30-654

30-654. Powers and duties of the agency

A. The agency may:

1. Accept grants or other contributions from the federal government or other
sources, public or private, to be used by the agency to carry out any of the purposes of
this chapter.

2. Do all things necessary, within the limitations of this chapter, to carry out
the powers and duties of the agency.

3. Conduct an information program, including but not limited to:

(a) Providing information on the control and regulation of sources of radiation and
related health and safety matters, on request, to members of the legislature, the
executive offices, state departments and agencies and county and municipal governments.

(b) Providing such published information, audiovisual presentations, exhibits and
speakers on the control and regulation of sources of radiation and related health and
safety matters to the state's educational system at all educational levels as may be
arranged.

(c) Furnishing to citizen groups, on request, speakers and such audiovisual
presentations or published materials on the control and regulation of sources of
radiation and related health and safety matters as may be available.

(d) Conducting, sponsoring or cosponsoring and actively participating in the
professional meetings, symposia, workshops, forums and other group informational
activities concerned with the control and regulation of sources of radiation and related
health and safety matters when representation from this state at such meetings is
determined to be important by the agency.

B. The agency shall:

1. Regulate the use, storage and disposal of sources of radiation.

2. Establish procedures for purposes of selecting any proposed permanent disposal
site located within this state for low level radioactive waste.

3. Coordinate with the department of transportation and the corporation commission
in regulating the transportation of sources of radiation.

4. Assume primary responsibility for and provide necessary technical assistance to
handle any incidents, accidents and emergencies involving radiation or sources of
radiation occurring within this state.

5. Adopt rules deemed necessary to administer this chapter in accordance with title
41, chapter 6.

6. Adopt uniform radiation protection and radiation dose standards to be as nearly
as possible in conformity with, and in no case inconsistent with, the standards contained
in the regulations of the United States nuclear regulatory commission and the standards
of the United States public health service. In the adoption of the standards, the agency
shall consider the total occupational radiation exposure of individuals, including that
from sources not regulated by the agency.

7. Adopt rules for personnel monitoring under the close supervision of technically
competent people in order to determine compliance with safety rules adopted under this
chapter.

8. Adopt a uniform system of labels, signs and symbols and the posting of the
labels, signs and symbols to be affixed to radioactive products, especially those
transferred from person to person.

9. By rule require adequate training and experience of persons utilizing sources of
radiation with respect to the hazards of excessive exposure to radiation in order to
protect health and safety.

10. Adopt standards for the storage of radioactive material and for security against
unauthorized removal.

11. Adopt standards for the disposal of radioactive materials into the air, water
and sewers and burial in the soil in accordance with 10 Code of Federal Regulations part
20.

12. Adopt rules applicable to the shipment of radioactive materials in conformity
with and compatible with those established by the United States nuclear regulatory
commission, the department of transportation, the United States treasury department and
the United States postal service.

13. In individual cases, impose additional requirements to protect health and safety
or grant necessary exemptions which will not jeopardize health or safety, or both.

14. Make recommendations to the governor and furnish such technical advice as
required on matters relating to the utilization and regulation of sources of radiation.

15. Conduct or cause to be conducted off-site radiological environmental monitoring
of the air, water and soil surrounding any fixed nuclear facility, any uranium milling
and tailing site and any uranium leaching operation, and maintain and report the data or
results obtained by the monitoring as deemed appropriate by the agency.

16. Develop and utilize information resources concerning radiation and radioactive
sources.

17. Prescribe by rule a schedule of fees to be charged to categories of licensees
and registrants of radiation sources, including academic, medical, industrial, waste,
distribution and imaging categories. The fees shall cover a significant portion of the
reasonable costs associated with processing the application for license or registration,
renewal or amendment of the license or registration and the costs of inspecting the
licensee or registrant activities and facilities, including the cost to the agency of
employing clerical help, consultants and persons possessing technical expertise and using
analytical instrumentation and information processing systems.

18. Adopt rules establishing radiological standards, personnel standards and quality
assurance programs to assure the accuracy and safety of screening and diagnostic
mammography.

C. All fees collected under subsection B, paragraph 18 shall be deposited, pursuant
to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the state general fund.