Energia i regulacje · 20/01/1999

Requirements Concerning the Accessible Air Gap for Generally Licensed Devices

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing a proposed rulemaking that would have amended the Commission's regulations to provide additional regulatory control over certain measuring, gauging, and controlling devices to prevent unnecessary radiation exposure to individuals resulting from the use of the devices that contain radioactive sources. This proposed rule would have addressed only generally licensed devices. It did not include devices subject to specific licenses. The NRC is conducting a risk review of the current licensing and inspection programs and licensees' activities for both generally and specifically licensed devices. The risk review will determine the risk associated with licensees' activities by determining and relating the probabilities of the occurrence and consequences of events during use and likely accidents involving radioactive material. The NRC will determine from the results of the risk review the need to develop restructured licensing and inspection programs for material licensees and the associated rulemaking for implementing these programs. Therefore, pending the results of the risk review and the need for a comprehensive rulemaking, and beca