Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 220 - Rules Relating to Radiation Protection
Part C - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Appendix 144-220-C-B - NATURALLY OCCURRING OR ACCELERATOR PRODUCED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (NARM)
Examples of naturally occurring radioactive materials. (Naturally occurring radioactive material is any material of natural origin that emits radiation spontaneously, excluding uranium, thorium, and the tailings produced in their extraction)
Hydrogen-3 |
Indium-115 |
Lead-210 |
Beryllium-7 |
Lanthanum-138 |
Lead-212 |
Beryllium-10 |
Cerium-142 |
Bismuth-210 |
Carbon-14 |
Neodymium-144 |
Bismuth-212 |
Sodium-22 |
Samarium-147 |
Polonium-210 |
Silicon-32 |
Samarium-148 |
Radon-220 |
Phosphorus-32 |
Samarium-149 |
Radon-222 |
Phosphorus-33 |
Gadolinium-152 |
Radium-224 |
Sulfur-35 |
Hafnium-174 |
Radium-226 |
Chlorine-36 |
Lutetium-176 |
Radium-228 |
Chlorine-39 |
Rhenium-187 |
Actinium-227 |
Potassium-40 |
Platinum-190 |
Actinium-228 |
Vanadium-50 |
Platinum-192 |
Protoactinium-231 |
Rubidium-87 |
Lead-204 |
Examples of accelerator-produced radioactive materials. (Accelerator- produced radioactive material is any material made radioactive (emits radiation spontaneously) by a particle accelerator)
Carbon-11 |
Zinc-62 |
Iodine-124 |
Nitrogen-13 |
Gallium-66 |
Iodine-125* |
Oxygen-15 |
Gallium--67 |
Iodine-126 |
Fluorine-18 |
Germanium-68 |
Xenon-127 |
Sodium-22 |
Arsenic -73 |
Cesium-131 |
Magnesium-28 |
Selenium-73 |
Promethium-145 |
Aluminum-28 |
Bromine-77 |
Dysprosium-157 |
Phosphorus-33 |
Krypton-77 |
Osmium-190 |
Argon-37 |
Krypton-81 |
Iridium-190 |
Potassium-43 |
Rubidium-81 |
Iridium-190ml |
Scandium-49 |
Rubidium-82 |
Platinum-193m |
Manganese-52 |
Rubidium-84 |
Gold -195 |
Iron-52 |
Strontium-82 |
Mercury-197 |
Cobalt-57 |
Strontium-87m |
Thallium-199 |
Cobalt-58 |
Yttrium-87 |
Thallium-201 |
Copper-62 |
Technetium-97m |
Lead-203 |
Copper-67 |
Indium-111 |
Bismuth-204 |
Zinc-62 |
Iodine-123 |
* Excludes Iodine-125 as radioactive material, which requires licensing by either the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State.