Report - Maryland Department of the Environment
Report - Maryland Department of the Environment
Report - Maryland Department of the Environment
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<strong>Maryland</strong>’s implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> National Source Tracking System; and training<br />
<strong>of</strong> state and local personnel to assure statewide preparedness for a nuclear utility<br />
accident. Challenges include <strong>the</strong> fur<strong>the</strong>r evaluation and implementation <strong>of</strong><br />
increased security for radioactive material in <strong>Maryland</strong> and continued outreach<br />
and education <strong>of</strong> <strong>Maryland</strong> citizens regarding <strong>the</strong> actual hazards <strong>of</strong> ionizing<br />
radiation.<br />
INSPECTION COVERAGE RATE<br />
The following chart shows <strong>the</strong> inspection frequency, <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> licenses that<br />
are inspected at that frequency and an example <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> type <strong>of</strong> licenses:<br />
Inspection Frequency Number <strong>of</strong> Licenses Examples <strong>of</strong> License Types<br />
Academic & Medical Research<br />
Nuclear Pharmacies<br />
Annual 12<br />
Gamma Knife (cancer <strong>the</strong>rapy)<br />
Remote Afterloader (cancer<br />
<strong>the</strong>rapy)<br />
Industrial Radiography<br />
2 Years 48 Mobile Medical Vans<br />
Hospitals<br />
3 Years 131<br />
Brachy<strong>the</strong>rapy (cancer <strong>the</strong>rapy)<br />
Medical Offices<br />
Fill/Density Gauges<br />
5 Years 440<br />
Nuclear Pacemakers<br />
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine<br />
Notes for above table:<br />
Licenses inspected in <strong>the</strong> annual, two-year and three-year inspection frequencies are <strong>the</strong> most<br />
complex and represent those types <strong>of</strong> radioactive material activities with <strong>the</strong> greatest radiation<br />
hazard to users and members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> general public.<br />
Facility radioactive material inspections are resource-intensive. Onsite facility inspection times<br />
vary from half a day with one inspector for <strong>the</strong> five-year inspection frequency, to a four-day<br />
inspection with three inspectors for certain extremely complex annual inspections.<br />
MDE FY 2009 Annual Enforcement and Compliance <strong>Report</strong> 47
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