Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) A licensee shall dispose of licensed
radioactive material in accordance with this rule. Licensed material shall be
disposed of in one of the following manners:
(1) By transfer to an authorized recipient as
provided in this chapter, Chapter 3701:1-40 of the Administrative Code, or to
the United States department of energy;
(2) By decay in storage provided that the
radionuclide has a half-life of one hundred twenty days or less, or as
otherwise permitted by the license;
(3) By release in effluents within the limits
set forth in rule
3701:1-38-13
of the Administrative Code; or
(4)
As authorized pursuant to paragraphs (B) to (F) of this rule.
(B) A person shall be specifically
licensed to receive waste containing licensed material from another person for:
(1) Treatment prior to disposal;
(2) Treatment or disposal by
incineration;
(3) Decay in
storage;
(4) Disposal at a land
disposal facility licensed pursuant to rules
3701:1-54-06
to
3701:1-54-12
of the Administrative Code or equivalent United States nuclear regulatory
commission or agreement state regulations; or
(5) Storage until transfer to a storage or
disposal facility authorized to receive the waste.
(C) A licensee or applicant for a license may
apply to the director for approval of proposed disposal procedures that are not
otherwise authorized in these rules for the disposal of licensed material
generated in the licensee's operations. Each application shall include:
(1) A description of the waste containing
licensed material to be disposed of, including the physical and chemical
properties that have an impact on risk evaluation, and the proposed manner and
conditions of waste disposal;
(2)
An analysis and evaluation of pertinent information on the nature of the
environment;
(3) The nature and
location of other potentially affected facilities; and
(4) An analysis and procedures to ensure that
doses are maintained ALARA and within the dose limits in rules
3701:1-38-12
and
3701:1-38-13
of the Administrative Code.
(D) A licensee may discharge licensed
material into sanitary sewerage as follows:
(1) The material is readily soluble in water
or is a biological material that is readily dispersible 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 III of appendix C to
rule
3701:1-38-12
of the Administrative Code; and
(3)
If more than one radionuclide is to be released, the following conditions must
also be satisfied:
(a) The licensee shall
determine the fraction of the limit in table III of appendix C to rule
3701:1-38-12 of the Administrative Code 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 III of appendix C to rule
3701:1-38-12
of the Administrative Code; and
(b)
The sum of the fractions for each radionuclide required by paragraph (D) (3)(a)
of this rule does not exceed unity.
(4) The total quantity of licensed and other
radioactive material that the licensee releases into the sanitary sewerage in a
year does not exceed one hundred eighty-five gigabecquerels (five curies) of
hydrogen-3, thirty-seven gigabecquerels (one curie) of carbon-14, and
thirty-seven gigabecquerels (one curie) of all other radioactive materials
combined.
(5) Excreta from an
individual undergoing medical diagnosis or therapy with radioactive material is
not subject to the limitations contained in paragraph (D) of this
rule.
(E) A licensee may
dispose of licensed material by decay in storage. A licensee may hold
radioactive material with a physical half-life of one hundred twenty days or
less for decay-in-storage before disposal as non-radioactive material provided
the licensee does the following:
(1) Monitors
the material at the container surface prior to disposal and determines that the
radioactivity cannot be distinguished from the background radiation level with
an appropriate radiation detection survey meter set on its most sensitive scale
and with no interposing shielding;
(2) Removes or obliterates all radiation
caution labels and symbols, unless otherwise specified in the license;
and
(3) Retains a record of the
disposal for three years.
(F) A licensee may treat or dispose of
licensed material by incineration only in the form and concentration specified
in paragraph (G) of this rule or as specifically approved by the director
pursuant to paragraph (C) of this rule.
(G) A licensee may dispose of the following
licensed material as if it were not radioactive. The licensee shall maintain
records in accordance with paragraph (K) of rule
3701:1-38-20 of the
Administrative Code.
(1)1.85 kilobecquerels
(0.05 microcurie) or less, of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14 per gram of medium used
for liquid scintillation counting; or
(2)1.85 kilobecquerels (0.05 microcurie) or
less, of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14 per gram of animal tissue, averaged over the
weight of the entire animal. A licensee shall not dispose of tissue pursuant to
this paragraph in a manner that would permit its use either as food for humans
or as animal feed.
(H) A
licensee shall transfer and dispose of licensed material in accordance with the
following:
(1) For transfer of radioactive
waste intended for disposal at a licensed radioactive waste disposal facility,
establish a manifest tracking system, and supplement existing requirements
concerning transfers and recordkeeping for those wastes. Each shipment of
radioactive waste designated for disposal at a licensed radioactive waste
disposal facility shall be accompanied by a shipment manifest as specified in
the appendix to this rule.
(2) Each shipment manifest shall include a
certification by the waste generator in accordance with the appendix to
this rule.
(3) Each person involved
in the transfer of waste for disposal or in the disposal of waste, including
the waste generator, waste collector, waste processor, and disposal facility
operator, shall comply with the requirements specified in
the appendix to this rule.
(I) Nothing in this rule relieves a licensee
from complying with other applicable federal, state and local regulations
governing any other toxic or hazardous properties of materials that may be
disposed of under this rule.
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