Section 144-220-N-18 - Expiration and termination of specific licensesA. Except as provided in N.18.B., the authority to engage in licensed activities as specified in the specific license shall expire at the end of the specified day in the month and year stated therein. Any expiration date on a specific license applies only to the authority to engage in licensed activities. Expiration of a specific license shall not relieve the licensee of responsibility for decommissioning its facility and terminating the specific license.B. Each licensee shall notify the Agency immediately in writing and request termination of the license when the licensee decides to terminate all activities involving radioactive material authorized under the license. This notification and request for termination shall include the documents require by N.18.D(4) and shall otherwise substantiate that the licensee has met all of the requirements in N.18.D.C. No less than 30 days before the expiration date specified in a specific license, the licensee shall either: (1) Submit an application for license renewal pursuant to N.19; or(2) Notify the Agency in writing, under N.18.B, if the licensee decides to not renew the license. The licensee requesting termination of a license shall comply with the requirements of N.18.D.D. Termination of licenses: (1) If a licensee does not submit a complete application for license renewal pursuant to N.19, the licensee shall, on or before the expiration date specified in the license; (a) Terminate use of the TENORM specified in the license;(b) Remove radioactive contamination to the level outlined in N.7, to the extent practicable;(c) Properly dispose of the TENORM specified in the license;(d) Submit a completed Agency Form HHE-892 Certificate-Disposition of Radioactive Materials; and(e) Submit a radiation monitoring report to confirm the absence of TENORM specified in the license or to establish the levels of residual radioactive contamination, unless the licensee demonstrates the absence of residual radioactive contamination in some other manner. The radiation monitoring report shall specify the instrumentation used and certify that each instrument was properly calibrated and tested. The licensee shall, as applicable, report levels or quantities of: (i) Beta and gamma radiation at 1 centimeter from surfaces in units, multiples, or subunits of sieverts or rem per hour or microroentgens per hour;(ii) Gamma radiation at 1 meter from surfaces in units, multiples, or subunits of sieverts or rem per hour or microroentgens per hour;(iii) Removable radioactivity on surfaces in units, multiples, or subunits of becquerels or curies per 100 square centimeters of surface area or in disintegrations (transformations) per minute per 100 square centimeters of surface area;(iv) Fixed radioactivity on surfaces in units, multiples, or subunits of becquerels or curies per 100 square centimeters of surface areas or in disintegrations (transformations) per minute per 100 square centimeters of surface area;(v) Radioactivity in contaminated liquids such as water, oils or solvents in units, multiples, or subunits of becquerels or curies per milliliter of volume or per gram of liquid; and(vi) Radioactivity in contaminated solids such as soils or concrete in units, multiples, or subunits of becquerels or curies per gram of solid.(2) If levels of residual radioactive contamination attributable to activities conducted under the license are less than those established in N.7, the licenses shall so certify. If the Agency determines that this certification and the information submitted pursuant to N.18.D(1)(e)(v) is adequate and monitoring confirms the findings, then the Agency will notify the licensee, in writing, of the termination of the license;(3) If residual radioactive contamination attributable to activities conducted under the license are not in conformance with criteria established in N.7: (a) The license continues in effect beyond the expiration date, if necessary, with respect to possession of residual TENORM material present as contamination until the Agency notifies the license in writing that the license is terminated. During this time the licensee is subject to the provisions of N.18.E.(b) In addition to the information submitted pursuant to N.18.D.(1)(d) and N.18.D.(1)(e), the licensee shall submit a plan for decontamination and disposal, if required, as regards residual TENORM contamination remaining at the time the license expires.E. Each licensee who possesses TENORM material pursuant to N.18.D(6), following the expiration date specified in the license, shall:(1) Limit actions involving TENORM as specified in the license to those related to decontamination and other activities related to preparation for release for unrestricted use; and(2) Continue to control entry to restricted areas until they are suitable for release for unrestricted use or conditional release and the Agency notifies the licensee in writing that the license is terminated.10-144 C.M.R. ch. 220, § N-18