Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article V - Radiological Health
Chapter 217 - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Subchapter B - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Section 217.136 - Exempt concentrations
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 52, December 28, 2024
In addition to the parts of 10 CFR Part 30 (relating to rules of general applicability to domestic licensing of byproduct material) incorporated by reference, the following requirements apply:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person may receive, possess, use, transfer, own or acquire products or materials containing radioactive material introduced in concentrations less than those listed in Table 1 without possession of a license under this chapter.
(2) Except under a specific license issued under Subchapter D (relating to specific licenses to manufacture or transfer certain items containing radioactive material), or the general license under Subchapter F (relating to specific domestic licenses of broad scope for radioactive material), a person may not introduce radioactive material into a product or material for distribution to persons exempt under paragraph (1) or equivalent regulations of the NRC, an agreement state or licensing state.
TABLE 1
EXEMPT CONCENTRATIONS
Note: Some of the values in Table A-1 are presented in the computer "E" notation. In this notation, a value of 6E-02 represents a value of 6 x 10-2 or 0.06, 6E+2 represents 6 x 102 or 600 and 6E+0 represents 6 x 100 or 6
|
Element (atomic number) |
Isotope |
Column I Gas concentrationµCi/ml |
Column II Liquid and solid concentrationµCi/ml |
| Actinium (89) | Ac-228 | 9E-04 | |
| Cesium (55) | Cs-129 | 3E-03 | |
| Europium (63) | Eu-154 | 2E-04 | |
| Gallium (31) | Ga-67 | 2E-03 | |
| Germanium (32) | Ge-68 | 9E-03 | |
| Gold (79) | Au-195 | 1E-02 | |
| Indium (49) | In-111 | 1E-03 | |
| Iodine (53) | I-123 | 3E-04 | |
| I-124 | 4E-06 | ||
| I-125 | 2E-06 | ||
| Lead (82) | Pb-212 | 2E-04 | |
| Phosphorus (15) | P-33 | 3E-04 | |
| Potassium (19) | K-43 | 2E-04 | |
| Protactinium (91) | Pa-230 | 2E-03 | |
| Radium (88) | Ra-223 | 7E-06 | |
| Ra-224 | 2E-05 | ||
| Ra-228 | 3E-07 | ||
| Radon (86) | Rn-220 | 1E-07 | |
| Rn-222 | 3E-08 | ||
| Sodium (11) | Na-22 | 4E-04 | |
| Technetium (43) | Tc-97m | 4E-03 | |
| Xenon (54) | Xe-127 | 4E-06 | |
| Yttrium (39) | Y-88 | 8E-04 |
