New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 4000 - NEW HAMPSHIRE RULES FOR THE CONTROL OF RADIATION
Part He-P 4023 - WASTE DISPOSAL
Section He-P 4023.03 - Disposal by Release into Sanitary Sewerage
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-P 4023.03
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) A licensee may discharge licensed material into sanitary sewerage if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) The material is
readily soluble, or is readily dispersible biological material, in
water;
(2) The quantity of licensed
or other 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 4090.1, Table
III of He-P 4090;
(3) If more than
one radionuclide is released:
a. The licensee
shall determine the fraction of the limit in Table 4090.1, Table III of He-P
4090 represented by discharges into sanitary sewerage by dividing the actual
monthly average concentration of each radionuclide released by the licensee
into the sewer by the concentration of that radionuclide listed in Table
4090.1, Table III of He-P 4090; and
b. The sum of the fractions for each
radionuclide required by
He-P
4023.03(a) (3) a. shall not exceed
unity; and
(4) The total
quantity of licensed and other radioactive material that the licensee releases
into the sanitary sewerage 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.
(b) Excreta from individuals undergoing medical diagnosis or therapy with radioactive material shall not be subject to the limitations contained in He-P 4023.03(a) .
#5903, eff 2-1-95; ss by #6827, eff 8-6-98; ss by #8481, eff 11-5-05
The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 42, Number 19, eff. 4/20/2022 is not yet available.
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