Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) Any person
shall be exempt from He-P 4030 to the extent that such person receives,
possesses, uses, owns, transfers, or delivers source material in any chemical
mixture, compound, solution, or alloy in which the source material is by weight
less than 1/20 of 1 percent (0.05 percent) of the mixture, compound, solution,
or alloy.
(b) Any person shall be
exempt from He-P 4030 to the extent that such person receives, possesses, uses,
or transfers unrefined and unprocessed ore containing source
material.
(c) Any person shall be
exempt from He-P 4030 to the extent that such person receives, possesses, uses,
or transfers:
(1) Any quantities of thorium
contained in:
a. Incandescent gas
mantles;
b. Vacuum tubes;
c. Welding rods;
d. Electric lamps for illuminating purposes
provided that each lamp shall not contain more than 50 milligrams of
thorium;
e. Germicidal lamps,
sunlamps, and lamps for outdoor or industrial lighting provided that each lamp
shall not contain more than 2 grams of thorium;
f. Rare earth metals and compounds, mixtures,
and products containing not more than 0.25 percent by weight thorium, uranium,
or any combination of these; or
g.
Personnel neutron dosimeters, provided that each dosimeter shall not contain
more than 50 milligrams of thorium;
(2) Source material contained in the
following products:
a. Glazed ceramic
tableware, provided that the glaze shall not contain more than 20 percent by
weight source material;
b.
Glassware, containing not more than 2 percent by weight source material, but
not including glass enamel or ceramic used in construction; or
c. Piezoelectric ceramic containing not more
than 2 percent by weight source material.
(3) Photographic film, negatives, and prints
containing uranium or thorium;
(4)
Any finished product or part fabricated of, or containing, tungsten-thorium or
magnesium-thorium alloys, provided that the thorium content of the alloy shall
not exceed 4 percent by weight and that this exemption shall not be deemed to
authorize the chemical, physical, or metallurgical treatment or processing of
any such product or part;
(5)
Uranium contained in counterweights installed in aircraft, rockets,
projectiles, and missiles, or stored or handled in connection with installation
or removal of such counterweights, provided that:
a. The counterweights are manufactured in
accordance with a specific license issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, authorizing distribution by the licensee pursuant to 10 CFR Part
40;
b. Each counterweight has been
impressed with the following legend clearly legible through any plating or
other covering: "DEPLETED URANIUM";
c. Each counterweight is durably and legibly
labeled or marked with the identification of the manufacturer and the
statement: "UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATIONS PROHIBITED";
d. This exemption shall not authorize the
chemical, physical, or metallurgical treatment or processing of any such
counterweights other than repair or restoration of any plating or other
covering; and
e. For counterweights
manufactured prior to December 31, 1969, the requirements specified in
He-P
4030.02(c) (5) b. and c. shall be met
if such counterweights are impressed with the legend: "CAUTION - RADIOACTIVE
MATERIAL - URANIUM";
(6)
Natural or depleted uranium metal used as shielding constituting part of any
shipping container, provided that:
a. The
shipping container is conspicuously and legibly impressed with the legend:
"CAUTION - RADIOACTIVE SHIELDING - URANIUM"; and
b. The uranium metal is encased in mild steel
or equally fire resistant metal of minimum wall thickness of 1/8 inch (3.2
mm);
(7) Thorium
contained in finished optical lenses and mirrors, provided that each lens or
mirror does not contain more than 10 percent by weight of thorium, and does not
include:
a. The shaping, grinding, or
polishing of such lens, mirror, or manufacturing processes other than the
assembly of such lens or mirror into optical systems and devices without any
alteration of the lens or mirror; or
b. The receipt, possession, use, or transfer
of uranium or thorium contained in contact lenses, in spectacles, or in
eyepieces in binoculars or other optical instruments; or
(8) Thorium contained in any finished
aircraft engine part containing nickel-thoria alloy, provided that:
a. The thorium shall be dispersed in the
nickel-thoria alloy in the form of finely divided thoria such as thorium
dioxide; and
b. The thorium content
in the nickel-thoria alloy shall not exceed 4 percent by weight.
(d) The exemptions in
He-P
4030.02(c) shall not authorize the
manufacture of any of the products described.
(e) No person shall initially transfer for
sale or distribution a product containing source material to persons exempt
under He-P
4030.02(c) , or the equivalent
regulations of an agreement state, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, unless
authorized by a license issued under Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulation
at 10 CFR
40.52 to initially transfer such products for
sale or distribution.
(f) Persons
authorized to manufacture, process, or produce these materials or products
containing source material by DHHS/RHS, or an agreement state, and persons who
import finished products or parts, for sale or distribution shall be authorized
by a license issued under the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulation
10 CFR
40.52 for distribution only and are exempt
from the requirements of He-P 4019 through He-P 4023, and
He-P
4030.09.
(See Revision Note at part heading for He-P 4030) #6942,
eff 2-1-99; ss by #8800, INTERIM, eff 2-1-07, EXPIRED: 7-31-07
