Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-17 - RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Rule 391-3-17-.01 - General Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations
				filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Scope.
Except as otherwise
				specifically provided, this Chapter, 391-3-17, applies to all persons who
				manufacture, produce, receive, possess, use, transfer, own, or acquire any
				source of radiation; provided, however, that nothing in this Chapter shall
				apply to any person to the extent such person is subject to regulation by the
				U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.1 Nothing in Rule
				391-3-17-.03 of this Chapter shall
				be interpreted as limiting the intentional exposure of patients to radiation
				for the purpose of diagnosis or therapy.
(2)
Definitions.
As used in this
				Chapter, these terms have the definitions set forth below. Additional
				definitions used only in a certain Rule will be found in that Rule.
(a) "A1" means the
				maximum activity of special form radioactive material permitted in a Type A
				package. "A2" means the maximum activity of radioactive
				material, other than special form, LSA and SCO material, permitted in a Type A
				package. These values are either listed in the "Table of
				A1 and A2 Values for
				Radionuclides" of 49 CFR
				173.435 or may be derived in accordance with
				the procedure prescribed in 49 CFR 173.433 -
				173.435.
(b) "Absorbed dose" means the energy imparted
				by ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material. The units of
				absorbed dose are the rad and the Gray (Gy).
(c) "Accelerator-produced radioactive
				material" means any material made radioactive by a particle
				accelerator.
(d) "Act" means
				Chapter 13 of the Official Code of Georgia, Annotated, entitled "Radiation
				Control" as amended.
(e) "Activity"
				means the rate of disintegration or transformation or decay of radioactive
				material. The units of activity are the Curie (Ci) and the Becquerel
				(Bq).
(f) "Adult" means an
				individual 18 or more years of age.
(g) "Agreement State" means any State with
				which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the U.S. Atomic Energy
				Commission has entered into an effective agreement under subsection 274b. of
				the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (73 Stat. 689).
(h) "Airborne radioactive material" means any
				radioactive material dispersed in the air in the form of dusts, fumes,
				particulates, mists, vapors, or gases.
(i) "Airborne radioactivity area" means a
				room, enclosure or operating area in which airborne radioactive materials,
				composed wholly or partly of licensed materials, exist in concentrations;
1. In excess of the derived air
				concentrations (DACs) specified in Appendix B, to
				10 CFR
				20.1001 -
				20.2401, or
2. To such a degree that an individual
				present in the area without respiratory protective equipment could exceed,
				during the hours an individual is present in a week, an intake of 0.6 percent
				of the annual limit on intake (ALI) or 12 DAC-hours.
(j) "Annually" means once every 12 calendar
				months or no later than the last day of the same calendar month of the
				following year.
(k) "As low as is
				reasonably achievable" (ALARA) means making every reasonable effort to maintain
				exposures to radiation as far below the dose limits in this Chapter as is
				practical, consistent with the purpose for which the licensed activity is
				undertaken, taking into account the state of technology, the economics of
				improvements in relation to the state of technology, the economics of
				improvements in relation to benefits to the public health and safety, and other
				societal and socioeconomic considerations, and in relation to utilization of
				nuclear energy and licensed or registered sources of radiation in the public
				interest.
(l) "Background
				radiation" means radiation from cosmic sources; naturally occurring radioactive
				materials, including radon, except as a decay product of source or special
				nuclear material, and including global fallout as it exists in the environment
				from the testing of nuclear explosive devices or from past nuclear accidents
				such as Chernobyl that contribute to background radiation and are not under the
				control of the licensee. "Background radiation" does not include sources of
				radiation from radioactive materials regulated by the Division.
(m) "Becquerel" (Bq) means the SI unit of
				activity. One Becquerel is equal to one disintegration or transformation per
				second.
(n) "Bioassay" means the
				determination of kinds, quantities or concentrations, and, in some cases, the
				locations of radioactive material in the human body, whether by direct
				measurement, in vivo counting, or by analysis and evaluation of materials
				excreted or removed from the human body. For purposes of this Chapter,
				"radiobioassay" is an equivalent term.
(o) "Byproduct material" means:
1. Any radioactive material, except special
				nuclear material, yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation
				incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear
				material;
2. The tailings or wastes
				produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from ore
				processed primarily for its source material content, including discrete surface
				wastes resulting from uranium solution extraction processes. Underground ore
				bodies depleted by these solution extraction operations do not constitute
				"byproduct material" within this definition.
3.
(i) Any
				discrete source of radium-226 that is produced, extracted, or converted after
				extraction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial,
				medical, or research activity; or
(ii) Any material that:
(I) Has been made radioactive by use of a
				particle accelerator; and
(II) Is
				produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after August
				8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research activity; and
4. Any discrete source
				of naturally occurring radioactive material, other than source material, that:
(i) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in
				consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the
				Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any
				other appropriate Federal agency, determines would pose a threat similar to the
				threat posed by a discrete source of radium-226 to the public health and safety
				or the common defense and security; and
(ii) Before, on, or after August 8, 2005, is
				extracted or converted after extraction for use in a commercial, medical, or
				research activity.
(p) "Calibration" means the determination of:
1. The response or reading of an instrument
				relative to a series of known radiation values over the range of the
				instrument, or
2. The strength of a
				source of radiation relative to a standard.
(q) "CFR" means the Code of Federal
				Regulations.
(r) "Collective dose"
				means the sum of the individual doses received in a given period of time by a
				specified population from exposure to a specified source of
				radiation.
(s) "Committed dose"
				means the radiation dose that will accumulate over time as a result of
				retention in the body of radioactive material. Committed dose is a generic term
				for internal dose and must be calculated by summing the projected dose over the
				50 years after intake for all irradiated organs or tissues multiplying the
				doses to individual organs and tissues by applicable tissue weighting
				factors.
(t) "Committed dose
				equivalent" (HT,50) means the dose equivalent to organs
				or tissues of reference (T) that will be received from an intake of radioactive
				material by an individual during the 50-year period following the
				intake.
(u) "Committed effective
				dose equivalent" (HE,50) is the sum of the products of
				the weighting factors applicable to each of the body organs or tissues that are
				irradiated and the committed dose equivalent to each of these organs or tissues
				(HE,50 = [SIGMA]
				wT,HT,50).
(v) "Consortium" means an association of
				medical use licensees and a PET radionuclide production facility in the same
				geographical area that jointly own or share in the operation and maintenance
				cost of the PET radionuclide production facility that produces PET
				radionuclides for use in producing radioactive drugs within the consortium for
				noncommercial distributions among its associated members for medical use. The
				PET radionuclide production facility within the consortium must be located at
				an educational institution or a Federal facility or a medical
				facility.
(w) "Curie" means a unit
				of quantity of radioactivity. One Curie (Ci) is that quantity of radioactive
				material that decays at the rate of 3.7 x 1010
				transformations per second (tps).
(x) "Daily" means once every calendar day
				worked.
(y) "Deep dose equivalent"
				(Hd), which applies to external whole body exposure,
				means the dose equivalent at a tissue depth of one centimeter (1,000
				mg/cm2).
(z) "Department" means the Department of
				Natural Resources of the State of Georgia.
(aa) "Depleted uranium" means the source
				material uranium in which the isotope uranium-235 is less than 0.711 weight
				percent of the total uranium present. Depleted uranium does not include special
				nuclear material.
(bb) "Derived air
				concentration" (DAC) means the concentration of a given radionuclide in air
				which, if breathed by the reference man for a working year of 2,000 hours under
				conditions of light work (inhalation rate 1.2 cubic meters of air per hour),
				results in an intake of one ALI. (Annual Limit on Intake defined in Rule
				.03(2) (d)) DAC
				values are given in Table 1, Column 3 of Appendix B to
				10 CFR
				20.1001-
				20.2401.
(cc) "Discrete source" means a radionuclide
				that has been processed so that its concentration within a material has been
				purposely increased for use for commercial, medical, or research
				activities.
(dd) "Dose" is a
				generic term that means absorbed dose, dose equivalent, effective dose
				equivalent, committed dose equivalent, committed effective dose equivalent, or
				total effective dose equivalent.
(ee) "Dose equivalent"
				(HT) means the product of the absorbed dose in tissue,
				quality factor, and all other necessary modifying factors at the location of
				interest. The units of dose equivalent are the rem and Sievert (Sv).
(ff) "Dose limits" means the permissible
				upper bounds of radiation doses established in accordance with this Chapter.
				For purposes of this Chapter, "limits" is an equivalent term.
(gg) "Effective dose equivalent"
				(HE) means the sum of the products of the dose
				equivalent to each organ or tissue (HT) and the
				weighting factor (wT) applicable to each of the body
				organs or tissues that are irradiated (HE = [SIGMA]
				wTHT).
(hh) "Embryo/fetus" means the developing
				human organism from conception until the time of birth.
(ii) "Entrance or access point" means any
				opening through which an individual or extremity of an individual could gain
				access to radiation areas or to licensed radioactive materials. This includes
				entry or exit portals of sufficient size to permit human entry, irrespective of
				their intended use.
(jj) "Explosive
				material" means any chemical compound, mixture, or device that produces a
				substantial instantaneous release of gas and heat spontaneously or by contact
				with sparks or flame.
(kk)
				"Exposure" means being exposed to ionizing radiation or to radioactive
				material.
(ll) "Exposure rate"
				means the exposure per unit of time, such as Roentgen per minute or
				milliroentgen per hour.
(mm)
				"External dose" means that portion of the dose equivalent received from any
				source of radiation outside the body.
(nn) "Extremity" means hand, elbow, arm below
				the elbow, foot, knee, and leg below the knee.
(oo) "Former U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
				(AEC) or U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensed facilities" means
				nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, uranium enrichment plants,
				or critical mass experimental facilities where AEC or NRC licenses have been
				terminated.
(pp) "Generally
				applicable environmental radiation standards" means standards issued by the
				U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of the Atomic
				Energy Act of 1954, as amended, that impose limits on radiation exposures,
				levels, concentrations or quantities of radioactive material, in the general
				environment outside the boundaries of locations under the control of persons
				possessing or using radioactive material.
(qq) "Gray" (Gy) means the SI unit of
				absorbed dose. One Gray is equal to an absorbed dose of one Joule/kilogram (100
				rad).
(rr) "Hazardous waste" means
				those wastes designated as hazardous by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
				regulations in 40 CFR Part 261.
(ss) "Healing arts" means medicine,
				dentistry, chiropractic, podiatry, osteopathy or veterinary medicine.
(tt) "High radiation area" means an area,
				accessible to individuals, in which radiation levels from radiation sources
				external to the body could result in an individual receiving a dose equivalent
				in excess of 0.1 rem (1 mSv) in one hour at 30 centimeters from any source of
				radiation or from any surface that the radiation penetrates. For purposes of
				this Chapter, rooms or areas in which diagnostic x-ray systems are used for
				healing arts purposes are not considered high radiation areas.
(uu) "Human use" means the internal or
				external administration of radiation or radioactive material to human
				beings.
(vv) "Individual" means any
				human being.
(ww) "Individual
				monitoring" means the assessment of:
1. Dose
				equivalent by the use of:
(i) Individual
				monitoring devices, or
(ii) Survey
				data; or
2. Committed
				effective dose equivalent:
(i) By bioassay,
				or
(ii) By determination of the
				time-weighted air concentrations to which an individual has been exposed, that
				is, DAC-hours [See the definition of DAC-hours in Rule
				391-3-17-.03(2)(q)].
(xx) "Individual monitoring devices" means
				devices designed to be worn by a single individual for the assessment of dose
				equivalent. For purposes of this Chapter, individual monitoring devices and
				personnel monitoring equipment are equivalent terms. Examples of individual
				monitoring devices are film badges, thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs),
				optically stimulated luminescent devices, pocket ionization chambers, and
				personal air sampling devices.
(yy)
				"Inspection" means an official examination or observation including, but not
				limited to, tests, surveys, and monitoring to determine compliance.
(zz) "Interlock" means a device arranged or
				connected such that the occurrence of an event or condition is required before
				a second event or condition can occur or continue to occur.
(aaa) "Internal dose" means that portion of
				the dose equivalent received from radioactive material taken into the
				body.
(bbb) "Lens dose equivalent"
				(LDE) means the external exposure of the lens of the eye and is taken as the
				dose equivalent at a tissue depth of 0.3 centimeter (300
				mg/cm2).
(ccc) "License" means a license issued by the
				Director in accordance with the Regulations promulgated by the Board.
(ddd) "Licensed material" means radioactive
				material received, possessed, used, transferred or disposed of under a general
				or specific license issued by the Director.
(eee) "Licensee" means any person who is
				licensed by the Director in accordance with this Chapter and the Act.
(fff) [Reserved]
(ggg) "Limits" [See Dose limits].
(hhh) "Lost or missing licensed material"
				means licensed material whose location is unknown. This definition includes
				licensed material that has been shipped but has not reached its planned
				destination and whose location cannot be readily traced in the transportation
				system.
(iii) "Major processor"
				means a user processing, handling, or manufacturing radioactive material
				exceeding Type A quantities as unsealed sources or material, or exceeding four
				times Type B quantities as sealed sources, but does not include nuclear
				medicine programs, universities, industrial radiographers, or small industrial
				programs. Type A and B quantities are defined in
				Section
				71.4 of 10 CFR Part 71.
(jjj) "Management" means the chief executive
				officer or other individual having the authority to manage, direct, or
				administer the licensee's activities, or those persons' delegate or
				delegates.
(kkk) "Member of the
				public" means any individual except when that individual is receiving an
				occupational dose.
(lll) "Minor"
				means an individual less than 18 years of age.
(mmm) "Monthly" means once every calendar
				month, not to exceed an interval of 35 days.
(nnn) "Monitoring" means the measurement of
				radiation, radioactive material concentrations, surface area activities or
				quantities of radioactive material and the use of the results of these
				measurements to evaluate potential exposures and doses. For purposes of this
				Chapter, "radiation monitoring" and "radiation protection monitoring" are
				equivalent terms.
(ooo) "NARM"
				means any naturally-occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive material. It
				does not include byproduct, source, or special nuclear material.
(ppp) "Natural radioactivity" means
				radioactivity of naturally-occurring nuclides.
(qqq) "NORM" (Naturally-Occurring Radioactive
				Material) means any nuclide which is radioactive in its natural physical state
				(i.e., not man-made), but does not include byproduct, source, or special
				nuclear material.
(rrr) "Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission" (NRC) means the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or
				its duly authorized representatives.
(sss) "Occupational dose" means the dose
				received by an individual in the course of employment while engaged in
				activities licensed by the Director in which the individual's assigned duties
				involve exposure to licensed and unlicensed sources of radiation whether in the
				possession of the licensee, or other person. Occupational dose does not include
				doses received from background radiation, as a patient from medical practices,
				from exposure from individuals administered radioactive material and released
				in accordance with Rule
				391-3-17-.05(37),
				from voluntary participation in medical research programs, or as a member of
				the public.
(ttt) "Package" means
				the assembly of components necessary to ensure compliance with packing
				requirements of DOT regulations together with its radioactive contents as
				presented for transport.
1. "Fissile material
				package" means a fissile material packaging together with its fissile material
				contents.
2. "Type B package" means
				a Type B packaging together with its radioactive contents. On approval, a Type
				B package design is designated by NRC as B(U) unless the package has a maximum
				normal operating pressure of more than 700 kPa (100
				lb/in2) gauge or pressure relief device that will
				allow the release of radioactive material to the environment under the tests
				specified in 10 CFR
				71 (hypothetical accident conditions), in
				which case it will receive a designation B(M). B(U) refers to the need for
				unilateral approval of international shipments; B(M) refers to the need for
				multilateral approval of international shipments. There is no distinction made
				in how packages with these designations may be used in domestic transportation.
				To determine their distinction for international transportation, see DOT
				regulations in 49 CFR
				173. A Type B package approved before
				September 6, 1983, was designated only as Type B. Limitations on its use are
				specified in 10 CFR
				71.13.
(uuu) "Particle accelerator" means any
				machine capable of accelerating electrons, protons, deuterons, or other charged
				particles in a vacuum and of discharging the resultant particulate or other
				radiation into a medium at energies usually in excess of one MeV. For purposes
				of this definition, "accelerator" is an equivalent term.
(vvv) "Person" means any individual,
				corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private
				institution, group, agency, political subdivi­sion of this State, any
				other state or political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal
				successor, representative, agent, or department of the foregoing, but shall not
				include federal government agencies.
(www) "Personnel monitoring equipment" [See
				Individual monitoring devices].
(xxx) "Pharmacist" means any individual who
				is licensed to practice Pharmacy in this State by the Georgia State Board of
				Pharmacy.
(yyy) "Physician" means
				any person who is licensed to engage in the practice of medicine under the
				Authority of O.C.G.A.
				43-34-20 or the limited practice
				of medicine under O.C.G.A.
				43-35-1.
(zzz) "Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
				radionuclide production facility" is defined as a facility operating a
				cyclotron or accelerator for the purpose of producing PET
				radionuclides.
(aaaa) "Principal
				activities," as used in this Chapter, means activities authorized by the
				license which are essential to achieving the purpose(s) for which the license
				was issued or amended. Storage during which no license material is accessed for
				use or disposal and activities incidental to decontamination or decommissioning
				are not principal activities.
(bbbb) "Public dose" means the dose received
				by a member of the public from radiation and/or radioactive material released
				by a licensee or from any other source of radiation under the control of a
				licensee. It does not include occupational dose, doses received from background
				radiation, doses received as a patient from medical practices, from exposure
				from individuals administered radioactive material and released in accordance
				with Rule
				391-3-17-.05(37),
				or doses from voluntary participation in medical research programs.
(cccc) "Pyrophoric liquid" means any liquid
				that ignites spontaneously in dry or moist air at or below 130 °F (54.4
				°C). A pyrophoric solid is any solid material, other than one classed as an
				explosive, which under normal conditions is liable to cause fires through
				friction, retained heat from manufacturing or processing, or which can be
				ignited readily and, when ignited, burns so vigorously and persistently as to
				create a serious transportation, handling, or disposal hazard. Included are
				spontaneously combustible and water-reactive materials.
(dddd) "Qualified expert" means an individual
				having the knowledge and training to measure ionizing radiation, to evaluate
				safety techniques, and to advise regarding radiation protection needs, for
				example, individuals certified in the appropriate field by the American Board
				of Radiology or the American Board of Health Physics, or those having
				equivalent qualifications. With reference to the calibration of radiation
				therapy equipment, an individual having, in addition to the above
				qualifications, training and experience in the clinical applications of
				radiation physics to radiation therapy, for example, individuals certified in
				Therapeutic Radiological Physics or X-Ray and Radium Physics by the American
				Board of Radiology, or those having equivalent qualifications.
(eeee) "Quality factor" (Q) means the
				modifying factor, listed in Tables 1 and 2 of this Rule that is used to derive
				dose equivalent from absorbed dose.
(ffff) "Quarterly" means once every three
				calendar months or no later than the last day of the third month after the
				initial month.
(gggg) "Rad" means
				the special unit of absorbed dose. One rad is equal to an absorbed dose of 100
				ergs/gram or 0.01 Joule/kilogram (0.01 Gray).
(hhhh) "Radiation" means alpha particles,
				beta particles, gamma rays, x- rays, neutrons, high-speed electrons, high-speed
				protons, and other particles capable of producing ions. For purposes of this
				Chapter, ionizing radiation is an equivalent term. Radiation, as used in this
				Chapter, does not include non-ionizing radiation, such as radiowaves,
				microwaves, visible, infrared, or ultraviolet light.
(iiii) "Radiation area" means any area,
				accessible to individuals, in which radiation levels could result in an
				individual receiving a dose equivalent in excess of 5 mrem (0.05 mSv) in one
				hour at 30 centimeters from the source of radiation or from any surface that
				the radiation penetrates.
(jjjj)
				"Radiation machine" means any device capable of producing radiation except
				those devices with radioactive material as the only source of
				radiation.
(kkkk) "Radiation Safety
				Officer" (RSO) means an individual who has the knowledge and responsibility to
				apply appropriate radiation protection regulations.
(llll) "Radioactive material" means any
				solid, liquid, or gas that emits radiation spontaneously.
(mmmm) "Radioactivity" means the
				transformation of unstable atomic nuclei by the emission of
				radiation.
(nnnn) "Regulations of
				the U.S. Department of Transportation" means the regulations in 49 CFR Parts
				100-189.
(oooo) "Rem" means the
				special unit of any of the quantities expressed as dose equivalent. The dose
				equivalent in rem is equal to the absorbed dose in rad multiplied by the
				quality factor (1 rem = 0.01 Sievert).
(pppp) "Research and development" means
1. Theoretical analysis, exploration, or
				experimentation; or
2. The
				extension of investigative findings and theories of a scientific or technical
				nature into practical application for experimental and demonstration purposes,
				including the experimental production and testing of models, devices,
				equipment, materials, and processes. Research and development does not include
				the internal or external administration of radiation or radioactive material to
				human beings.
(qqqq)
				"Restricted area" means any area to which access is limited by the licensee for
				purposes of protecting individuals against undue risks from exposure to sources
				of radiation and radioactive material. A restricted area does not include areas
				used as residential quarters, but separate rooms in a residential building may
				be set apart as a restricted area.
(rrrr) "Roentgen" means the special unit of
				exposure. One Roentgen (R) equals 2.58 x 10-4
				Coulombs/kilogram of air.
(ssss)
				"Sealed source" means radioactive material that is permanently bonded or fixed
				in a capsule or matrix designed to prevent release and dispersal of the
				radioactive material under the most severe conditions which are likely to be
				encountered in normal use and handling.
(tttt) "Sealed Source and Device Registry"
				means the national registry that contains all the registration certificates,
				generated by both the NRC and the Agreement States, that summarize the
				radiation safety information for the sealed sources and devices and describe
				the licensing and use conditions approved for the product.
(uuuu) "Shallow dose equivalent"
				(Hs), which applies to the external exposure of the skin
				of the whole body or the skin of an extremity, means the dose equivalent at a
				tissue depth of 0.007 centimeter (7
				mg/cm2).
(vvvv) "SI" means an abbreviation of the
				International System of Units.
(wwww) "Sievert" means the SI unit of any of
				the quantities expressed as dose equivalent. The dose equivalent in Sievert is
				equal to the absorbed dose in Gray multiplied by the quality factor (1 Sv = 100
				rem).
(xxxx) "Site boundary" means
				that line beyond which the land or property is not owned, leased, or otherwise
				controlled by the licensee.
(yyyy)
				"Source material" means
1. Uranium or thorium,
				or any combination thereof, in any physical or chemical form; or
2. Ores that contain by weight one-twentieth
				of one percent (0.05 percent) or more of uranium, thorium, or any combination
				thereof. Source material does not include special nuclear material.
(zzzz) "Source material milling"
				means any activity that results in the production of byproduct material as
				defined by .01(2)(o)2.
(aaaaa)
				"Source of radiation" means any radioactive material or any device or equipment
				emitting, or capable of producing, radiation.
(bbbbb) "Special form radioactive material"
				means radioactive material that satisfies the following conditions:
1. It is either a single solid piece or is
				contained in a sealed capsule that can be opened only by destroying the
				capsule;
2. The piece or capsule
				has at least one dimension not less than five millimeters (0.197 inch);
				and
3. It satisfies the test
				requirements specified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A special
				form encapsulation designed in accordance with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
				Commission requirements in effect on June 30, 1983, and constructed prior to
				July 1, 1985, may continue to be used. A special form encapsulation either
				designed or constructed after June 30, 1985, must meet requirements of this
				definition applicable at the time of its design or construction.
(ccccc) "Special nuclear material"
				means:
1. Plutonium, uranium-233, uranium
				enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, and any other material that
				the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, pursuant to the provisions of section
				51 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, determines to be special
				nuclear material but does not include source material; or
2. Any material artificially enriched by any
				of the foregoing but does not include source material.
(ddddd) "Special nuclear material in
				quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass" means uranium enriched in
				the isotope U-235 in quantities not exceeding 350 grams of contained U-235;
				uranium-233 in quantities not exceeding 200 grams; plutonium in quantities not
				exceeding 200 grams; or any combination of them in accordance with the
				following formula: For each kind of special nuclear material, determine the
				ratio between the quantity of that special nuclear material and the quantity
				specified above for the same kind of special nuclear material. The sum of such
				ratios for all of the kinds of special nuclear material in combination shall
				not exceed 1.
For example, the following quantities in combination would
				  not exceed the limitation and are within the formula:
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(eeeee) "Survey" means an evaluation of the
				radiological conditions and potential hazards incident to the production, use,
				transfer, release, disposal, or presence of sources of radiation. When
				appropriate, such evaluation includes, but is not limited to, tests, physical
				examinations, and measurements of levels of radiation or concentrations of
				radioactive material present.
(fffff) "Test" means the process of verifying
				compliance with an applicable regulation.
(ggggg) "This Chapter" means all of the Rules
				in Chapter 391-3-17.
(hhhhh) "Total
				effective dose equivalent" (TEDE) means the sum of the effective dose
				equivalent (for external exposures) and the committed effective dose equivalent
				(for internal exposures).
(iiiii)
				"U.S. Department of Energy" means the Department of Energy established by
				Public Law 95-91, August 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 565,
				42 U.S.C.
				7101 et seq., to the extent that the
				Department exercises functions formerly vested in the U.S. Atomic Energy
				Commission, its Chairman, members, officers, and components and transferred to
				the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and to the
				Administrator thereof pursuant to sections 104(b), (c) and (d) of the Energy
				Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438, October 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1233
				at 1237, 42 U.S.C.
				5814, effective January 19, 1975) and
				retransferred to the Secretary of Energy pursuant to section 301(a) of the
				Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91, August 4, 1977, 91
				Stat. 565 at 577-578, 42
				U.S.C. 7151, effective October 1,
				1977).
(jjjjj) "Unrefined and
				unprocessed ore" means ore in its natural form prior to any processing, such as
				grinding, roasting, beneficiating, or refining. Processing does not include
				sieving or encapsulation of ore or preparation of samples for laboratory
				analysis.
(kkkkk) "Unrestricted
				area" means an area to which access is neither limited nor controlled by the
				licensee.
(lllll) "Very High
				Radiation Area" means an area, accessible to individuals, in which radiation
				levels could result in an individual receiving an absorbed dose in excess of
				500 rads (5 Grays) in one hour at one meter from a radiation source or from any
				surface that the radiation penetrates.
(mmmmm) "Waste" means those low-level
				radioactive wastes containing source, special nuclear, or byproduct material
				that are acceptable for disposal in a land disposal facility. For the purposes
				of this definition, low-level waste has the same meaning as radioactive waste
				not classified as high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent
				nuclear fuel, or byproduct material as defined in .01(2)(o)2., 3., and
				4.
(nnnnn) "Waste handling
				licensees" mean persons licensed to receive and store radioactive wastes prior
				to disposal and/or persons licensed to dispose of radioactive waste.
(ooooo) "Weekly" means once every calendar
				week, not to exceed an interval of ten days.
(ppppp) "Whole body" means, for purposes of
				external exposure, head, trunk, including male gonads, arms above the elbow, or
				legs above the knee.
(qqqqq)
				"Worker" means an individual engaged in work under a license issued by the
				Director and controlled by a licensee. If the licensee is an individual rather
				than one of the other legal entities defined under "person," the radiation
				exposure limits for the worker also apply to the individual who is the
				licensee.
(rrrrr) "Working level"
				(WL) means any combination of short-lived radon daughters in one liter of air
				that will result in the ultimate emission of 1.3 x
				105 MeV of potential alpha particle energy. The
				short-lived radon daughters for radon-222 are: polonium-218, lead-214,
				bismuth-214, and polonium-214; and for radon-220: polonium-216, lead-212,
				bismuth-212, and polonium-212.
(sssss) "Working level month" (WLM) means an
				exposure to one working level for 170 hours. Two thousand working hours per
				year divided by 12 months per year is approximately equal to 170 hours per
				month.
(ttttt) "Year" means the
				period of time beginning in January used to determine compliance with the
				provisions of this Chapter. The licensee may change the starting date of the
				year used to determine compliance by the licensee provided that the change is
				made at the beginning of the year and that no day is omitted or duplicated in
				consecutive years.
(uuuuu)
				"Director" means the Director of the Environmental Protection Division of the
				Department of Natural Resources.
(vvvvv) "Division" means the Environmental
				Protection Division.