Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-56 - License for Special Nuclear Material › Section 3701:1-56-06 - Specific licenses for the manufacture or initial transfer of calibration or reference sources

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An application for a specific license to
			 manufacture or initially transfer calibration or reference sources containing
			 plutonium, for distribution to persons generally licensed under rule
			 3701:1-56-02
			 of the Administrative Code, will be approved if:
(1) The applicant satisfies the general
			 requirements of the license application requirements of Chapters 3701:1-40 and
			 3701:1-46 of the Administrative Code, and rule
			 3701:1-38-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2)
			 The applicant submits sufficient information regarding each type of calibration
			 or reference source pertinent to evaluation of the potential radiation
			 exposure, including:
(a) Chemical and
			 physical form and maximum quantity of plutonium in the source;
(b) Details of construction and design;
(c) Details of the method of
			 incorporation and binding of the plutonium in the source;
(d) Procedures for and results of prototype
			 testing of sources, which are designed to contain more than one hundred
			 eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005 microcurie) of plutonium, to demonstrate that
			 the plutonium contained in each source will not be released or be removed from
			 the source under normal conditions of use;
(e) Details of quality control procedures to
			 be followed in manufacture of the source;
(f) Description of labeling to be affixed to
			 the source or the storage container for the source; and
(g) Any additional information, including
			 experimental studies and tests, required by the 
										director
			 to facilitate a determination of the safety of the source.
(3) Each source will contain no
			 more than one hundred eighty-five kilobecquerels (five microcuries) of
			 plutonium.
(4) The
			 
									director determines, with respect to any type of
			 source containing more than one hundred eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005
			 microcurie) of plutonium, that:
(a) The
			 method of incorporation and binding of the plutonium in the source is such that
			 the plutonium will not be released or be removed from the source under normal
			 conditions of use and handling of the source; and
(b) The source has been subjected to and has
			 satisfactorily passed the prototype tests prescribed by paragraph (A)(5) of
			 this rule.
(5) For any
			 type of source which is designed to contain more than one hundred eighty-five
			 becquerels ( 0.005 microcurie) of plutonium, the applicant has conducted
			 prototype tests, in the order listed, on each of five prototypes of such
			 source, which contains more than one hundred eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005
			 microcurie) of plutonium, as follows:
(a) The
			 quantity of radioactive material deposited on the source shall be measured by
			 direct counting of the source.
(b)
			 The entire radioactive surface of the source shall be wiped with filter paper
			 with the application of moderate finger pressure. Removal of radioactive
			 material from the source shall be determined by measuring the radioactivity on
			 the filter paper or by direct measurement of the radioactivity on the source
			 following the dry wipe.
(c) The
			 entire radioactive surface of the source shall be wiped with filter paper,
			 moistened with water, with the application of moderate finger pressure. Removal
			 of radioactive material from the source shall be determined by measuring the
			 radioactivity on the filter paper after it has dried or by direct measurement
			 of the radioactivity on the source following the wet wipe.
(d) The source shall be immersed in water at
			 room temperature for a period of twenty four consecutive hours. The source
			 shall then be removed from the water. Removal of radioactive material from the
			 source shall be determined by direct measurement of the radioactivity on the
			 source after it has dried or by measuring the radioactivity in the residue
			 obtained by evaporation of the water in which the source was immersed.
(e) On completion of the preceding
			 tests in paragraphs (A)(5)(a) to (A)(5)(d) of this rule, the dry wipe test
			 described in paragraph (A)(5)(b) of this rule shall be repeated.
(f) Removal of more than one hundred
			 eighty-five becquerels ( 0.005 microcurie) of radioactivity in any test
			 prescribed by this paragraph shall be cause for rejection of the source design.
			 Results of prototype tests submitted to the 
										director
			 shall be given in terms of radioactivity in microcuries and percent of removal
			 from the total amount of radioactive material deposited on the source.