SECTION IV SAFETY PROCEDURES

TM 5-6635-386-12&P SECTION IV SAFETY PROCEDURES GENERAL 4-1. PURPOSE. This section provides life cycle controls for the Campbell Pacific Nuclear Model MC-1 Nuclear Method Tester, NSN 6635-01-0306896. Areas of responsibility are then identified and assigned for personnel involved in the life cycle program. 4-2. SCOPE. These safety procedures apply to Active Army, US Army Reserve, Army National Guard, and all other installations, activities and units covered under the conditions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license issued to the US Army Tank- Automotive Command (TACOM). Areas of involvement include procurement, storage, possession, shipment, transfer, operation, use and disposition of the tester. 4-3. LICENSE. NRC license number 21-01222-05 has been issued to TACOM. This license authorizes TACOM to purchase, use, and store the tester. Conditions of the license permit the tester to be issued throughout the Army without specific licenses being issued to individual users. The license also states how radioactive material shall be used to measure the moisture content and density of soils and asphalt. A copy of the license is furnished with each tester. Additional copies of the license may be obtained from the Commander, TACOM, ATTN: AMSTA-CZ. 4-4. REGULATIONS. Refer to Appendix A for applicable Army regulations (AR), technical bulletins (TB) and codes of Federal regulations. RESPONSIBILITY 4-5. PROGRAM MANAGER. The Commander, TACOM, is the program manager. Areas of responsibility are: a. Ensure compliance with Section IV of this manual by monitoring reports of radiation leakage tests, incidents and equipment improvement. Utilize feedback reports from logistic assistance teams, inspection teams and reports from major Army command Radiation Material Control Points (RMCP). b. Maintain overall National Inventory Control Point (NICP) functions by managing the tester as a major item. c. Provide coordination for tester disposal in accordance with AR 385-11. 4-6. NICP ITEM MANAGER. Areas of responsibility are: a. Account for each tester by serial number. b. Issue testers to specific units, based upon plans developed individually, or together, by the Chief of Engineers and the Commander, TRADOC. c. Ensure that the consignee for the initial issue of the tester is the commander of the specific unit (see b above). Under no circumstances shall the consignee be the Property Book Officer (PBO), Director of Industrial Operations (DIO), or the Transportation Officer (TO). d. Ensure that all requests are channeled through the using units RMCP, and that the requests contain certificates and appointing orders on the using Command Local Radiation Protection Officer (LRPO), Alternate LRPO and operator. The requests must also contain a proposed storage location drawing with background readings as per Section IV of TM 5-6635- 386-12. e. Issue disposition instructions and coordinate disposal action in accordance with AR 385-11. f. Request documentation from manufacturer of testers received for overhaul or repair from user unit. g. Request documentation from manufacturer of testers in transit to user units. 4-1