Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Licensees
shall not transfer radioactive material except as authorized pursuant to
Section R313-19-41.
(2) Except as
otherwise provided in the license and subject to the provisions of Subsections
R313-19-41(3) and (4), licensees may transfer radioactive material:
(a) to the Director, if prior approval from
the Director has been received;
(b)
to the U.S. Department of Energy;
(c) to persons exempt from the rules in Rule
R313-19 to the extent permitted under the exemption;
(d) to persons authorized to receive the
material under terms of a general license or its equivalent, or a specific
license or equivalent licensing document, issued by the Director, the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an Agreement State or a Licensing State, or to a
person otherwise authorized to receive the material by the federal government
or an agency thereof, the Director, an Agreement State or a Licensing State;
or
(e) as otherwise authorized by
the Director in writing.
(3) Before transferring radioactive material
to a specific licensee of the Director, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
an Agreement State or a Licensing State, or to a general licensee who is
required to register with the Director, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
an Agreement State or a Licensing State prior to receipt of the radioactive
material, the licensee transferring the material shall verify that the
transferee's license authorizes the receipt of the type, form, and quantity of
radioactive material to be transferred.
(4) The following methods for the
verification required by Subsection R313-19-41(3) are acceptable:
(a) the transferor may possess, and read a
current copy of the transferee's specific license or registration
certificate;
(b) the transferor may
possess a written certification by the transferee that the transferee is
authorized by license or registration certificate to receive the type, form,
and quantity of radioactive material to be transferred, specifying the license
or registration certificate number, issuing agency, and expiration
date;
(c) for emergency shipments,
the transferor may accept oral certification by the transferee that the
transferee is authorized by license or registration certificate to receive the
type, form, and quantity of radioactive material to be transferred, specifying
the license or registration certificate number, issuing agency, and expiration
date, provided that the oral certification is confirmed in writing within ten
days;
(d) the transferor may obtain
other information compiled by a reporting service from official records of the
Director, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an Agreement State, or a
Licensing State regarding the identity of licensees and the scope and
expiration dates of licenses and registration; or
(e) when none of the methods of verification
described in Subsection R313-19-41(4) are readily available or when a
transferor desires to verify that information received by one of the methods is
correct or up-to-date, the transferor may obtain and record confirmation from
the Director, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an Agreement State, or a
Licensing State that the transferee is licensed to receive the radioactive
material.
(5) Shipment
and transport of radioactive material shall be in accordance with the
provisions of Section
R313-19-100.