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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the NRC has ceased normal operations. However, excepted and exempted activities necessary to maintain critical health and safety functions—as well as essential progress on designated critical activities, including those specified in Executive Order 14300—will continue, consistent with the OMB-Approved NRC Lapse Plan.

Health Physics Questions and Answers - Question 220

Question 220: 10 CFR 20.1602 gives requirements for control for access to very high radiation areas, and has no exemption clause. 10 CFR 20.1003 defines a very high radiation area.

(a) Are teletherapy rooms or fixed / field radiography facilities, with beams that can deliver in excess of 500 rad in 1 hour at 1 meter, very high radiation areas?

(b) Do the requirements in 20.1602 apply to teletherapy rooms or fixed / field radiography facilities?

Answer:

(a) Yes.

(b) Yes. However, this does not prohibit patients from receiving prescribed medical treatment in a teletherapy room.

(Reference:10 CFR 20.1602, 10 CFR 20.1003)

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