Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a)
(1) Each licensee or registrant who expects
to receive a package containing quantities of radioactive material in excess of
the type A quantities specified in
K.A.R.
28-35-221b shall meet one of the following
requirements:
(A) If the package is to be
delivered to the licensee's or registrant's facility by the carrier, make
arrangements to receive the package when it is offered for delivery by the
carrier; or
(B) if the package is
to be picked up by the licensee or registrant at the carrier's terminal, make
arrangements to receive notification from the carrier of the arrival of the
package, at the time of arrival.
(2) Each licensee or registrant who picks up
a package of radioactive material from a carrier's terminal shall pick up the
package upon receipt of notification from the carrier of the arrival of the
package.
(b) Each
licensee or registrant shall ensure that external radiation levels around any
package specified in subsection (a) and, if applicable, external radiation
levels around the vehicle transporting the package do not exceed 200 millirems
per hour (2 mSv/hr) at any point on the external surface of the package or
vehicle at any time during transportation. The transport index shall not exceed
10.
(c)
(1) For the purpose of this subsection,
"exclusive use" shall have the meaning specified in
10
C.F.R. 71.4, dated January 1, 2015 and hereby
adopted by reference.
(2) For each
package specified in subsection (a) and transported in exclusive use, radiation
levels external to the package may exceed the limits specified in subsection
(d) but shall not exceed any of the following:
(A) 200 millirems per hour (2 mSv/hr) on the
accessible external surface of the package unless the following conditions are
met, in which case the limit shall be 1,000 millirems per hour (10 mSv/hr):
(i) The shipment is made in a closed
transport vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, "closed transport
vehicle" shall mean a vehicle or conveyance equipped with a securely attached
exterior enclosure that, during normal transportation, restricts the access of
unauthorized persons to the cargo space containing a package specified in
subsection (a). The enclosure can be either temporary or permanent and, in the
case of packaged materials, can be the see-through type that limits access from
top, sides, and bottom;
(ii) the
package is secured so that its position within the closed transport vehicle
remains fixed during transportation; and
(iii) no loading or unloading operations
occur between the beginning and end of the transportation;
(B) 200 millirems per hour (2 mSv/hr) at any
point on the outer surface of the closed transport vehicle, including the upper
and lower surfaces, or for a flatbed-style closed transport vehicle with a
personnel barrier, at any point on the vertical planes projected from the outer
edges of the closed transport vehicle, on the upper surface of the load, and on
the lower external surface of the closed transport vehicle;
(C) 10 millirems per hour (0.1 mSv/hr) at any
point two meters from the vertical planes represented by the outer lateral
surfaces of the closed transport vehicle, or, in the case of a flatbed-style
closed transport vehicle, at any point two meters from the vertical planes
projected from the outer edges of the closed transport vehicle; or
(D) two millirems per hour (0.02 mSv/hr) in
any normally occupied positions in the closed transport vehicle, except that
this paragraph shall not apply to private motor carriers if each person
occupying any of these positions in the closed transport vehicle is provided
with a personnel-monitoring device and training in accordance with
K.A.R.
28-35-333.
(d) Each licensee or registrant, upon receipt
of any package of radioactive material, shall monitor the external surfaces of
each package labeled with the U.S. department of transportation radioactive
white I or radioactive yellow II or III labels, as specified in
49 C.F.R.
172.403 and 172.436-440, for radioactive
contamination caused by leakage of the radioactive contents. Each licensee or
registrant shall also monitor for radiation levels of each package containing
quantities of radioactive materials that are equal to or more than the type A
quantity specified in 10 C.F.R. part 71, appendix A, which is adopted by
reference in
K.A.R.
28-35-221b. Each licensee or registrant shall
monitor each package known to contain radioactive materials for radioactive
contamination and radiation levels if there is evidence of degradation of
package integrity. The monitoring shall be performed as soon as practicable
after receipt, but not later than three hours after the package is received at
the licensee's facility if received during the licensee's normal working hours
or three hours from the beginning of the next working day if received after
normal working hours. The licensee or registrant shall immediately notify the
final delivery carrier and, by telephone, the department under either of the
following conditions:
(1) Removable
radioactive surface contamination exceeds the following maximum permissible
limits:
|
Contaminant
|
Maximum Permissible Limits
|
| Bq/cm2
|
uCi/cm2
|
dpm/cm2
|
| Beta and gamma emitters and low-toxicity alpha emitters
|
4 |
10-4
|
220 |
| All other alpha-emitting radionuclides |
0.4 |
10-5
|
22 |
(2)
External radiation levels exceed the limits specified in 10 C.F.R. part 71,
appendix A, which is adopted by reference in
K.A.R.
28-35-221b.
(e) Each licensee or registrant shall
establish and maintain procedures for safely opening packages in which
radioactive material is received and shall ensure that these procedures are
followed and any special instructions are followed for the type of package
being opened.
(f) Each licensee or
registrant transferring special form sources in vehicles owned or operated by
the licensee or registrant to and from a work site shall be exempt from the
contamination monitoring requirements of this regulation. However, the licensee
or registrant shall not be exempt from the monitoring requirement in this
regulation for measuring radiation levels that ensures that the source is still
properly lodged in its shield.
