DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000
NAVY PENTAGON
W
ASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 6470.3B
N4
30 Jul 2015
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 6470.3B
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: NAVAL RADIATION SAFETY COMMITTEE
Ref: (a) E.O. 12344
(b) SECNAVINST 5100.10K
1. Purpose. To establish the Naval Radiation Safety Committee
(NRSC) and identify the responsibilities associated with its
regulation of the use of radioactive materials within the Navy
and Marine Corps. This instruction is being reissued with a new
date, updated version and signature authority to meet Chief of
Naval Operations’ age requirement for Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations instructions.
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 6470.3A.
3. Scope. This instruction applies to all Navy and Marine
Corps activities engaged in the use of Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) regulated byproduct material, special nuclear
material, source material, and naturally occurring or
accelerator-produced radioactive material. It does not apply to
radioactive materials transferred from the Department of Energy
to the Department of Defense per section 91B of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954. Nor does it apply to radioactive materials
produced as a consequence of the construction, operation,
servicing, or maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants,
per reference (a).
4. Discussion. The Department of the Navy (DON) has been
delegated by the NRC, through the issuance of a master materials
license, regulatory authority for the receipt, possession,
distribution, use, transportation, transfer, and disposal of
radioactive material from Navy and Marine Corps activities. The
NRSC is established to provide administrative control of
radioactive material used in the Navy and Marine Corps with the
exception of radioactive material used in nuclear propulsion,
nuclear weapons, and certain components of weapons delivery
systems. OPNAV 6470/1 Naval Radioactive Materials Permit is
utilized to maintain such control.
