Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-17 - Routine determinations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Before each shipment of licensed material, the licensee shall
				ensure that the package with its contents satisfies the applicable requirements
				of this chapter and of the license. The licensee shall determine that:
(A) The package is proper for the contents to
			 be shipped;
(B) The package is in
			 unimpaired physical condition except for superficial defects such as marks or
			 dents;
(C) Each closure device of
			 the packaging, including any required gasket, is properly installed and secured
			 and free of defects;
(D) Any system
			 for containing liquid is adequately sealed and has adequate space or other
			 specified provision for expansion of the liquid;
(E) Any pressure relief device is operable
			 and set in accordance with written procedures;
(F) The package has been loaded and closed in
			 accordance with written procedures;
(G) For fissile material, any moderator or
			 neutron absorber, if required, is present and in proper condition;
(H) Any structural part of the package that
			 could be used to lift or tie down the package during transport is rendered
			 inoperable for that purpose, unless it satisfies the design requirements of
			 10 C.F.R.
			 71.45 (as in effect on the effective date of this
			 rule).
(I) The level of
			 non-fixed or removable radioactive contamination on the external surfaces of
			 each package offered for shipment is as low as reasonably achievable and within
			 the limits as specified in DOT regulations in
			 49 C.F.R.
			 173.443 (as in effect on the effective date of this
			 rule).
(J) External radiation
			 levels around the package, and around the vehicle if applicable, will not
			 exceed the limits specified in this paragraph at any time during
			 transportation:
(1) Except as provided in
			 paragraph (J)(2) of this rule, each package of radioactive materials offered
			 for transportation must be designed and prepared for shipment so that under
			 conditions normally incident to transportation the radiation level does not
			 exceed two millisievert per hour (two hundred millirem per hour) at any point
			 on the external surface of the package, and the transport index does not exceed
			 ten;
(2) A package that exceeds the
			 radiation level limits specified in paragraph (J)(1) of this rule must be
			 transported by exclusive use shipment only, and the radiation levels for such
			 shipment must not exceed the following during transportation:
(a) Two millisievert per hour (two hundred
			 millirem per hour) on the external surface of the package, unless the following
			 conditions are met, in which case the limit is ten millisievert per hour (one
			 thousand millirem per hour):
(i) The shipment
			 is made in a closed transport vehicle;
(ii) The package is secured within the
			 vehicle so that its position remains fixed during transportation; and
(iii) There are no loading or unloading
			 operations between the beginning and end of the transportation;
(b) Two millisievert per hour (two
			 hundred millirem per hour) at any point on the outer surface of the vehicle,
			 including the top and underside of the vehicle; or in the case of a flat-bed
			 style vehicle, at any point on the vertical planes projected from the outer
			 edges of the vehicle, on the upper surface of the load or enclosure, if used,
			 and on the lower external surface of the vehicle; and
(c)0.1 millisievert per hour (ten millirem
			 per hour) at any point two meters ( 6.6 feet) from the outer lateral surfaces
			 of the vehicle (excluding the top and underside of the vehicle); or in the case
			 of a flat-bed style vehicle, at any point two meters ( 6.6 feet) from the
			 vertical planes projected by the outer edges of the vehicle (excluding the top
			 and underside of the vehicle); and
(d)0.02 millisievert per hour (two millirem
			 per hour) in any normally occupied space, except that this provision does not
			 apply to private carriers, if exposed personnel under their control wear
			 radiation dosimetry devices in conformance with rule
			 3701:1-38-14
			 of the Administrative Code.
(3) For shipments made under the provisions
			 of paragraph (J)(2) of this rule, the shipper shall provide specific written
			 instructions to the carrier for maintenance of the exclusive use shipment
			 controls. The instructions must be included with the shipping paper
			 information.
(4) The written
			 instructions required for exclusive use shipments must be sufficient so that,
			 when followed, they will cause the carrier to avoid actions that will
			 unnecessarily delay delivery or unnecessarily result in increased radiation
			 levels or radiation exposures to transport workers or members of the general
			 public; and