Audit of NRC’s Oversight of Industrial Radiography
Report Information
Recommendations
Require license reviewers to write radiography licenses in a manner that clearly and consistently specifies whether or not licensees are authorized to conduct certain activities (such as offshore, lay-barge, or underwater radiography).
Require license reviewers to write radiography licenses in a manner that clearly and consistently specifies whether or not licensees are authorized to conduct certain activities (such as offshore, lay-barge, or underwater radiography).
Revise NRC inspection guidance to define the NRC radiography licensees’ location that must be inspected each inspection cycle.
Revise NRC inspection guidance to include a reliable methodology to select NRC radiography licensee field stations for inspection.
Revise NRC inspection guidance to require NRC inspectors to take additional steps to arrange a temporary job site inspection for an NRC licensee that has not had a temporary job site inspection for a defined minimum number of consecutive routine inspections.