ec,
Studies and recommendations of the various state agencies
concerned with atomic development should be coordinated
d.
Radiation sources should be registered
As of January 1959, thirty-two states have some sort of radiation protection regulations
a.
Sixteen states require registration of radiation sources
b.
Eight states have adopted comprehensive regulations of the
type suggested by the NCRP's model state radiation protection regulation
c,
Common features of comprehensive administrative rules include direvciois dealing with:
(1)
Amounts of permissible exposure to radiation
(2)
Monitoring of plants and their surroundings for radioactivity
(3)
Systems of signs and signals warning of radiation
danger
(4)
Requirements for record-keeping of personnel exposure
and radiation surveys
(5)
Techniques of storing radioactive materials
(6)
Shielding devices for installations where nuclear re-
actions are being produced
(7)
Clothing to be worn and equipment to be used
(8)
Rules frequently provide that one man in each plant
or installation be given chief responsibility for the
establishment's system of radiation hazard control
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