Section 860. Posting requirements

A. Licensees shall post each radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol as described in 12VAC5-481-850 and the words "CAUTION, RADIATION AREA."

B. Licensees shall post each high radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol as described in 12VAC5-481-850 and the words "CAUTION, HIGH RADIATION AREA" or "DANGER, HIGH RADIATION AREA."

C. Licensees shall post each very high radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol as described in 12VAC5-481-850 and the words "GRAVE DANGER, VERY HIGH RADIATION AREA."

D. Licensees shall post each airborne radioactivity area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol as described in 12VAC5-481-850 and the words, "CAUTION, AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY AREA," or "DANGER, AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY AREA."

E. The licensee shall post each area or room in which there is used or stored an amount of licensed material exceeding 10 times the quantity of such material specified in 12VAC5-481-3700 with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol as described in 12VAC5-481-850 and the words "CAUTION, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS" or "DANGER, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS."

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 22, Issue 25, eff. September 20, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 18, eff. June 12, 2008; Volume 32, Issue 24, eff. August 25, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.