Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control
Chapter 3701:1-37 - Physical Protection of Category One and Category Two Quantities of Radioactive Material
Section 3701:1-37-27 - Requirements for physical protection of category one and category two quantities of radioactive material during shipment
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3701:1-37-27
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Shipments by road:
(1) Each licensee who transports, or delivers
to a carrier for transport, in a single shipment, a category one quantity of
radioactive material shall:
(a) Ensure that
movement control centers are established that maintain position information
from a remote location. These control centers must monitor shipments
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and have the ability to communicate
immediately, in an emergency, with the appropriate law enforcement
agencies.
(b) Ensure that redundant
communications are established that allow the transport to contact the escort
vehicle (when used) and movement control center at all times. Redundant
communications may not be subject to the same interference factors as the
primary communication.
(c) Ensure
that shipments are continuously and actively monitored by a telemetric position
monitoring system or an alternative tracking system reporting to a movement
control center. A movement control center must provide positive confirmation of
the location, status, and control over the shipment. The movement control
center must be prepared to promptly implement preplanned procedures in response
to deviations from the authorized route or a notification of actual, attempted,
or suspicious activities related to the theft, loss, or diversion of a
shipment. These procedures will include, but not be limited to, the
identification of and contact information for the appropriate LLEA along the
shipment route.
(d) Provide an
individual to accompany the driver for those highway shipments with a driving
time period greater than the maximum number or allowable hours of service in a
twenty-four hour duty day as established by the United States department of
transportation federal motor carrier safety administration. The accompanying
individual may be another driver.
(e) Develop written normal and contingency
procedures to address:
(i) Notifications to
the communication center and law enforcement agencies;
(ii) Communication protocols: Communication
protocols must include a strategy for the use of authentication codes and
duress codes and provisions for refueling or other stops, detours, and
locations where communication is expected to be temporarily lost;
(iii) Loss of communications; and
(iv) Responses to an actual or attempted
theft or diversion of a shipment.
(f) Each licensee who makes arrangements for
the shipments for category one quantities of radioactive material shall ensure
that drivers, accompanying personnel, and movement control center personnel
have access to the normal and contingency procedures.
(2) Each licensee that transports category
two quantities of radioactive material shall maintain constant control and/or
surveillance during transit and have the capability for immediate communication
to summon appropriate response or assistance.
(3) Each licensee who delivers to a carrier
for transport, in a single shipment, a category two quantity of radioactive
material shall:
(a) Use carriers that have
established package tracking systems. An established package tracking system is
a documented, proven, and reliable system routinely used to transport objects
of value. In order for a package tracking system to maintain constant control
and/or surveillance, the package tracking system must allow the shipper or
transporter to identify when and where the package was last and when it should
arrive at the next point of control.
(b) Use carriers that maintain constant
control and/or surveillance during transit and have the capability for
immediate communication to summon appropriate response or assistance;
and
(c) Use carriers that have
established tracking systems that require an authorized signature prior to
releasing the package for delivery or return.
(B) Shipments by rail:
(1) Each licensee who transports, or delivers
to a carrier for transport, in a single shipment, a category one quantity of
radioactive material shall:
(a) Ensure that
rail shipments are monitored by a telemetric position monitoring system or an
alternative tracking system reporting to the licensee, third-party, or railroad
communications center. The communications center shall provide positive
confirmation of the location of the shipment and its status. The communications
center shall implement preplanned procedures in response to deviations from the
authorized route or to a notification of actual, attempted, or suspicious
activities related to the theft or diversion of a shipment. These procedures
will include, but not be limited to, the identification of and contact
information for the appropriate LLEA along the shipment route.
(b) Ensure that periodic reports to the
communications center are made at preset intervals.
(2) Each licensee who transports, or delivers
to a carrier for transport, in a single shipment, a category two quantity of
radioactive material shall:
(a) Use carriers
that have established package tracking systems. An established package tracking
system is a documented, proven, and reliable system routinely used to transport
objects of value. In order for a package tracking system to maintain constant
control and/or surveillance, the package tracking system must allow the shipper
or transporter to identify when and where the package was last and when it
should arrive at the next point of control.
(b) Use carriers that maintain constant
control and/or surveillance during transit and have the capability for
immediate communication to summon appropriate response or assistance;
and
(c) Use carriers that have
established tracking systems that require an authorized signature prior to
releasing the package for delivery of return.
(C) Investigations: Each licensee who makes arrangements for shipment of category one quantities of radioactive material shall immediately conduct an investigation upon the discovery that a category one shipment is lost or missing. Each licensee who makes arrangements for the shipment of category two quantities of radioactive material shall immediately conduct an investigation, in coordination with the receiving licensee, of any shipment that has not arrived by the designated no-later-than arrival time.
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