Illinois Administrative Code
Title 32 - ENERGY
Part 346 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS
Subpart C - DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS OF IRRADIATORS
Section 346.210 - Performance Criteria for Sealed Sources
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Requirements. Sealed sources installed after December 1, 2005:
b) Temperature. The test source shall be held at -40°C for 20 minutes, 600°C for one hour, and then be subjected to a thermal shock test with a temperature drop from 600°C to 20°C within 15 seconds.
c) Pressure. The test source shall be twice subjected for at least 5 minutes to an external pressure (absolute) of 2 million newtons per square meter.
d) Impact. A 2-kilogram steel weight, 2.5 centimeters in diameter, shall be dropped from a height of 1 meter onto the test source.
e) Vibration. The test source shall be subjected 3 times for 10 minutes each to vibrations sweeping from 25 hertz to 500 hertz with a peak amplitude of 5 times the acceleration of gravity. In addition, each test source shall be vibrated for 30 minutes at each resonant frequency found.
f) Puncture. A 50-gram weight and pin (0.3 -centimeter pin diameter) shall be dropped from a height of 1 meter onto the test source.
g) Bend. If the length of the source is more than 15 times larger than the minimum cross-sectional dimension, the test source shall be subjected to a force of 2000 newtons at its center, equidistant from the two support cylinders, the distance between which is 10 times the minimum cross-sectional dimension of the source.