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RADIATION SAFETY EXAM #4 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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RADIATION SAFETY EXAM #4QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Different regulatory agencies - answer-nuclear regulatory commission, agreement state,
department of transportation, food and drug administration, environmental protection
agency, department of homeland security
Nuclear regulatory commission (nrc) - answer-agency of the us government that
oversees radiation safety and security for any facility involved with radiation; concerned
with regulations/guidance, licensing/decommission/certification, oversight, operation
experience, support for decisions
Nrc regulations and guidance - answer-developing regulations and guidance for
applicants and licenses
Nrc licensing, decommissioning, and certification - answer-licensing or certifying
applicants to use nuclear materials, operate nuclear facilities, and decommission
facilities
Nrc oversight - answer-inspecting and assessing license operations and facilities to
ensure licenses comply with nrc requirements, responding to incidents, investigating
allegations of wrongdoing, and taking appropriate follow-up or enforcement actions
when necessary
Nrc operational experience - answer-evaluating operational experience of licensed
facilities and activities
Nrc support for decisions - answer-conducting research, holding hearings, and obtaining
independent reviews to support regulatory decisions
Agreement state - answer-a state that has signed an agreement with the nrc authorizing
the state to regulate uses of radioactive materials within the state; issues licenses and
authorizes the use of radioactive materials
Number of agreement states - answer-39
Start date of the nrc - answer-1975
Illinois regulatory agency - answer-illinois emergency management association (iema)
Department of transportation (dot) - answer-federal agency that oversees interstate
travel of radioactive materials; regulates shipment and how packages need to be
labeled
, Food and drug administration (fda) - answer-regulates classification of
radiopharmaceuticals into investigational or approved
Environmental protection agency (epa) - answer-regulates radioactive waste disposal;
tells how much radiation can be released into the air, water, or land to protection human
and environmental health
Department of homeland security - answer-key elements are nuclear detection and
forensics to prevent attacks on the united states; radiation portal monitors and other
radiation detection technologies are used at seaports, land border ports, and mail
facilities around the world
Institutional controls of radioactive materials - answer-radiation safety committee,
radiation safety officer, authorized users
Radiation safety committee (rsc) - answer-responsible for all radioactive materials within
an institution
Radiation safety officer (rso) - answer-responsible for radiation safety and radioactive
materials at the institution or institutions on their ram license on a daily basis
Authorized users (au) - answer-request through the rsc to use radioactive materials;
specify radioactive materials and quantities they would like to use; there are individual
uses under the authorized users
Members of a radiation safety committee - answer-authorized user of each type of use
permitted by the license, rso, nursing representative, representative of management
who is neither an authorized user nor rso; may include other members the licensee
considers appropriate; must have a quorum/50% present
Members of rsc required for quorum/meeting - answer-half of the committee members,
rso, chairman, someone from management
Duties of an rso - answer-identify radiation safety problems; initiate, recommend, or
provide corrective actions; stop unsafe operations; verify implementation of corrective
actions; a licensee shall retain appropriate records
Code of federal regulations (cfr) - answer-the code of the general and permanent rules
published in the federal register by the departments and agencies of the federal
government; separated into 50 titles
Title 10 of cfr - answer-energy; establishing the nrc as regulator, structure, function, as
well as regulations relating to handling or working with nuclear/radiological materials in
medicine, academics, industry, waste, power production, etc.
Number of parts in title 10 - answer-171 parts
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