Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION
Chapter 4 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Section 180-4-041 - DISPOSAL BY RELEASE INTO SANITARY SEWERAGE
Universal Citation: 180 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 4 § 041
Current through September 17, 2024
This section addresses disposal of radioactive material by release into sanitary sewerage.
041.01 CONDITIONS FOR DISCHARGE OF LICENSED MATERIAL INTO SANITARY SEWAGE. A licensee may discharge licensed material into sanitary sewerage if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(A) The material is readily soluble, or is
readily dispersible biological material, in water;
(B) The quantity of licensed radioactive
material that the licensee releases into the sewer in one month divided by the
average monthly volume of water released into the sewer by the licensee does
not exceed the concentration listed in Table III of Appendix 4-B of 180 NAC
4;
(C) If more than one
radionuclide is released, the following conditions must also be satisfied:
(i) The licensee must determine the fraction
of the limit in Table III of Appendix 4-B of 180 NAC 4 represented by
discharges into sanitary sewerage by dividing the actual monthly average
concentration of each radionuclide released by the licensee or registrant into
the sewer by the concentration of that radionuclide listed in Table III of
Appendix 4-B of 180 NAC 4; and
(ii)
The sum of the fractions for each radionuclide required by 180 NAC 4-041.01,
(C)(i) does not exceed unity; and
(D) The total quantity of licensed
radioactive material that the licensee releases into the sanitary sewerage
system in a year does not exceed 185 GBq (5 Ci) of hydrogen-3, 37 GBq (1 Ci) of
carbon-14, and 37 GBq (1 Ci) of all other radioactive materials
combined.
041.02 EXCRETA. Excreta from individuals undergoing medical diagnosis or therapy with radioactive material are not subject to the limitations contained in 180 NAC 4-039.01.
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