D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B6805

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 22-B6805 - CALIBRATION AND REFERENCE SOURCES

6805.1

The following persons shall be granted a general license to own, receive, acquire, possess, use, and transfer, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 6805.3 through 6805.5 of this section, americium 241 in the form of the calibration or reference sources:

(a) Any person who holds a specific license issued by the Director which authorizes the person to receive, possess, use, and transfer radioactive material; and

(b) Any person who holds a specific license issued by the NRC which authorizes the person to receive, possess, use and transfer special nuclear material.

6805.2

A general license shall be granted to receive, possess, use, and transfer plutonium in the form of calibration or reference sources in accordance with the provisions of §§ 6805.3 through 6805.5 of this chapter to any person who holds a specific license issued by the director which authorizes the person to receive, possess, use, and transfer radioactive material.

6805.3

The general license in §§ 6805.1 and 6805.2 shall apply only to calibration or reference sources that have been manufactured in accordance with the specifications contained in a specific license issued to the manufacturer or importer of the sources by the NRC pursuant to § 32.57 of 10 C.F.R. Part 32 or § 70.39 of 10 C.F.R. Part 70, or that have been manufactured in accordance with the specifications contained in a specific license or equivalent licensing document issued to the manufacturer by the Director or by any agreement state pursuant to licensing requirements equivalent to those contained in § 32.57(n) of 10 C.F.R. Part 32 or § 70.39 of 10 C.F.R. Part 70.

6805.4

Any person who owns, receives, acquires, possesses, uses, or transfers one (1) or more calibration or reference sources pursuant to these general licenses shall store the source, except when the source is being used, in a closed container adequately designed and constructed to contain americium 241 or plutonium which might otherwise escape during storage.

6805.5

Any person who owns, receives, acquires, possesses, uses, or transfers one (1) or more calibration or reference sources pursuant to a general license shall not do the following:

(a) Possess at any one (1) time, at any one (1) location of storage or use, more than five (5) microcuries of americium 241 and five (5) microcuries of plutonium in the sources;

(b) Receive, possess, use, or transfer the source, unless the source of the storage container bears a label containing the information as may be required by the Director;

(c) Transfer, abandon, or dispose of the source, except by transfer to a person authorized to receive the source by a license from the Director, the NRC, or an agreement state; and

(d) Use the source for any purpose other than the calibration of the radiation detectors or the standardization of other sources.

6805.6

The general licenses provided by this section shall not authorize the manufacture of calibration or reference sources containing americium 241 or plutonium.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B6805

Regulation No. 70-33 (July 10, 1970), 17 DCR 39 (July 27, 1970); 6A DCRR § 8 -2:10189(e); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3721 (May 5, 2006)