Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. No licensee
shall transfer radioactive material except as authorized pursuant to this
section.
B. Except as otherwise
provided in the license and subject to the provisions of C.21.C and D, any
licensee may transfer radioactive material:
(1) To the Agency with prior approval of the
Agency;
(2) To the U.S. Department
of Energy;
(3) To any person exempt
from this rule to the extent permitted under such exemption;
(4) To any person authorized to receive such
material under terms of a general license or its equivalent, or a specific
license or equivalent licensing document, issued by the Agency, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission or any Agreement State, or to any person otherwise
authorized to receive such material by the federal government or any Agency
thereof, the Agency or any Agreement State; or
(5) As otherwise authorized by the Agency in
writing.
C. Before
transferring radioactive material to a specific licensee of the Agency, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State, or to a general licensee
who is required to register with the Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
or an Agreement State prior to receipt of the radioactive material, the
licensee transferring the material shall verify that the transferee's license
authorizes the receipt of the type, form, and quantity of radioactive material
to be transferred.
D. The following
methods for the verification required by C.21.C are acceptable:
(1) The transferor may have in his/her
possession, and read, a current copy of the transferee's specific license or
registration certificate;
(2) The
transferor may possess a written certification by the transferee that he
authorizes 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 he or she
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
provided, that the oral certification is confirmed in writing within 10
days;
(4) The transferor may obtain
other sources of information compiled by a reporting service from official
records of the Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the licensing Agency
of an Agreement State as to the identity of licensees and the scope and
expiration dates of licenses and registration; or
(5) When none of the methods of verification
described in C.21.D(1) through (4) are readily available or when a transferor
desires to verify that information received by one of such methods is correct
or up to date, the transferor may obtain a record confirmation from the Agency,
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the licensing Agency of an Agreement that
the transferee is licensed to receive the radioactive material.
(6) Preparation for shipment and transport of
radioactive material shall be in accordance with the provisions of Part
L.
