Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 144-220-C-21 - Transfer of materialA. No licensee shall transfer radioactive material except as authorized pursuant to this section.B. Except as otherwise provided in the license and subject to the provisions of C.21.C and D, any licensee may transfer radioactive material: (1) To the Agency with prior approval of the Agency;(2) To the U.S. Department of Energy;(3) To any person exempt from this rule to the extent permitted under such exemption;(4) To any person authorized to receive such material under terms of a general license or its equivalent, or a specific license or equivalent licensing document, issued by the Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or any Agreement State, or to any person otherwise authorized to receive such material by the federal government or any Agency thereof, the Agency or any Agreement State; or(5) As otherwise authorized by the Agency in writing.C. Before transferring radioactive material to a specific licensee of the Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State, or to a general licensee who is required to register with the Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement 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.D. The following methods for the verification required by C.21.C are acceptable: (1) The transferor may have in his/her possession, and read, a current copy of the transferee's specific license or registration certificate;(2) The transferor may possess a written certification by the transferee that he authorizes 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;(3) For emergency shipments the transferor may accept oral certification by the transferee that he or she 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 10 days;(4) The transferor may obtain other sources of information compiled by a reporting service from official records of the Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the licensing Agency of an Agreement State as to the identity of licensees and the scope and expiration dates of licenses and registration; or(5) When none of the methods of verification described in C.21.D(1) through (4) are readily available or when a transferor desires to verify that information received by one of such methods is correct or up to date, the transferor may obtain a record confirmation from the Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the licensing Agency of an Agreement that the transferee is licensed to receive the radioactive material.(6) Preparation for shipment and transport of radioactive material shall be in accordance with the provisions of Part L.10-144 C.M.R. ch. 220, § C-21