The limits for an individual member of the public in §20.1301; or (v) Any applicable limit in the license; or (vi) The ALARA constraints for air emissions established under §20.1101(d); or (3) Levels of radiation or concentrations of radioactive material in— (i) A restricted area in excess of any applicable limit in the license; or (ii) An unrestricted area in excess of 10 times any applicable limit set forth in this part or in the license (whether or not involving exposure of any individual in excess of the limits in §20.1301); or (4) For licensees subject to the provisions of EPA's generally applicable environmental radiation standards in 40 CFR part 190, levels of radiation or releases of radioactive material in excess of those standards, or of license conditions related to those standards. (b) Contents of reports. (1) Each report required by paragraph (a) of this section must describe the extent of exposure of individuals to radiation and radioactive material, including, as appropriate: (i) Estimates of each individual's dose; and (ii) The levels of radiation and concentrations of radioactive material involved; and (iii) The cause of the elevated exposures, dose rates, or concentrations; and (iv) Corrective steps taken or planned to ensure against a recurrence, including the schedule for achieving conformance with applicable limits, ALARA constraints, generally applicable environmental standards, and associated license conditions. (2) Each report filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section must include for each occupationally overexposed1 1 With respect to the limit for the embryo/fetus (§20.1208), the identifiers should be those of the declared pregnant woman. (c) For holders of an operating license for a nuclear power plant, the occurrences included in paragraph (a) of this section must be reported in accordance with the procedures described in §50.73(b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of this chapter and must also include the information required by paragraph (b) of this section. Occurrences reported in accordance with §50.73 of this chapter need not be reported by a duplicate report under paragraph (a) of this section. (d) All licensees, other than those holding an operating license for a nuclear power plant, who make reports under paragraph (a) of this section shall submit the report in writing either by mail addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555–0001; by hand delivery to the NRC's offices at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland; or, where practicable, by electronic submission, for example, Electronic Information Exchange, or CD-ROM. Electronic submissions must be made in a manner that enables the NRC to receive, read, authenticate, distribute, and archive the submission, and process and retrieve it a single page at a time. Detailed guidance on making electronic submissions can be obtained by visiting the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/eie.php, by calling (301) 415–6030, by e-mail to [email protected], or by writing the Office of Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. A copy should be sent to the appropriate NRC Regional Office listed in appendix D to this part. [56 FR 23406, May 21, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 20186, Apr. 25, 1995; 61 FR 65127, Dec. 10, 1996; 68 FR 14308a, Mar. 25, 2003; 68 FR 58801, Oct. 10, 2003] The licensee shall submit a written report to the Administrator of the appropriate NRC Regional Office listed in appendix D to part 20 within 30 days following any planned special exposure conducted in accordance with §20.1206, informing the Commission that a planned special exposure was conducted and indicating the date the planned special exposure occurred and the information required by §20.2105. [56 FR 23406, May 21, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 20186, Apr. 25, 1995] When a licensee is required, pursuant to the provisions of §§20.2203, 20.2204, or 20.2206, to report to the Commission any exposure of an identified occupationally exposed individual, or an identified member of the public, to radiation or radioactive material, the licensee shall also provide a copy of the report submitted to the Commission to the individual. This report must be transmitted at a time no later than the transmittal to the Commission. [60 FR 36043, July 13, 1995] (a) This section applies to each person licensed by the Commission to— (1) Operate a nuclear reactor designed to produce electrical or heat energy pursuant to §50.21(b) or §50.22 of this chapter or a testing facility as defined in §50.2 of this chapter; or (2) Possess or use byproduct material for purposes of radiography pursuant to parts 30 and 34 of this chapter; or (3) Possess or use at any one time, for purposes of fuel processing, fabricating, or reprocessing, special nuclear material in a quantity exceeding 5,000 grams of contained uranium-235, uranium-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof pursuant to part 70 of this chapter; or (4) Possess high-level radioactive waste at a geologic repository operations area pursuant to part 60 or 63 of this chapter; or (5) Possess spent fuel in an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) pursuant to part 72 of this chapter; or (6) Receive radioactive waste from other persons for disposal under part 61 of this chapter; or (7) Possess or use at any time, for processing or manufacturing for distribution pursuant to parts 30, 32, 33 or 35 of this chapter, byproduct material in quantities exceeding any one of the following quantitites: (b) Each licensee in a category listed in paragraph (a) of this section shall submit an annual report of the results of individual monitoring carried out by the licensee for each individual for whom monitoring was required by §20.1502 during that year. The licensee may include additional data for individuals for whom monitoring was provided but not required. The licensee shall use Form NRC 5 or electronic media containing all the information required by Form NRC 5. (c) The licensee shall file the report required by §20.2206(b), covering the preceding year, on or before April 30 of each year. The licensee shall submit the report to the REIRS Project Manager by an appropriate method listed in §20.1007 or via the REIRS Web site at http://www.reirs.com. [56 FR 23406, May 21, 1991, as amended at 56 FR 32072, July 15, 1991; 66 FR 55789, Nov. 2, 2001; 68 FR 58802, Oct. 10, 2003]
Title 10: Energy
PART 20—STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Subpart M—Reports
§ 20.2201 Reports of theft or loss of licensed material.
§ 20.2202 Notification of incidents.
§ 20.2203 Reports of exposures, radiation levels, and concentrations of radioactive material exceeding the constraints or limits.
§ 20.2204 Reports of planned special exposures.
§ 20.2205 Reports to individuals of exceeding dose limits.
§ 20.2206 Reports of individual monitoring.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quantity of Radionuclide radionuclide \1\ in curies------------------------------------------------------------------------Cesium-137............................................. 1Cobalt-60.............................................. 1Gold-198............................................... 100Iodine-131............................................. 1Iridium-192............................................ 10Krypton-85............................................. 1,000Promethium-147......................................... 10Techetium-99m.......................................... 1,000------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ The Commission may require as a license condition, or by rule, regulation, or order pursuant to § 20.2302, reports from licensees who are licensed to use radionuclides not on this list, in quantities sufficient to cause comparable radiation levels.
