Regulatory Information

Incident Reporting Requirements for Radiography Licensees

Regulatory Links

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

The NRC was created to enable the nation to safely use radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while ensuring that people and the environment are protected. The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection and enforcement of its requirements.

The following links at the NRC site may be helpful as well.

NMED (Includes Radiography Equipment Malfunction Reports)

Event Reports (Includes Radiography Incidents)

Agreement State Contact Information
Reference Library
News and Information
Public Participation

Federal Regulations (CFR)

U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)

USDOT was established to ensure a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future.

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ)

LDEQ’s mission is to provide service to the people of Louisiana through comprehensive environmental protection in order to promote and protect health, safety and welfare while considering sound policies regarding employment and economic development.

Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)

CRCPD’s mission is to promote consistency in addressing and resolving radiation protection issues, to encourage high standards of quality in radiation protection programs, and to provide leadership in radiation safety and education. CRCPD’s primary goal is to assure that radiation exposure to individuals is kept to the lowest practical level, while not restricting its beneficial uses.

Nondestructive Testing Management Association (NDTMA)

NDTMA’s mission is to provide a forum for the open exchange of managerial, professional and regulatory information critical to management; and to promote the interests of the nondestructive testing (NDT) industry.

American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)

ASNT’s mission is to help create a safer world by serving the NDT professions and promoting NDT technologies, through publishing, certification, research and conferencing.