Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) No person shall
transport, package for transport, or cause to be transported, outside of the
confines of his installation, any radioactive material within this State
unless:
(1) such transport conforms to those
regulations of the United States Department of Transportation or other agencies
of the United States having jurisdiction with respect to packaging of the
radioactive material and to the marking and labeling of the package and
transporting vehicle which would be applicable if such transport were
interstate; and
(2) procedures are
established for opening and closing packages in which radioactive material is
transported to provide safety and to assure that, prior to delivery to a
carrier for transport, each package is properly closed for transport;
and
(3) prior to delivery of a
package for transport, such person shall assure that any special instructions
needed to open the package are sent to, or have been made available to the
consignee; or
(4) such transport
complies with such requirements as have been approved by the
commissioner.
(b)
Transport of radioactive material is exempt from the requirements set forth in
subdivision (a) of this section provided that all of the following conditions
are satisfied:
(1) the package must consist
of an outer container and an inner container and must be such that there can be
no leakage of radioactive material under conditions normally incident to
transportation;
(2) the package
must contain not more than 0.01 millicurie of any alpha emitting radioactive
material exclusive of fissionable material, or 0.1 millicurie of Argon 41,
Barium 133, Bismuth 210, Europium 154, Krypton 87, Lead 210, Lead 212,
Strontium 90, or Xenon 135, or one millicurie of any beta-gamma emitting
radioactive material;
(3) the
package must be such that there is no significant removable surface
contamination[FN7] on the exterior of the package and the radiation dose rate
at any point on the external surface of the package must be less than 12
milliroentgens for 24 hours; and
(4) the outside of the inner container of the
package must bear the marking "RADIOACTIVE".
(c) Transport of radioactive material by a
physician for use in the practice of medicine is exempt from the requirements
set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section, provided that the
physician is authorized to use radioactive materials by a license issued by the
department under this Part.
[FN7] Removable radioactive contamination is not
significant if the average amount of radioactive contamination which can be
removed by wiping the external surface of the package with an absorbent
material, as measured on the wiping material, does not exceed:
(1) 10 picocurie per square centimeter
beta-gamma (2,200 disintegrations/min. per 100 square centimeters) and 1
picocurie per square centimeter alpha (220 disintegration/min. per 100 square
centimeters) for all contaminants except natural or depleted uranium and
natural thorium; or
(2) 100
picocurie per square centimeter beta-gamma (22,000 disintegrations/min. per 100
square centimeters) and 10 picocurie per square centimeter alpha (2,200
disintegration/min. per 100 centimeters) where the only contaminant is known to
be natural or depleted uranium or natural thorium.
