Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control
Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material
Section 3701:1-50-11 - General license: Fissile material
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) A general license is issued to any licensee of the department to transport fissile material, or to deliver fissile material to a carrier for transport, if the material is shipped in accordance with this section. The fissile material need not be contained in a package which meets the standards of subparts E and F of 10 C.F.R. 71 (as in effect on the effective date of this rule); however, the material must be contained in a type A package. The type A package must also meet the DOT requirements of 49 C.F.R. 173.417(a) (as in effect on the effective date of this rule).
(B) The general license applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the department as satisfying the provisions of rule 3701:1-50-24 of the Administrative Code.
(C) The general license applies only when a package's contents:
(D) The general license applies only to packages containing fissile material that are labeled with a CSI which:
(E)
CSI = 10((grams of U-235/X) + (grams of U-233/Y) + (grams of Pu/Z))
Table 11-1 Mass limits for general license packages containing mixed quantities of fissile material or uranium-235 of unknown enrichment per paragraph (E) of this rule
Fissile material |
Fissile material mass mixed with moderating substances having an average hydrogen density less than or equal to H2O (grams) |
Fissile material mass mixed with moderating substances having an average hydrogen density greater than H2Oa (grams) |
U-235 (X) |
60 |
38 |
U-233 (Y) |
43 |
27 |
Pu-239 or Pu-241 (Z) |
37 |
24 |
a When mixtures of moderating substances are present, the lower mass limits shall be used if more than fifteen per cent of the moderating substance has an average hydrogen density greater than H2O.
Table 11-2 Mass limits for general license packages containing uranium-235 on known enrichment per paragraph (E) of this rule
Uranium enrichment in weight per cent of U-235 not exceeding |
Fissile material mass of U-235 (X) (grams) |
24 |
60 |
20 |
63 |
15 |
67 |
11 |
72 |
10 |
76 |
9.5 |
78 |
9 |
81 |
8.5 |
82 |
8 |
85 |
7.5 |
88 |
7 |
90 |
6.5 |
93 |
6 |
97 |
5.5 |
102 |
5 |
108 |
4.5 |
114 |
4 |
120 |
3.5 |
132 |
3 |
150 |
2.5 |
180 |
2 |
246 |
1.5 |
408 |
1.35 |
480 |
1 |
1,020 |
0.92 |
1,800 |