25 Pa. Code § 217.136 - Exempt concentrations

In addition to the parts of 10 CFR Part 30 (relating to rules of general applicability to domestic licensing of byproduct material) incorporated by reference, the following requirements apply:

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person may receive, possess, use, transfer, own or acquire products or materials containing radioactive material introduced in concentrations less than those listed in Table 1 without possession of a license under this chapter.

(2) Except under a specific license issued under Subchapter D (relating to specific licenses to manufacture or transfer certain items containing radioactive material), or the general license under Subchapter F (relating to specific domestic licenses of broad scope for radioactive material), a person may not introduce radioactive material into a product or material for distribution to persons exempt under paragraph (1) or equivalent regulations of the NRC, an agreement state or licensing state.

TABLE 1

EXEMPT CONCENTRATIONS

Note: Some of the values in Table A-1 are presented in the computer "E" notation. In this notation, a value of 6E-02 represents a value of 6 x 10^-2 or 0.06, 6E+2 represents 6 x 10² or 600 and 6E+0 represents 6 x 10⁰ or 6

Element (atomic number)	Isotope	Column I Gas concentrationµCi/ml	Column II Liquid and solid concentrationµCi/ml
Actinium (89)	Ac-228	9E-04
Cesium (55)	Cs-129	3E-03
Europium (63)	Eu-154	2E-04
Gallium (31)	Ga-67	2E-03
Germanium (32)	Ge-68	9E-03
Gold (79)	Au-195	1E-02
Indium (49)	In-111	1E-03
Iodine (53)	I-123	3E-04
I-124	4E-06
I-125	2E-06
Lead (82)	Pb-212	2E-04
Phosphorus (15)	P-33	3E-04
Potassium (19)	K-43	2E-04
Protactinium (91)	Pa-230	2E-03
Radium (88)	Ra-223	7E-06
Ra-224	2E-05
Ra-228	3E-07
Radon (86)	Rn-220	1E-07
Rn-222	3E-08
Sodium (11)	Na-22	4E-04
Technetium (43)	Tc-97m	4E-03
Xenon (54)	Xe-127	4E-06
Yttrium (39)	Y-88	8E-04

Notes

25 Pa. Code § 217.136

The provisions of this § 217.136 adopted September 14, 2001, effective 9/15/2001, 31 Pa.B. 5239; amended July 16, 2004, effective 7/17/2004, 34 Pa.B. 3823.