---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 36.37"
title: "10"
number: "36.37"
heading: "Power failures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/36.37"
---

# §36.37. Power failures.

- (a) If electrical power at a panoramic irradiator is lost for longer than 10 seconds, the sources must automatically return to the shielded position.
- (b) The lock on the door of the radiation room of a panoramic irradiator may not be deactivated by a power failure.
- (c) During a power failure, the area of any irradiator where sources are located may be entered only when using an operable and calibrated radiation survey meter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 81, 161, 181, 182, 183, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2111, 2112, 2201, 2231, 2233, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 7728, Feb. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted.