Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
Each licensee who manufactures, transfers, receives,
disassembles, or disposes of a nationally tracked source shall complete and
submit a National Source Tracking Transaction Report as specified in He-P
4021.22(a) through (e) below for each type of transaction.
(a) Each licensee who manufactures a
nationally tracked source shall complete and submit a National Source Tracking
Transaction Report by using the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) "Form 748"
or by submitting the following information by using the NRC's web-based online
reporting system:
(1) The name, address, and
license number of the reporting licensee;
(2) The name of the individual preparing the
report;
(3) The manufacturer,
model, and serial number of the source;
(4) The radioactive material in the
source;
(5) The initial source
strength in becquerels or in curies, at the time of manufacture; and
(6) The manufacture date of the
source.
(b) Each
licensee that transfers a nationally tracked source to another person shall
complete and submit a National Source Tracking Transaction Report, to include
the following information:
(1) The name,
address, and license number of the reporting licensee;
(2) The name of the individual preparing the
report;
(3) The name and license
number of the recipient facility and the shipping address;
(4) The manufacturer, model, and serial
number of the source or, if not available, other information to uniquely
identify the source;
(5) The
radioactive material in the source;
(6) The initial or current source strength in
becquerels or in curies;
(7) The
date for which the source strength is reported;
(8) The shipping date;
(9) The estimated arrival date; and
(10) For nationally tracked sources
transferred as waste under a uniform low-level radioactive waste manifest, the
waste manifest number and the container identification of the container with
the nationally tracked source.
(c) Each licensee that receives a nationally
tracked source shall complete and submit a National Source Tracking Transaction
Report, to include the following information:
(1) The name, address, and license number of
the reporting licensee;
(2) The
name of the individual preparing the report;
(3) The name, address, and license number of
the person that provided the source;
(4) The manufacturer, model, and serial
number of the source or, if not available, other information to uniquely
identify the source;
(5) The
radioactive material in the source;
(6) The initial or current source strength in
becquerels, also known as curies;
(7) The date for which the source strength is
reported;
(8) The date of receipt;
and
(9) For material received under
a uniform low-level radioactive waste manifest, the waste manifest number and
the container identification with the nationally tracked source.
(d) Each licensee that
disassembles a nationally tracked source shall complete and submit a National
Source Tracking Transaction Report, to include the following information:
(1) The name, address, and license number of
the reporting licensee;
(2) The
name of the individual preparing the report;
(3) The manufacturer, model, and serial
number of the source or, if not available, other information to uniquely
identify the source;
(4) The
radioactive material in the source;
(5) The initial or current source strength in
becquerels, also known as curies;
(6) The date for which the source strength is
reported; and
(7) The disassemble
date of the source.
(e)
Each licensee who disposes of a nationally tracked source shall complete and
submit a National Source Tracking Transaction Report, to include the following
information:
(1) The name, address, and
license number of the reporting licensee;
(2) The name of the individual preparing the
report;
(3) The waste manifest
number;
(4) The container
identification with the nationally tracked source;
(5) The date of disposal; and
(6) The method of disposal.
(f) The reports in (a) through (e)
above:
(1) Shall be submitted by the close of
the next business day after the transaction;
(2) May be submitted in a single report for
multiple sources and transactions; and
(3) Shall be submitted to the National Source
Tracking System (NSTS) by using:
a. The online
NSTS;
b. Electronically using a
computer-readable format;
c. By
facsimile;
d. By e-mail;
e. By postal mail to the address found on the
NRC form entitled "NRC Form 748"; or
f. By telephone with follow up by facsimile
or postal mail.
(g) Each licensee shall correct any error in
previously filed reports or file a new report for any missed transaction within
5 business days of the discovery of the error or missed transaction. Such
errors may be detected by a variety of methods such as administrative reviews
or by physical inventories required by regulation. In addition:
(1) Each licensee shall reconcile the
inventory of nationally tracked sources possessed by the licensee against that
licensee's data in the NSTS;
(2)
The reconciliation shall be conducted during the month of January in each year;
and
(3) The reconciliation process
shall include resolving any discrepancies between the NSTS and the actual
inventory by filing the reports identified by He-P 4021.22(a) through (e)
above. By January 31 of each year, each licensee shall submit to the NSTS
confirmation that the data in the NSTS is correct.
