Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A)
Each person
licensed under rule
3701:1-46-33
of the Administrative Code shall visually inspect each device and shall reject
any which has an observable physical defect that could affect containment of
the tritium or promethium-147.
(B)
Each person
licensed under rule
3701:1-46-33
of the Administrative Code shall:
(1)
Maintain quality assurance systems in the manufacture
of the luminous safety device in a manner sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that the safety-related components if the distributed devices are
capable of performing their intended functions; and
(2)
Subject
inspection lots to acceptance sampling procedures, by procedures specified in
paragraph (C) of this rule and in a license issued under rule
3701:1-46-33
of the Administrative Code, to provide at least ninety five per cent confidence
that the lot tolerance per cent defective of five per cent will not be
exceeded.
(C)
The licensee shall subject each inspection lot
to:
(1)
Tests
that adequately take into account the individual, aggregate, and cumulative
effects of the environmental conditions expected in service that could
adversely affect the effective containment of tritium or promethium-147, such
as absolute pressure and water immersion.
(2)
Inspection for
evidence of physical damage, containment failure, or for loss of tritium or
promethium-147 after each stage of testing, using methods of inspection
adequate for applying the following criteria for defective:
(a)
A leak test
resulting in a loss of 0.1 per cent or more of the original amount of tritium
or promethium-147 from the device;
(b)
Levels of
radiation in excess of five microgray ( 0.5 millirad) per hour at ten
centimeters from any surface when measured through fifty milligrams per square
centimeter of absorber, if the device contains promethium-147;
and
(c)
Any other criteria specified in the license issued
under rule
3701:1-46-33
of the Administrative Code.
(D)
No person
licensed under rule
3701:1-46-33
of the Administrative Code shall transfer to persons generally licensed under
rule
3701:1-46-07
of the Administrative Code, or under an equivalent general license from an
agreement state or the United States nuclear regulatory commission:
(1)
Any luminous
safety device tested and found defective under any condition of a license
issued under rule
3701:1-46-33
of the Administrative Code, or paragraph (B) of this rule, unless the defective
luminous safety device has been repaired or reworked, retested, and determined
by an independent inspector to meet the applicable acceptance criteria;
or
(2)
Any luminous safety device contained within any lot that
has been sampled and rejected as a result of the procedures in paragraph (B)(2)
of this rule, unless:
(a)
A procedure for defining sub-lot size, independence,
and additional testing procedures is contained in the license issued under rule
3701:1-46-33
of the Administrative Code; and
(b)
Each individual
sub-lot is sampled, tested, and accepted in accordance with paragraphs (B)(2)
and (D)(2)(a) of this rule and any other criteria that may be required as a
condition of the license issued under rule
3701:1-46-33
of the Administrative Code.
Replaces: 3701:1-46-35
Effective: 11/8/2015
Five Year
Review (FYR) Dates: 11/01/2020
Promulgated Under:
119.03
Statutory
Authority: 3748.04
Rule
Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
Effective Dates: 10/20/2002, 1/20/08,
12/01/12
