Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) A licensee
shall not transfer radioactive material except as authorized in this
regulation.
(b) Any licensee may
transfer radioactive material, subject to the acceptance of the transferee:
(2) to the United States nuclear regulatory
commission or its successor;
(3)
to any person exempt from these regulations under K.A.R. 28-35-192a,
28-35-192b, 28-35-192c, 28-35-192d, 28-35-192e, 28-35-192f and 28-35-192g, as
permitted under those regulations;
(4) to any person authorized to receive the
material under an appropriate general or specific license issued by the
secretary, the United States nuclear regulatory commission or an agreement
state, or to any person otherwise authorized to receive the material by the
federal government or any agency thereof, the secretary or an agreement state;
or
(5) as otherwise authorized in
writing by the secretary; or
(6)
to the U.S. department of energy.
(c) Before transferring radioactive material
to a specific licensee or to a general licensee who is required to register
with the department, the United States nuclear regulatory commission, or an
agreement state, the licensee transferring the material shall verify that the
transferee's license authorizes receipt of the type, form, and quantity of
radioactive material to be transferred.
(d) The following methods for the
verification required by subsection (c) shall be acceptable.
(1) The transferor may obtain, and read, a
current copy of the transferee's specific license or registration certificate.
(2) The transferor may obtain a
written certification by the transferee that the transferee is authorized by
license or registration certificate to receive the type, form, and quantity of
radioactive material to be transferred, specifying the license or registration
certificate number, issuing agency, and expiration date;
(3) For emergency shipments, the transferor
may accept oral certification by the transferee that the transferee is
authorized by license or registration certificate to receive the type, form,
and quantity of radioactive material to be transferred. The oral certification
shall include the license or registration certificate number, the issuing
agency, and expiration date. The oral certification shall be confirmed in
writing within 10 days following the oral certification.
(4) The transferor may obtain other sources
of information compiled by a reporting service from official records of the
department, United States nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement state
as to the identity of licensees and the scope and expiration dates of licenses
and registration.
(5) When none of
the methods of verification described in paragraphs (1) to (4) are readily
available, or when a transferor desires to verify that information received by
one of those methods is correct or up-to-date, the transferor may obtain and
record confirmation, from the department, the United States nuclear regulatory
commission or an agreement state, that the transferee is licensed to receive
the radioactive material.
(e) The radioactive material shall be
prepared for shipment and transport in accordance with K.A.R. 28-35-196a.
