Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 336 - RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RULES
Subchapter G - DECOMMISSIONING STANDARDS
Section 336.605 - Surface Contamination Limits for Facilities, Equipment, and Materials
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Before vacating any facility or releasing any facility, equipment, or materials for unrestricted use, each licensee shall ensure that radioactive contamination has been removed to levels as low as is reasonably achievable.
(b) No licensee may vacate a facility or release a facility, equipment, or materials for unrestricted use until radioactive surface contamination levels are below the limits specified in §336.364, Appendix G, of this title (relating to Acceptable Surface Contamination Levels). The licensee shall conduct radiation surveys and provide reports and documentation to demonstrate that the requirements for release have been met. The executive director may also require the licensee to provide other information as may be necessary to demonstrate that the facilities and equipment are suitable for release.
(c) In addition to meeting the surface contamination limits of subsection (b) of this section, porous materials (e.g., concrete), which are to be released for unrestricted use, shall be evaluated to determine whether radioactive materials have penetrated to the interior of the material. If radioactive contamination has penetrated into the material, analysis of the average concentration, in picocuries per gram, shall be made. The material may be released for unrestricted use if the radionuclide concentrations do not exceed the limits specified for soil in § 336.356(a) of this title (relating to Soil and Vegetation Contamination Limits) and § 336.603 of this title (relating to Radiological Criteria for Unrestricted Use).
