Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-436 - Disposal by Release into Sanitary Sewerage System
A. A licensee may discharge licensed material
into sanitary sewerage if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
1. The material is readily soluble or is
readily dispersible biological material, in water;
2. The quantity of licensed radioactive
material that the licensee releases into the sewer in one month divided by the
average monthly volume of water released into the sewer by the licensee or
registrant does not exceed the concentration listed in Appendix B, Table III;
and
3. If more than one
radionuclide is released, the following conditions shall also be satisfied:
a. The licensee shall determine the fraction
of the limit in Appendix B, Table III represented by discharges into sanitary
sewerage by dividing the actual monthly average concentration of each
radionuclide released by the licensee or registrant into the sewer by the
concentration of that radionuclide listed in Appendix B, Table III;
b. The sum of the fractions for each
radionuclide required by subsection (A)(3)(a) does not exceed unity;
and
c. The total quantity of
licensed radioactive material that the licensee releases into the sanitary
sewerage in a year does not exceed 185 GBq (5 Ci) of Hydrogen-3, 37 GBq (1 Ci)
of Carbon-14, and 37 GBq (1 Ci) of all other radioactive materials
combined.
B.
Excreta from individuals undergoing medical diagnosis or therapy with
radioactive material are not subject to the limitations contained in subsection
(A).
Notes
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