Ohio Admin. Code 3701:1-56-06 - Specific licenses for the manufacture or initial transfer of calibration or reference sources
(A) An application for a specific license to
manufacture or initially transfer calibration or reference sources containing
plutonium, for distribution to persons generally licensed under rule
3701:1-56-02
of the Administrative Code, will be approved if:
(1) The applicant satisfies the general
requirements of the license application requirements of Chapters 3701:1-40 and
3701:1-46 of the Administrative Code, and rule
3701:1-38-02
of the Administrative Code.
(2)
The applicant submits sufficient information regarding each type of calibration
or reference source pertinent to evaluation of the potential radiation
exposure, including:
(a) Chemical and
physical form and maximum quantity of plutonium in the source;
(b) Details of construction and design;
(c) Details of the method of
incorporation and binding of the plutonium in the source;
(d) Procedures for and results of prototype
testing of sources, which are designed to contain more than one hundred
eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005 microcurie) of plutonium, to demonstrate that
the plutonium contained in each source will not be released or be removed from
the source under normal conditions of use;
(e) Details of quality control procedures to
be followed in manufacture of the source;
(f) Description of labeling to be affixed to
the source or the storage container for the source; and
(g) Any additional information, including
experimental studies and tests, required by the department
director
to facilitate a determination of the safety of the source.
(3) Each source will contain no
more than one hundred eighty-five kilobecquerels (five microcuries) of
plutonium.
(4) The
department
director determines, with respect to any type of
source containing more than one hundred eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005
microcurie) of plutonium, that:
(a) The
method of incorporation and binding of the plutonium in the source is such that
the plutonium will not be released or be removed from the source under normal
conditions of use and handling of the source; and
(b) The source has been subjected to and has
satisfactorily passed the prototype tests prescribed by paragraph (A)(5) of
this rule.
(5) For any
type of source which is designed to contain more than one hundred eighty-five
becquerels ( 0.005 microcurie) of plutonium, the applicant has conducted
prototype tests, in the order listed, on each of five prototypes of such
source, which contains more than one hundred eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005
microcurie) of plutonium, as follows:
(a) The
quantity of radioactive material deposited on the source shall be measured by
direct counting of the source.
(b)
The entire radioactive surface of the source shall be wiped with filter paper
with the application of moderate finger pressure. Removal of radioactive
material from the source shall be determined by measuring the radioactivity on
the filter paper or by direct measurement of the radioactivity on the source
following the dry wipe.
(c) The
entire radioactive surface of the source shall be wiped with filter paper,
moistened with water, with the application of moderate finger pressure. Removal
of radioactive material from the source shall be determined by measuring the
radioactivity on the filter paper after it has dried or by direct measurement
of the radioactivity on the source following the wet wipe.
(d) The source shall be immersed in water at
room temperature for a period of twenty four consecutive hours. The source
shall then be removed from the water. Removal of radioactive material from the
source shall be determined by direct measurement of the radioactivity on the
source after it has dried or by measuring the radioactivity in the residue
obtained by evaporation of the water in which the source was immersed.
(e) On completion of the preceding
tests in paragraphs (A)(5)(a) to (A)(5)(d) of this rule, the dry wipe test
described in paragraph (A)(5)(b) of this rule shall be repeated.
(f) Removal of more than one hundred
eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005 microcurie) of radioactivity in any test
prescribed by this paragraph shall be cause for rejection of the source design.
Results of prototype tests submitted to the department
director
shall be given in terms of radioactivity in microcuries and percent of removal
from the total amount of radioactive material deposited on the source.
(B) Each
person licensed under this rule shall affix to each source, or storage
container for the source, a label which shall contain sufficient information
relative to safe use and storage of the source and shall include the following
statement or a substantially similar statement which contains the information
called for in the following statement:
(1)
The receipt, possession, use and transfer of this source, model ____, serial
no. ____, are subject to a general license and the regulations of the United
States nuclear regulatory commission or of a state with which the commission
has entered into an agreement for the exercise of regulatory authority. Do not
remove this label.
Caution - radioactive material - this source contains plutonium. Do not touch radioactive portion of this source.
(Name of manufacturer or initial transferor)
(2) Sources generally licensed under this
rule prior to January 19, 1975 may bear labels authorized by the United States
nuclear regulatory commission regulations in effect on January 1, 1975.
(C) Each person
licensed under this rule shall perform a dry wipe test upon each source
containing more than 3.7 kilobecquerels ( 0.1
microcurie) of plutonium prior to transferring the source to a general licensee
under rule
3701:1-56-02
of the Administrative Code. This test shall be performed by wiping the entire
radioactive surface of the source with a filter paper with the application of
moderate finger pressure. The radioactivity on the paper shall be measured by
using radiation detection instrumentation capable of detecting one hundred
eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005 microcurie) of plutonium. If any such test
discloses more than one hundred eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005 microcurie) of
radioactive material, the source shall be deemed to be leaking or losing
plutonium and shall not be transferred to a general licensee.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 04/14/2003, 10/08/2007, 09/01/2012
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 4/14/2003, 10/8/07, 9/1/12
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