Part 39 — Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging
Current through Oct 5, 2026
Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 69, 81, 161, 181, 182, 183, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2112, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
Source: 52 FR 8234, Mar. 17, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 39.1 Purpose and scope.
- § 39.2 Definitions.
- § 39.5 Interpretations.
- § 39.8 Information collection requirements: OMB approval.
- § 39.11 Application for a specific license.
- § 39.13 Specific licenses for well logging.
- § 39.15 Agreement with well owner or operator.
- § 39.17 Request for written statements.
- § 39.31 Labels, security, and transportation precautions.
- § 39.33 Radiation detection instruments.
- § 39.35 Leak testing of sealed sources.
- § 39.37 Physical inventory.
- § 39.39 Records of material use.
- § 39.41 Design and performance criteria for sources.
- § 39.43 Inspection, maintenance, and opening of a source or source holder.
- § 39.45 Subsurface tracer studies.
- § 39.47 Radioactive markers.
- § 39.49 Uranium sinker bars.
- § 39.51 Use of a sealed source in a well without a surface casing.
- § 39.53 Energy compensation source.
- § 39.55 Tritium neutron generator target sources.
- § 39.61 Training.
- § 39.63 Operating and emergency procedures.
- § 39.65 Personnel monitoring.
- § 39.67 Radiation surveys.
- § 39.69 Radioactive contamination control.
- § 39.71 Security.
- § 39.73 Documents and records required at field stations.
- § 39.75 Documents and records required at temporary jobsites.
- § 39.77 Notification of incidents and lost sources; abandonment procedures for irretrievable sources.
- § 39.91 Applications for exemptions.
- § 39.101 Violations.
- § 39.103 Criminal penalties.