Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Licensing of Radioactive Material › Section 459.1951 - Application for license: Quantities of radioisotopes for which evaluation or emergency plan is required

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. The following
				  table sets forth quantities of radioisotopes for the purposes of subsections 1
				  and 2 of NAC 459.195.
Radioactive
				  material
Release fraction
Quantity (curies)
Actinium-228
0.001
4,000
Americium-241
.001
2
Americium-242
.001
2
Americium-243
.001
2
Antimony-124
.01
4,000
Antimony-126
.01
6,000
Barium-133
.01
10,000
Barium-140
.01
30,000
Bismuth-207
.01
5,000
Bismuth-210
.01
600
Cadmium-109
.01
1,000
Cadmium-113
.01
80
Calcium-45
.01
20,000
Californium-252
.001
9(20mg)
Carbon-14
.01
50,000
Non
				  CO2
Cerium-141
.01
10,000
Cerium-144
.01
300
Cesium-134
.01
2,000
Cesium-137
.01
3,000
Chlorine-36
.5
100
Chromium-51
.01
300,000
Cobalt-60
.001
5,000
Copper-64
.01
200,000
Curium-242
.001
60
Curium-243
.001
3
Curium-244
.001
4
Curium-245
.001
2
Europium-152
.01
500
Europium-154
.01
400
Europium-155
.01
3,000
Germanium-68
.01
2,000
Gadolinium-153
.01
5,000
Gold-198
.01
30,000
Hafnium-172
.01
400
Hafnium-181
.01
7,000
Holmium-166m
.01
100
Hydrogen-3
.5
20,000
Iodine-125
.5
10
Iodine-131
.5
10
Indium-114m
.01
1,000
Iridium-192
.001
40,000
Iron-55
.01
40,000
Iron-59
.01
7,000
Krypton-85
1.0
6,000,000
Lead-210
.01
8
Manganese-56
.01
60,000
Mercury-203
.01
10,000
Molybdenum-99
.01
30,000
Neptunium-237
.001
2
Nickel-63
.01
20,000
Niobium-94
.01
300
Phosphorus-32
.5
100
Phosphorus-33
.5
1,000
Polonium-210
.01
10
Potassium-42
.01
9,000
Promethium-145
.01
4,000
Promethium-147
.01
4,000
Radium-226
.001
100
Ruthenium-106
.01
200
Samarium-151
.01
4,000
Scandium-46
.01
3,000
Selenium-75
.01
10,000
Silver-110m
.01
1,000
Sodium-22
.01
9,000
Sodium-24
.01
10,000
Strontium-89
.01
3,000
Strontium-90
.01
90
Sulfur-35
.5
900
Technetium-99
.01
10,000
Technetium-99m
.01
400,000
Tellurium-127m
.01
5,000
Tellurium-129m
.01
5,000
Terbium-160
.01
4,000
Thulium-170
.01
4,000
Tin-113
.01
10,000
Tin-123
.01
3,000
Tin-126
.01
1,000
Titanium-44
.01
100
Vanadium-48
.01
7,000
Xenon-133
1.00
900,000
Yttrium-91
.01
2,000
Zinc-65
.01
5,000
Zirconium-93
.01
400
Zirconium-95
.01
5,000
Any other
				  beta-gamma emitter
.01
10,000
Mixed fission products
.01
1,000
Mixed corrosion products
.01
10,000
Contaminated
				  equipment beta-gamma
.001
10,000
Irradiated material, any form other than solid
				  noncombustible
.01
1,000
Irradiated material, solid noncombustible
.001
10,000
Mixed radioactive waste,
				  beta-gamma
.01
1,000
Packaged mixed waste, beta-gamma
.001
10,000
Any other alpha
				  emitter
.001
2
Contaminated equipment, alpha
.0001
20
Packaged waste, alpha
.0001
20
2. For combinations of radioactive materials,
				  consideration of the need for an emergency plan pursuant to NAC 459.195 is
				  required if the sum of the ratios of the quantity of each radioactive material
				  authorized to the quantity listed for that material in Schedule C exceeds
				  1.
3. Waste packaged in Type B
				  containers does not require an emergency plan pursuant to NAC
				  459.195.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 10-22-93; A by R185-08, 5-7-2010
NRS
				  459.201