Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 120.000 - The Control of Radiation
RECORDS
Section 120.196 - Appendix B - Table I Exempt Quantities

  • Table - Table II - Quantities For Use With 105 CMR 120.125(C)(1)
  • Table - Table III Quantities of Radioactive Materials Requiring Consideration of the Need for an Emergency Plan for Responding to a Release

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

Radioactive Micro-
Material curies
Antimony-122 (Sb 122) 100
Antimony-124 (Sb 124) 10
Antimony-125 (Sb 125) 10
Arsenic-73 (As 73) 100
Arsenic-74 (As 74) 10
Arsenic-76 (As 76) 10
Arsenic-77 (As 77) 100
Barium-131 (Ba 131) 10
Barium-133 (Ba 133) 10
Barium-140 (Ba 140) 10
Bismuth-210 (Bi 210) 1
Bromine-82 (Br 82) 10
Cadmium-109 (Cd 109) 10
Cadmium-115m (Cd 115m) 10
Cadmium-115 (Cd 115) 100
Calcium-45 (Ca 45) 10
Calcium-47 (Ca 47) 10
Carbon-14 (C 14) 100
Cerium-141 (Ce 141) 100
Cerium-143 (Ce 143) 100
Cerium-144 (Ce 144) 1
Cesium-129 (Cs 129) 100
Cesium-131 (cs 131) 1,000
Cesium-134m (Cs 134m) 100
Cesium-134 (Cs 134) 1
Cesium-135 (cs 135) 10
Cesium-136 (cs 136) 10
Cesium-137 (cs 137) 10
Chlorine-36 (Cl 36) 10
Chlorine-38 (Cl 38) 10
Chromium-51 (Cr 51) 1,000
Cobalt-57 (Co 57) 100
Cobalt-58m (Co 58m) 10
Cobalt-58 (Co 58) 10
Cobalt-60 (Co 60) 1
Copper-64 (Cu 64) 100
Dysprosium-165 (Dy 165) 10
Dysprosium-166 (Dy 166) 100
Erbium-169 (Er 169) 100
Erbium-171 (Er 171) 100
Europium-152 (Eu 152)9.2h 100
Europium-152 (eu 152)13 yr 1
Europium-154 (Eu 154) 1
Europium-155 (Eu 155) 10
Fluorine-18 (F 18) 1,000
Gadolinium-153 (Gd 153) 10
Gadolinium-159 (Gd 159) 100
Gallium-67 (Ga 67) 100
Gallium-72 (Ga 72) 10
Germanium-68 (Ge 68) 10
Germanium-71 (Ge 71) 100
Gold-195 (Au 195) 10
Gold-198 (Au 198) 100
Gold-199 (Au 199) 100
Hafnium-181 (Hf 181) 10
Holmium-166 (Ho 166) 100
Hydrogen-3 (H 3) 1,000
Indium-111 (In 111) 100
Indium-113m (In 113m) 100
Indium-114m (In 114m) 10
Indium-115m (In 115m) 100
Indium-115 (In 115) 10
Iodine-123 (I 123) 100
Iodine-125 (I 125) 1
Iodine-126 (I 126) 1
Iodine-129 (I 129) 0.1
Iodine-131 (i 131) 1
Iodine-132 (l 132) 10
Iodine-133 (l 133) 1
Iodine-134 (l 134) 10
Iodine-135 (l 135) 10
Iridium-192 (Ir 192) 10
Iridium-194 (Ir 194) 100
Iron-52 (Fe 52) 10
Iron-55 (Fe 55) 100
Iron-59 (Fe 59) 10
Krypton-85 (Kr 85) 100
Krypton-87 (Kr 87) 10
Lanthanum-140 (La 140) 10
Lutetium-177 (Lu 177) 100
Manganese-52 (Mn 52) 10
Manganese-54 (Mn 54) 10
Manganese-56 (Mn 56) 10
Mercury-197m (Hg 197m) 100
Mercury-197 (Hg 197) 100
Mercury-203 (Hg 203) 10
Molybdenum-99 (Mo 99) 100
Neodymium-147 (Nd 147) 100
Neodymium-149 (Nd 149) 100
Nickel-59 (Ni 59) 100
Nickel-63 (Ni 63) 10
Nickel-65 (Ni 65) 100
Niobium-93m (Nb 93m) 10
Niobium-95 (Nb 95) 10
Niobium-97 (Nb 97) 10
Osmium-185 (Os 185) 10
Osmium-191m (Os 191m) 100
Osmium-191 (Os 191) 100
Osmium-193 (os 193) 100
Palladium-103 (Pd 103) 100
Palladium-109 (Pd 109) 100
Phosphorus-32 (P 32) 10
Phosphorus-33 (P 33) 100
Platinum-191 (Pt 191) 100
Platinum-193m (Pt 193m) 100
Platinum-193 (Pt 193) 100
Platinum-197m (Pt 197m) 100
Platinum-197 (Pt 197) 100
Polonium-210 (Po 210) 0.1
Potassium-42 (K 42) 10
Potassium-43 (K 43) 10
Praseodymium-142 (Pr 142) 100
Praseodymium-143 (Pr 143) 100
Promethium-147 (Pm 147) 10
Promethium-149 (Pm 149) 10
Rhenium-186 (Re 186) 100
Rhenium-188 (Re 188) 100
Rhodium-103m (Rh 103m) 100
Rhodium-105 (Rh 105) 100
Rubidium-81 (Rb 81) 10
Rubidium-86 (Rb 86) 10
Rubidium-87 (Rb 87) 10
Ruthenium-97 (Ru 97) 100
Ruthenium-103 (Ru 103) 10
Ruthenium-105 (Ru 105) 10
Ruthenium-106 (Ru 106) 1
Samarium-151 (Sm 151) 10
Samarium-153 (Sm 153) 100
Scandium-46 (Sc 46) 10
Scandium-47 (Sc 47) 100
Scandium-48 (Sc 48) 10
Selenium-75 (Se 75) 10
Silicon-31 (Si 31) 100
Silver-105 (Ag 105) 10
Silver-110m (Ag 110m) 1
Silver-111 (Ag 111) 100
Sodium-22 (Na 22) 10
Sodium-24 (Na 24) 10
Strontium-85 (Sr 85) 10
Strontium-89 (Sr 89) 1
Strontium-90 (Sr 90) 0.1
Strontium-91 (Sr 91) 10
Strontium-92 (Sr 92) 10
Sulphur-35 (S 35) 100
Tantalum-182 (Ta 182) 10
Technetium-96 (Tc 96) 10
Technetium-97m (Tc 97m) 100
Technetium-97 (Tc 97) 100
Technetium-99m (Tc 99m) 100
Technetium-99 (Tc 99) 10
Tellurium-125m (Te 125m) 10
Tellurium-127m (Te 127m) 10
Tellurium-127 (Te 127) 100
Tellurium-129m (Te 129m) 10
Tellurium-129 (Te 129) 100
Tellurium-131m (Te 131m) 10
Tellurium-132 (Te 132) 10
Terbium-160 (Tb 160) 10
Thallium-200 (Tl 200) 100
Thallium-201 (Tl 201) 100
Thallium-202 (Tl 202) 100
Thallium-204 (Tl 204) 10
Thulium-170 (Tm 170) 10
Thulium-171 (Tm 171) 10
Tin-113 (Sn 113) 10
Tin-125 (Sn 125) 10
Tungsten-181 (W 181) 10
Tungsten-185 (w 185) 10
Tungsten-187 (w 187) 100
Vanadium-48 (V 48) 10
Xenon-131m (Xe 131m) 1,000
Xenon-133 (Xe 133) 100
Xenon-135 (Xe 135) 100
Ytterbium-175 (Yb 175) 100
Yttrium-87 (Y 87) 10
Yttrium-88 (Y 88) 10
Yttrium-90 (Y 90) 10
Yttrium-91 (Y 91) 10
Yttrium-92 (Y 92) 100
Yttrium-93 (Y 93) 100
Zinc-65 (Zn 65) 10
Zinc-69m (Zn 69m) 100
Zinc-69 (Zn 69) 1,000
Zirconium-93 (Zr 93) 10
Zirconium-95 (Zr 95) 10
Zirconium-97 (Zr 97) 10
Any radioactive material
not listed above other than
alpha-emitting radioactive
material 0.1
Note 1: For purposes of 105 CMR 100.125(C)(3) where there is involved a combination of isotopes, the limit for the combination should be derived as follows:

Determine the amount of each isotope possessed and 1,000 times the amount in 105 CMR 120.196: Appendix B, Table 1 for each of those isotopes when not in combination. The sum of the ratios of those quantities may not exceed 1.

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Note 2: To convert microcuries (µCi) to SI units of kilobecquerels (kBq), multiply the above values by 37.

Example: Zirconium-97 (10 µCi multiplied by 37 is equivalent to 370 kBq).

Material Microcuries
Americium-241 0.01
Antimony-122 100.00
Antimony-124 10.00
Antimony-125 10.00
Arsenic-73 100.00
Arsenic-74 10.00
Arsenic-76 10.00
Arsenic-77 100.00
Barium-131 10.00
Barium-133 10.00
Barium-140 10.00
Bismuth-210 1.00
Bromine-82 10.00
Cadmium-109 10.00
Cadmium-115m 10.00
Cadmium-115 100.00
Calcium-45 10.00
Calcium-47 10.00
Carbon-14 100.00
Cerium-141 100.00
Cerium-143 100.00
Cerium-144 1.00
Cesium-131 1,000.00
Cesium-134m 100.00
Cesium-134 1.0
Cesium-135 10.00
Cesium-136 10.00
Cesium-137 10.00
Chlorine-36 10.00
Chlorine-38 10.00
Cobalt-57 10.00
Chromium-51 1,000.00
Cobalt-58m 10.00
Cobalt-58 10.00
Cobalt-60 1.00
Copper-64 100.00
Dysprosium-165 10.00
Dysprosium-166 100.00
Erbium-169 100.00
Erbium-171 100.00
Europium-152 (9.2 h) 100.00
Europium-152 (13 yr) 1.00
Europium-154 1.00
Europium-155 10.00
Fluorine-18 1,000.00
Gadolinium-153 10.00
Gadolinium-159 100.00
Gallium-72 10.00
Germanium-71 100.00
Gold-198 100.00
Gold-199 100.00
Hafnium-181 10.00
Holmium-166 100.00
Hydrogen-3 1,000.00
Indium-113m 100.00
Indium-114m 10.00
Indium-115m 100.00
Indium-115 10.00
Iodine-125 1.00
Iodine-126 1.00
Iodine-129 0.1
Iodine-131 1.0
Iodine-132 10.00
Iodine-133 1.00
Iodine-134 10.00
Iodine-135 10.00
Iridium-192 10.00
Iridium-194 100.00
Iron-55 100.00
Iron-59 10.00
Krypton-85 100.00
Krypton-87 10.00
Lanthanum-140 10.00
Lutetium-177 100.00
Manganese-52 10.00
Manganese-54 10.00
Manganese-56 10.00
Mercury-197m 100.00
Mercury-197 100.00
Mercury-203 10.00
Molybdenum-99 100.00
Neodymium-147 100.00
Neodymium-149 100.00
Nickel-59 100.00
Nickel-63 10.00
Nickel-65 100.00
Niobium-93m 10.00
Niobium-95 10.00
Niobium-97 10.00
Osmium-185 10.00
Osmium-191m 100.00
Osmium-191 100.00
Osmium-193 100.00
Palladium-103 100.00
Palladium-109 100.00
Phosphorus-32 10.00
Phosphorus-33 100.00
Platinum-191 100.00
Platinum-193m 100.00
Platinum-193 100.00
Platinum-197m 100.00
Platinum-197 100.00
Plutonium-239 0.01
Polonium-210 0.1
Potassium-42 10.00
Praseodymium-142 100.00
Praseodymium-143 100.00
Promethium-147 10.00
Promethium-149 10.00
Radium-226 0.01
Rhenium-186 100.00
Rhenium-188 100.00
Rhodium-103m 100.00
Rhodium-105 100.00
Rubidium-86 10.00
Rubidium-87 10.00
Ruthenium-97 100.00
Ruthenium-103 10.00
Ruthenium-105 10.00
Ruthenium-106 1.00
Samarium-151 10.00
Samarium-153 100.00
Scandium-46 10.00
Scandium-47 100.00
Scandium-48 10.00
Selenium-75 10.00
Silicon-31 100.00
Silver-105 10.00
Silver-110m 1.00
Silver-111 100.00
Sodium-22 1.0
Sodium-24 10.00
Strontium-85 10.00
Strontium-89 1.00
Strontium-90 0.1
Strontium-91 10.00
Strontium-92 10.00
Sulphur-35 100.00
Tantalum-182 10.00
Technetium-96 10.00
Technetium-97m 100.00
Technetium-97 100.00
Technetium-99m 100.00
Technetium-99 10.00
Tellurium-125m 10.00
Tellurium-127m 10.00
Tellurium-127 100.00
Tellurium-129m 10.00
Tellurium-129 100.00
Tellurium-131m 10.00
Tellurium-132 10.00
Terbium-160 10.00
Thallium-200 100.00
Thallium-201 100.00
Thallium-202 100.00
Thallium-204 10.00
Thorium (natural) 100.00
Thulium-170 10.00
Thulium-171 10.00
Tin-113 10.00
Tin-125 10.00
Tungsten-181 10.00
Tungsten-185 10.00
Tungsten-187 100.00
Uranium (natural) 100.00
Uranium-233 0.01
Uranium-234/235 0.01
Vanadium-48 10.00
Xenon-131m 1,000.00
Xenon-133 100.00
Xenon-135 100.00
Ytterbium-175 100.00
Yttrium-90 10.00
Yttrium-91 10.00
Yttrium-92 100.00
Yttrium-93 100.00
Zinc-65 10.00
Zinc-69m 100.00
Zinc-69 1,000.00
Zirconium-93 10.00
Zirconium-95 10.00
Zirconium-97 10.00
Any alpha-emitting
radionuclide not listed
above or mixtures of
alpha emitters of
unknown composition 0.01
Any radionuclide other
than alpha-emittingradionuclides, not
listed above or mixtures
of beta emitters of
unknown composition 0.1

Note: For purposes of 105 CMR 120.125(C)(1), where there is involved a combination of radionuclides in known amounts, the limit for the combination should be derived as follows: Determine, for each radionuclide in the combination, the ratio between the quantity present in the combination and the limit otherwise established for the specific radionuclide when not in combination. The sum of such ratios for all the radionuclides in the combination is R.

Note: To convert microcuries (µCi) to SI units of kilobecquerels (kBq), multiply the above values by 37.

Example: Zirconium-97 (10 µCi) (37) = 370 kBq. (10 µCi multiplied by 37 is equivalent to 370 kBq)

Radioactive Material 1 Release fraction Quantity(Ci)
Actinium-228 0.001 4,000
Americium-241 0.001 2
Americium-242 0.001 2
Americium-243 0.001 2
Antimony-124 0.01 4,000
Antimony-126 0.01 6,000
Barium-133 0.01 10,000
Barium-140 0.01 30,000
Bismuth-207 0.01 5,000
Bismuth-210 0.01 600
Cadmium-109 0.01 1,000
Cadmium-113 0.01 80
Calcium-45 0.01 20,000
Californium-252 0.001 9 (20mg)
Carbon-14 0.01 50,000
Non CO
Cerium-141 0.01 10,000
Cerium-144 0.01 300
Cesium-134 0.01 2,000
Cesium-137 0.01 3,000
Chlorine-36 0.5 100
Chromium-51 0.01 300,000
Cobalt-60 0.001 5,000
Copper-64 0.01 200,000
Curium-242 0.001 60
Curium-243 0.001 3
Curium-244 0.001 4
Curium-245 0.001 2
Europium-152 0.01 500
Europium-154 0.01 400
Europium-155 0.01 3,000
Germanium-68 0.01 2,000
Gadolinium-153 0.01 5,000
Gold-198 0.01 30,000
Hafnium-172 0.01 400
Hafnium-181 0.01 7,000
Holmium-166m 0.01 100
Hydrogen-3 0.5 20,000
Indium-114m 0.01 1,000
Iodine-125 0.5 10
Iodine-131 0.5 10
Iridium-192 0.001 40,000
Iron-55 0.01 40,000
Iron-59 0.01 7,000
Krypton-85 1.0 6000000
Lead-210 0.01 8
Manganese-56 0.01 60,000
Mercury-203 0.01 10,000
Molybdenum-99 0.01 30,000
Neptunium-237 0.001 2
Nickel-63 0.01 20,000
Niobium-94 0.01 300
Phosphorus-32 0.5 100

1 For combinations of radioactive materials, consideration of the need for an emergency plan is required if the sum of the ratios of the quantity of each radioactive material authorized to the quantity listed for that material in Table III exceeds one.

Radioactive Material1 Release fraction Quantity(Ci)
Phosphorus-33 0.5 1,000
Polonium-210 0.01 10
Potassium-42 0.01 9,000
Promethium-145 0.01 4,000
Promethium-147 0.01 4,000
Radium-226 0.001 100
Ruthenium-106 0.01 200
Samarium-151 0.01 4,000
Scandium-46 0.01 3,000
Selenium-75 0.01 10,000
Silver-110m 0.01 1,000
Sodium-22 0.01 9,000
Sodium-24 0.01 10,000
Strontium-89 0.01 3,000
Strontium-90 0.01 90
Sulphur-35 0.5 900
Technetium-99 0.01 10,000
Technetium-99m 0.01 400,000
Tellurium-127m 0.01 5,000
Tellurium-129m 0.01 5,000
Terbium-160 0.01 4,000
Thulium-170 0.01 4,000
Tin-113 0.01 10,000
Tin-123 0.01 3,000
Tin-126 0.01 1,000
Titanium-44 0.01 100
Vanadium-48 0.01 7,000
Xenon-133 1.0 900,000
Yttrium-91 0.01 2,000
Zinc-65 0.01 5,000
Zirconium-93 0.01 400
Zirconium-95 0.01 5,000
Any other beta-gamma emitter 0.01 10,000
Mixed fission products 0.01 1,000
Mixed corrosion products 0.01 10,000
Contaminated equipment [DETA]-y 0.001 10,000
Irradiated material, any form
other than solid noncombustible 0.01 1,000
Irradiated material, solid
noncombustible 0.001 10,000
Mixed radioactive waste, [DETA]-y 0.01 1,000
Packaged mixed waste 3 0.001 10,000
Contaminated equipment, alpha 0.0001 20
Any other alph emitter 0.001 2
Packaged waste alpha 2 0.0001 20
Combinations of radioactive
materials listed1

1 For combinations of radioactive materials, consideration of the need for an emergency plan is required if the sum of the ratios of the quantity of each radioactive material authorized to the quantity listed for that material in Table III exceeds one.

2 For combinations of radioactive materials, consideration of the need for an emergency plan is required if the sum of the ratios of the quantity of each radioactive material authorized to the quantity listed for the material in Table III exceeds one.

3 Waste packaged in Type B containers does not require an emergency plan.

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