Current through September 17, 2024
This section addresses the transfer of material.
025.01
LIMITATIONS.
No licensee may transfer radioactive material other than as authorized
according to 180 NAC
3-025.
025.02
AUTHORIZATION FOR
TRANSFER. Except as otherwise provided in his or her license and
subject to the provisions of 180 NAC 3-025.03 and 3-025.04, any licensee may
transfer radioactive material:
(A) To the
Department, only after receiving prior approval;
(B) To the U.S. Department of
Energy;
(C) To any person exempt
from the regulations to the extent permitted under such exemption;
(D) 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 Department, the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), or any Agreement State, or to any person
otherwise authorized to receive such material by the Federal Government or any
agency thereof, the Department, or any Agreement State;
(E) As otherwise authorized by the Department
in writing; or
(F) To the agency in
any Agreement State which regulates radioactive material according to an
agreement under § 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
025.03
VERIFICATION OF
TRANSFEREE'S LICENSE. Before transferring radioactive material to
a specific licensee of the Department, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC), or an Agreement State, or to a general licensee who is required to
register with the Department, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), or
an Agreement State prior to receipt of the radioactive material, the licensee
transferring the material must verify that the transferee's license authorizes
the receipt of the type, form, and quantity of radioactive material to be
transferred.
025.04
METHODS OF TRANSFEREE LICENSE VERIFICATION. The
following methods for the verification required by 180 NAC 3-025.03 are
acceptable:
(A) The transferor may have in
their possession, and read, a current copy of the transferee's specific license
or registration certificate;
(B)
The transferor may have in their possession a written certification by the
transferee that the person 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;
(C)
For emergency shipments the transferor may accept oral certification by the
transferee that the person 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 ten days;
(D) The
transferor may obtain other sources of information compiled by a reporting
service from official records of the Department, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC), the licensing agency of an Agreement State as to the identity
of licensees and the scope and expiration dates of licenses and registration;
or
(E) When none of the methods of
verification described in 180 NAC 3-025.04(A) through (D) 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 and record
confirmation from the Department, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
or the licensing agency of an Agreement State that the transferee is licensed
to receive the radioactive material.
025.05
PREPARATION FOR SHIPMENT
AND TRANSPORT. Preparation for shipment and transport of
radioactive material must be accordin to the provisions of 180 NAC
13.
