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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-03 - Communications and records

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except as otherwise specified, all
			 communications required by this chapter shall be addressed to the bureau of
			 environmental health and radiation protection at:
"Ohio Department of Health
246 North High Street
Bureau of Environmental Health
				and Radiation Protection
Columbus, Ohio 43215"
If communications are required to be submitted to the United
				States nuclear regulatory commission use the following address: the director,
				office of nuclear material safety and safeguards, United States nuclear
				regulatory commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, or may be delivered in
				person, at the commission offices, at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
				Maryland.
(B) Each record
			 required by this chapter must be legible throughout the retention period
			 specified by each rule. The record may be the original or a reproduced copy or
			 a microform provided that the copy or microform is authenticated by authorized
			 personnel and that the microform is capable of producing a clear copy
			 throughout the required retention period. The record may also be stored in
			 electronic media with the capability for producing legible, accurate, and
			 complete records during the required retention period. Records such as letters,
			 drawings, specifications, must include all pertinent information such as
			 stamps, initials, and signatures. The licensee shall maintain adequate
			 safeguards against tampering with and loss of records.
Effective: 2/18/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 11/27/2015 and
				11/15/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/19/2001, 10/22/06,
				9/1/11
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-04 - Requirement for license

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except as authorized in a general license or a specific license
				issued by the director, or as exempted in this chapter, no licensee may:
(A) Deliver licensed material to a carrier
			 for transport; or
(B) Transport
			 licensed material.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-05 - Transportation of licensed material

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each licensee who transports licensed
			 material outside the site of usage, as specified in the United States nuclear
			 regulatory commission or Ohio license, or where transport is on public
			 highways, or who delivers licensed material to a carrier for transport, shall
			 comply with the applicable requirements of the DOT regulations in 49 C.F.R.
			 107, 171 to 180, and 390 to 397 (as
			 in effect on the effective date of this rule), appropriate to the mode of
			 transport.
(1) The licensee shall particularly
			 note DOT regulations (as in effect
			 on the effective date of this rule) in the following areas:
(a) Packaging - 49 C.F.R. 173: subparts A, B,
			 and I.
(b) Marking and labeling -
			 49 C.F.R. 172: subpart D; sections 172.400 to 172.407 and 172.436 to 172.441 of
			 subpart E.
(c) Placarding - 49
			 C.F.R. 172: subpart F, especially sections 172.500 to 172.519 and 172.556; and
			 appendices B and C.
(d) Accident
			 reporting - 49 C.F.R. 171: sections
			 171.15
			 and
			 171.16.
(e) Shipping papers and emergency information
			 - 49 C.F.R. 172: subparts C and G.
(f) Hazardous material employee training - 49
			 C.F.R. 172: subpart H.
(g) Security
			 plans - 49 C.F.R. 172: subpart I.
(h) Hazardous material shipper/carrier
			 registration - 49 C.F.R. 107: subpart G.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-06 - Exemption for low-level materials

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A licensee is
			 exempt from all the requirements of this chapter with respect to shipment or
			 carriage of the following low-level materials:
(1)
									Natural material
			 and ores containing naturally occurring radionuclides that are either in their
			 natural state, or have only been processed for purposes other than for the
			 extraction of the radionuclides, and which are not intended to be processed for
			 the use of these radionuclides, provided the activity concentration of the
			 material does not exceed ten times the applicable radionuclide activity
			 concentration values specified in table 25-2 in appendix B to rule
			 3701:1-50-25
			 of the Administrative Code, or table 25-3inappendix C to rule
			 3701:1-50-25
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2)
									Materials for
			 which the activity concentration is not greater than the activity concentration
			 values specified in table 25-2 in appendix B to rule 3701:1-50-25 of the
			 Administrative Code, or table 25-3 in appendix C to rule 3701:1-50-25 of the
			 Administrative Code, or for which the consignment activity is not greater than
			 the limit for an exempt consignment found in table 25-2 in appendix B to rule
			 3701:1-50-25
			 of the Administrative Code, or table 25-3inappendix C to rule
			 3701:1-50-25
			 of the Administrative Code.
(3)
									Non-radioactive
			 solid objects with radioactive substances present on any surfaces in quantities
			 not in excess of the levels cited in the definition of contamination in rule
			 3701:1-50-01 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-07 - General license: NRC-approved package

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A general license is hereby issued to any
			 Ohio licensee to transport, or to deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed
			 material in a package for which a license, CoC, or other approval has been
			 issued by the United States nuclear regulatory commission.
(B) This general license applies only to a
			 licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the director as
			 satisfying the provisions of this chapter.
(C) Each licensee issued a general license
			 under paragraph (A) of this rule shall:
(1)
			 Maintain a copy of the CoC, or other approval of the package, and the drawings
			 and other documents referenced in the approval relating to the use and
			 maintenance of the packaging and to the actions to be taken before
			 shipment;
(2) Comply with the terms
			 and conditions of the license, certificate, or other approval, as applicable,
			 and the applicable requirements of this chapter; and
(3) Submit in writing before the first use of
			 the package to:
"Attn: Document Control Desk
Director, Division of Fuel
				Management
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards"
using an appropriate method listed in
				10 C.F.R.
				71.1(a) (as in effect on the effective date of this rule), the
				licensee's name and license number and the package identification number
				specified in the package approval.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-10 - General license: use of foreign approved package

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A general
			 license is issued to any Ohio licensee to transport, or to deliver to a carrier
			 for transport, licensed material in a package the design of which has been
			 approved in a foreign national competent authority certificate that has been
			 revalidated by DOT as meeting applicable requirements of
			 49
			 C.F.R. 171.23 (as in effect on the effective date of this
			 rule).
(B) Except as
			 otherwise provided in this chapter, the general license applies only to a Ohio
			 licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the director as
			 satisfying the applicable provisions of this chapter.
(C) This general license applies to only
			 shipments made to or from locations outside the United States.
(D) Each licensee issued a general license
			 under paragraph (A) of this rule shall:
(1)
			 Maintain a copy of the applicable certificate, the revalidation, and the
			 drawings and other documents referenced in the certificate, relating to the use
			 and maintenance of the packaging and to the actions to be taken before
			 shipment; and
(2) Comply with the
			 terms and conditions of the certificate and revalidation, and with the
			 applicable requirements of this chapter.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-11 - General license: Fissile material

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A general license is issued to any
			 licensee of the department to transport fissile material, or to deliver fissile
			 material to a carrier for transport, if the material is shipped in accordance
			 with this section. The fissile material need not be contained in a package
			 which meets the standards of subparts E and F of 10 C.F.R. 71 (as in effect on the effective date
			 of this rule); however, the material must be contained in a type A
			 package. The type A package must also meet the DOT requirements of
			 49 C.F.R.
			 173.417(a) (as in effect on the effective date
			 of this rule).
(B) The
			 general license applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program
			 approved by the department as satisfying the provisions of rule
			 3701:1-50-24
			 of the Administrative Code.
(C) The
			 general license applies only when a package's contents:
(1) Contain no more than a type A quantity of
			 radioactive material; and
(2)
			 Contain less than five hundred total grams of beryllium, graphite, or
			 hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-12 - General license: plutonium-beryllium special form material

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A general
			 license is issued to any licensee of the department to transport fissile
			 material in the form of plutonium-beryllium (Pu-Be) special form sealed
			 sources, or to deliver Pu-Be sealed sources to a carrier for transport, if the
			 material is shipped in accordance with this section. This material need not be
			 contained in a package which meets the standards of subparts E and F of 10
			 C.F.R. 71 (as in effect on the
			 effective date of this rule); however, the material must be contained in
			 a type A package. The type A package must also meet the DOT requirements of
			 49 C.F.R.
			 173.417(a) (as in effect on the effective date
			 of this rule).
(B) The
			 general license applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program
			 approved by the department as satisfying the provisions of rule
			 3701:1-50-24
			 of the Administrative Code.
(C) The
			 general license applies only when a package's contents:
(1) Contain no more than a type A quantity of
			 radioactive material; and
(2)
			 Contain less than one thousand grams of plutonium, provided that:
			 plutonium-239, plutonium-241, or any combination of these radionuclides,
			 constitutes less than two hundred forty grams of the total quantity of
			 plutonium in the package.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-13 - Exemption from classification as fissile material

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Fissile material meeting the requirements of at least one of
				the paragraphs (A) to (F) of this rule are exempt from classification as
				fissile material and from the fissile material package standards of
				10 C.F.R.
				71.55 and
				10 C.F.R.
				71.59 (as in effect on the effective date of this rule), but
				are subject to all other requirements of this chapter, except as noted.
(A) Individual package containing two grams
			 or less fissile material.
(B)
			 Individual or bulk packaging containing fifteen grams or less of fissile
			 material provided the package has at least two hundred grams of solid
			 nonfissile material for every gram of fissile material. Lead, beryllium,
			 graphite, and hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium may be present in the
			 package but must not be included in determining the required mass for solid
			 nonfissile material.
(C)
(1) Low concentrations of solid fissile
			 material commingled with solid nonfissile material, provided that:
(a) There is at least two thousand grams of
			 solid nonfissile material for every gram of fissile material, and
(b) There is no more than one hundred eighty
			 grams of fissile material distributed within three hundred sixty kilograms of
			 contiguous nonfissile material.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-15 - Assumptions as to unknown properties

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
When the isotopic abundance, mass, concentration, degree of
				irradiation, degree of moderation, or other pertinent property of fissile
				material in any package is not known, the licensee shall package the fissile
				material as if the unknown properties have credible values that will cause the
				maximum neutron multiplication.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-16 - Preliminary determinations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Before the first use of any packaging for the shipment of
				licensed material, the licensee shall ascertain that the determinations in
				paragraphs (a) through (c) of
				10 C.F.R.
				71.85 (as in effect on the effective date of this rule) have
				been made.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-18 - Air transport of plutonium

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of any
			 general licenses and notwithstanding any exemptions stated directly in this
			 chapter or included indirectly by citation of 49 C.F.R. chapter I (as in effect on the effective date
			 of this rule), as may be applicable, the licensee shall assure that
			 plutonium in any form, whether for import, export, or domestic shipment, is not
			 transported by air or delivered to a carrier for air transport unless:
(1) The plutonium is contained in a medical
			 device designed for individual human application; or
(2) The plutonium is contained in a material
			 in which the specific activity is less than or equal to the activity
			 concentration values for plutonium specified in table 25-2 in appendix B to
			 rule
			 3701:1-50-25
			 of the Administrative Code, and in which the radioactivity is essentially
			 uniformly distributed; or
(3) The
			 plutonium is shipped in a single package containing no more than an
			 A2 quantity of plutonium in any isotope or form, and is
			 shipped in accordance with rule
			 3701:1-50-05
			 of the Administrative Code; or
(4)
			 The plutonium is shipped in a package specifically authorized for the shipment
			 of plutonium by air in the CoC for that package issued by the United States
			 nuclear regulatory commission.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-19 - Opening instructions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Before delivery of a package to a carrier for transport, the
				licensee shall ensure that any special instructions needed to safely open the
				package have been sent to, or otherwise made available to, the consignee for
				the consignee's use in accordance with paragraph (I) of rule
				3701:1-38-18
				of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-20 - Records

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Each licensee shall maintain, for a period of three
			 years after shipment, a record of each shipment of licensed material not exempt
			 under rule
			 3701:1-50-06
			 of the Administrative Code, showing where applicable:
(1)
									Identification of
			 the packaging by model number and serial number;
(2)
									Verification that
			 there are no significant defects in the packaging, as shipped;
(3)
									Volume and
			 identification of coolant;
(4)
									Type and quantity
			 of licensed material in each package, and the total quantity of each
			 shipment;
(5)
									For each item of irradiated fissile material;
(a)
										Identification by
			 model number and serial number;
(b)
										Irradiation and
			 decay history to the extent appropriate to demonstrate that its nuclear and
			 thermal characteristics comply with license conditions; and
(c)
										Any abnormal or
			 unusual condition relevant to radiation safety;
(6)
									Date of the
			 shipment;
(7)
									For fissile packages and for type B packages, any
			 special controls exercised;
(8)
									Name and address
			 of the transferee;
(9)
									Address to which the shipment was made;
			 and
(10)
									Results of the determinations required by rule
			 3701:1-50-17
			 of the Administrative Code and by the conditions of the package
			 approval.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-23 - Advance notification of shipment of irradiated reactor fuel and nuclear waste

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
(1) As
			 specified in paragraphs (B), (C) and (D) of this rule, each licensee shall
			 provide advance notification to the governor of a state, or the governor's
			 designee, of the shipment of licensed material, through, or across the boundary
			 of the state, before the transport, or delivery to a carrier, for transport, of
			 licensed material outside the confines of the licensee's plant or other place
			 of use or storage in compliance with section
			 4163.07 of the Revised
			 Code.
(2) As specified in
			 paragraphs (B), (C), and (D) of this rule, each licensee shall provide advance
			 notification to the tribal official of participating indian tribes referenced
			 in paragraph (C)(3)(c) of this rule, or the official's designee, of the
			 shipment of licensed material, within or across the boundary of the indian
			 tribe's reservation, before the transport, or delivery to a carrier, for
			 transport, of licensed material outside the confines of the licensee's plant or
			 other place of use or storage in compliance with section
			 4163.07 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-25 - Determination of A[1] and A[2] values for radionuclides

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Values of A1 and
			 A2 for individual radionuclides, which are the bases for
			 many activity limits elsewhere in these rules are given in table 25-1 of
			 appendix A to this rule. The curie (Ci) values specified are obtained by
			 converting from the terabecquerel (TBq) value. The terabecquerel values are the
			 regulatory standard. The curie values are for information only and are not
			 intended to be the regulatory standard. Where values of
			 A1 or A2 are unlimited, it is for
			 radiation control purposes only. For nuclear criticality safety, some materials
			 are subject to controls placed on fissile material.
(B)
(1) For
			 individual radionuclides whose identities are known, but which are not listed
			 in table 25-1 of appendix A to this rule, the A1 and
			 A2 values contained in table 25-3 of appendix C to this
			 rule may be used. Otherwise, the licensee shall obtain prior department
			 approval of the A1 and A2 values
			 for radionuclides not listed in table 25-1 of appendix A to this rule, before
			 shipping the material.
(2) For
			 individual radionuclides whose identities are known, but which are not listed
			 in table 25-2 of appendix B to this rule, the exempt material activity
			 concentration and exempt consignment activity values contained in table 25-3 of
			 appendix C to this rule may be used. Otherwise, the licensee shall obtain prior
			 department approval of the exempt material activity concentration and exempt
			 consignment activity values for radionuclides not listed in table 252 of
			 appendix B to this rule, before shipping the material.
(3) The licensee shall submit requests for
			 prior approval, described under paragraphs (B)(1) and (B)(2) of this rule, to
			 the department, in accordance with rule
			 3701:1-50-03 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-50 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material › Section 3701:1-50-26 - Exemption of physicians

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any physician licensed by a state
				 to dispense drugs in the practice
				of medicine is exempt from rule
				3701:1-50-05
				of the Administrative Code with respect to transport by the physician of
				licensed material for use in the practice of medicine. However, any physician
				operating under this exemption must be licensed under Chapter 3701:1-58 of the
				Administrative Code, or equivalent regulations of the United States nuclear
				regulatory commission or an agreement state.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Terms defined in rule
				3701:1-38-01 of the
				Administrative Code shall have the same meaning when used in this chapter
				except terms redefined within a given rule for use within that rule only, and
				additionally, as used in this chapter of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Doubly Encapsulated Sealed Source" means
			 a sealed source in which the radioactive material is sealed within a capsule
			 and that capsule is sealed within another capsule.
(B) "Irradiator Operator" means an individual
			 who has successfully completed the training and testing described in rule
			 3701:1-52-18 of the
			 Administrative Code and is authorized by the terms of the license to operate
			 the irradiator without a supervisor present.
(C) "Panoramic Dry-Source-Storage Irradiator"
			 means an irradiator in which the irradiations occur in air in areas potentially
			 accessible to personnel and in which the sources are stored in shields made of
			 solid materials. The term includes beam-type dry-source-storage irradiators in
			 which only a narrow beam of radiation is produced for performing irradiations.
(D) "Panoramic Irradiator" means
			 an irradiator in which the irradiations are done in air in areas potentially
			 accessible to personnel. The term includes beam-type irradiators.
(E) "Panoramic Wet-Source-Storage Irradiator"
			 means an irradiator in which the irradiations occur in air in areas potentially
			 accessible to personnel and in which the sources are stored under water in a
			 storage pool.
(F) "Pool
			 Irradiator" means any irradiator at which the sources are stored or used in a
			 pool of water including panoramic wet-source-storage irradiators and underwater
			 irradiators.
(G) "Product Conveyor
			 System" means a system for moving the product to be irradiated to, from, and
			 within the area where irradiation takes place.
(H) "Radiation Room" means a shielded room in
			 which irradiations take place. Underwater irradiators do not have radiation
			 rooms.
(I) "Underwater Irradiator"
			 means an irradiator in which the sources always remain shielded under water and
			 humans do not have access to the sealed sources or the space subject to
			 irradiation without entering the pool.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-02 - Purpose and scope

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) This chapter contains requirements for
			 the issuance of a license authorizing the use of sealed sources containing
			 radioactive materials in irradiators used to irradiate objects or materials
			 using gamma radiation. This chapter also contains radiation safety requirements
			 for operating irradiators. The requirements of this chapter are in addition to
			 other requirements of Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code or any rules adopted
			 pursuant to Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code which apply to applications and
			 licenses pursuant to this chapter. Nothing in this chapter relieves the
			 licensee from complying with other applicable federal, state and local
			 regulations governing the siting, zoning, land use, and building code
			 requirements for industrial facilities.
(B) The rules in this chapter apply to
			 panoramic irradiators that have either dry or wet storage of the radioactive
			 sealed sources and to underwater irradiators in which both the source and the
			 product being irradiated are under water. Irradiators whose dose rates exceed
			 five gray (five hundred rad) per hour at one meter from the radioactive sealed
			 sources in air or in water, as applicable for the irradiator type, are covered
			 by this chapter.
(C) The rules in
			 this chapter do not apply to self-contained dry-source-storage irradiators
			 (those in which both the source and the area subject to irradiation are
			 contained within a device and are not accessible by personnel), medical
			 radiology or teletherapy for human medical use, radiography (the irradiation of
			 materials for nondestructive testing purposes), gauging, or open-field
			 (agricultural) irradiations.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002, 10/08/07
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-03 - Application for a specific license

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A person, as defined in accordance with rule
				3701:1-38-01 of the
				Administrative Code, may file an application for a specific license authorizing
				the use of sealed sources in an irradiator on an "Application for a License for
				Radioactive Material" form provided by the director.
				Each application for a license or license amendment must be
				
								submitted as prescribed in rule
				3701:1-38-02
				of the Administrative Code.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002, 10/8/07,
				9/1/12
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-04 - Specific licenses for irradiators

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The director will approve an application for a specific license
				for the use of licensed material in an irradiator if the applicant meets the
				requirements contained in this chapter.
(A) The applicant shall satisfy the general
			 requirements specified in rule
			 3701:1-40-15
			 of the Administrative Code and the requirements contained in this chapter.
(B) The application must describe
			 the training provided to irradiator operators as required by rule
			 3701:1-52-18 of the
			 Administrative Code including:
(1) Classroom
			 training;
(2) On-the-job or
			 simulator training;
(3) Safety
			 reviews;
(4) Method employed by
			 the applicant to test each operator's understanding of the department's
			 regulations and licensing requirements and the irradiator operating and
			 emergency procedures; and
(5)
			 Minimum training and experience of personnel who may provide training.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-05 - Start of construction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The applicant may not begin construction of a new irradiator
				prior to the submission to the 
								director of both an application for a license for
				the irradiator and the fee required by rule
				3701:1-38-02
				of the Administrative Code. As used in this chapter, the term "construction"
				includes the construction of any portion of the permanent irradiator structure
				on the site but does not include: engineering and design work, purchase of a
				site, site surveys or soil testing, site preparation, site excavation,
				construction of warehouse or auxiliary structures, and other similar tasks. Any
				activities undertaken prior to the issuance of a license are entirely at the
				risk of the applicant and have no bearing on the issuance of a license by the
				director.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002, 9/1/12
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-06 - Applications for exemptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any application for a license or for amendment of a license
				authorizing use of a teletherapy-type unit for irradiation of materials or
				objects may include proposed alternatives for the requirements of this chapter.
				The director will approve the proposed alternatives if the applicant provides
				adequate rationale for the proposed alternatives and demonstrates that they are
				likely to provide an adequate level of safety for workers and the public.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-07 - Performance criteria for sealed sources

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The requirements for sealed sources
			 installed after July 1, 1993:
(1) Must have a
			 certificate of registration issued in accordance with rule
			 3701:1-46-49
			 of the Administrative Code or equivalent United States nuclear regulatory
			 commission or agreement state regulations;
(2) Must be doubly encapsulated;
(3) Must use radioactive material that is as
			 nondispersible as practical and that is as insoluble as practical if the source
			 is used in a wet-source-storage or wet-source-change irradiator;
(4) Must be encapsulated in a material
			 resistant to general corrosion and to localized corrosion, such as 316L
			 stainless steel or other material with equivalent resistance, if the sources
			 are for use in irradiator pools; and
(5) Must, in prototype testing of the sealed
			 source, have been leak tested and found leak-free after each of the tests
			 described in paragraphs (B) to (G) of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-09 - Shielding

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The radiation
			 dose rate in areas that are normally occupied during operation of a panoramic
			 irradiator may not exceed 0.02 millisievert (two millirem) per hour at any
			 location thirty centimeters or more from the wall of the room when the sources
			 are exposed. The dose rate must be averaged over an area not to exceed one
			 hundred square centimeters having no linear dimension greater than twenty
			 centimeters. Areas where the radiation dose rate exceeds 0.02 millisievert (two
			 millirem) per hour must be locked, roped off, or posted.
(B) The radiation dose rate at thirty
			 centimeters over the edge of the containment pool of a pool irradiator may not
			 exceed 0.02 millisievert (two millirem) per hour when the sources are in the
			 fully shielded position.
(C) The
			 radiation dose rate at one meter from the shield of a dry-source-storage
			 panoramic irradiator when the source is shielded may not exceed 0.02
			 millisievert (two millirem) per hour and at five centimeters from the shield
			 may not exceed 0.2 millisievert (twenty millirem) per hour.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002, 10/08/07
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-10 - Fire protection

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The radiation room at a panoramic
			 irradiator must have heat and smoke detectors. The detectors must activate an
			 audible alarm. The alarm must be capable of alerting a person who is prepared
			 to summon assistance promptly. The sources must automatically become fully
			 shielded if a fire is detected.
(B) The radiation room at a panoramic
			 irradiator must be equipped with a fire extinguishing system capable of
			 extinguishing a fire without the entry of personnel into the room. The system
			 for the radiation room must have a shut-off valve to control flooding into
			 unrestricted areas.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-11 - Radiation monitors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Irradiators with automatic product
			 conveyor systems must have a radiation monitor with an audible alarm located to
			 detect loose radioactive sources that are carried toward the product exit. If
			 the monitor detects a source, an alarm must sound and product conveyors must
			 stop automatically. The alarm must be capable of alerting an individual in the
			 facility who is prepared to summon assistance. Underwater irradiators in which
			 the product moves within an enclosed stationary tube are exempt from the
			 requirements of this paragraph.
(B) Underwater irradiators that are not in a
			 shielded radiation room must have a radiation monitor over the pool to detect
			 abnormal radiation levels. The monitor must have an audible alarm and a visible
			 indicator at entrances to the personnel access barrier around the pool. The
			 audible alarm may have a manual shut-off. The alarm must be capable of alerting
			 an individual who is prepared to respond promptly.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-12 - Control of source movement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The mechanism that moves the sources of a
			 panoramic irradiator must require a key to actuate. Actuation of the mechanism
			 must cause an audible signal to indicate that the sources are leaving the
			 shielded position. Only one key may be in use at any time, and only operators
			 or facility management may possess it. The key must be attached to a portable
			 radiation survey meter by a chain or cable. The lock for source control must be
			 designed so that the key may not be removed if the sources are in an unshielded
			 position. The door to the radiation room must require the same key.
(B) The console of a panoramic irradiator
			 must have a source position indicator that indicates when the sources are in
			 the fully shielded position, when they are in transit, and when the sources are
			 exposed.
(C) The control console
			 of a panoramic irradiator must have a control that promptly returns the sources
			 to the shielded position.
(D) Each
			 control for a panoramic irradiator must be clearly marked as to its function.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-13 - Irradiator pools

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For licenses initially issued after July
			 1, 1993, irradiator pools must either:
(1)
			 Have a water-tight stainless steel liner or a liner metallurgically compatible
			 with other components in the pool; or
(2) Be constructed so that there is a low
			 likelihood of substantial leakage and have a surface designed to facilitate
			 decontamination. In either case, the licensee shall have a method to safely
			 store the sources during repairs of the pool.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-14 - Source rack protection

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If the product to be irradiated moves on a product conveyor
				system, the source rack and the mechanism that moves the rack must be protected
				by a barrier or guides to prevent products and product carriers from hitting or
				touching the rack or mechanism.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-15 - Power failures

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) If electrical power at a panoramic
			 irradiator is lost for longer than ten seconds, the sources must automatically
			 return to the shielded position.
(B) The lock on the door of the radiation
			 room of a panoramic irradiator may not be deactivated by a power failure.
(C) During a power failure, the
			 area of any irradiator where sources are located may be entered only when using
			 an operable and calibrated radiation survey meter.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/25/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-17 - Construction monitoring and acceptance testing

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The requirements of this 
								rule must be
				met for irradiators under construction. The requirements must be met prior to
				loading sources.
(A) For all
			 irradiators the licensee shall:
(1) Verify
			 the proper operation of the monitor to detect sources carried on the product
			 conveyor system and the related alarms and interlocks required by paragraph (A)
			 of rule
			 3701:1-52-11
			 of the Administrative Code; and
(2) For all irradiators with product conveyor
			 systems, observe and test the operation of the conveyor system to assure that
			 the requirements in rule
			 3701:1-52-14
			 of the Administrative Code are met for protection of the source rack and the
			 mechanism that moves the rack; testing must include tests of any limit switches
			 and interlocks used to protect the source rack and mechanism that moves the
			 rack from moving product carriers.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-18 - Training

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Before an
			 individual is permitted to operate an irradiator without a supervisor present,
			 the individual must be instructed in:
(1) The
			 fundamentals of radiation protection applied to irradiators (including the
			 differences between external radiation and radioactive contamination, units of
			 radiation dose, department dose limits, why large radiation doses must be
			 avoided, how shielding and access controls prevent large doses, how an
			 irradiator is designed to prevent contamination, the proper use of survey
			 meters and personnel dosimeters, other radiation safety features of an
			 irradiator, and the basic function of the irradiator);
(2) The requirements of rules in Chapters
			 3701:1-38 and 3701:1-52 of the Administrative Code that are relevant to the
			 irradiator;
(3) The operation of
			 the irradiator;
(4) Those
			 operating and emergency procedures listed in rule
			 3701:1-52-19
			 of the Administrative Code that the individual is responsible for performing;
			 and
(5) Case histories of
			 accidents or problems involving irradiators.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-19 - Operating and emergency procedures

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The licensee shall have and follow
			 written operating procedures for:
(1)
			 Operation of the irradiator, including entering and leaving the radiation room;
(2) Use of personnel dosimeters;
(3) Surveying the shielding of
			 panoramic irradiators;
(4)
			 Monitoring pool water for contamination while the water is in the pool and
			 before release of pool water to unrestricted areas;
(5) Leak testing of sources;
(6) Inspection and maintenance checks
			 required by rule
			 3701:1-52-23
			 of the Administrative Code;
(7)
			 Loading, unloading, and repositioning sources, if the operations will be
			 performed by the licensee; and
(8)
			 Inspection of movable shielding required by paragraph (H) of rule
			 3701:1-52-08 of
			 the Administrative Code, if applicable.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-20 - Personnel monitoring

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Irradiator operators shall wear a
			 personnel dosimeter  while operating a panoramic irradiator or while in the area
			 around the pool of an underwater irradiator. The personnel dosimeter processor
			 must be capable of detecting high energy photons in the normal
			 and accident dose ranges. Each personnel dosimeter must be assigned
			 to and worn by only one individual. Film badges must be processed at least
			 monthly and all other personnel dosimeters that require replacement must be
			 replaced at least quarterly. All personnel dosimeters must be evaluated at least
			 quarterly or promptly after replacement, whichever is more
			 frequent.
(B) Other
			 individuals who enter the radiation room of a panoramic irradiator shall wear a
			 dosimeter, which may be a pocket dosimeter. For groups of visitors, only two
			 people who enter the radiation room are required to wear dosimeters. If pocket
			 dosimeters are used to meet the requirements of this paragraph, a check of
			 their response to radiation must be done at least annually. Acceptable
			 dosimeters must read within plus or minus thirty per cent of the true radiation
			 dose.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-52 - Licensing and Safety Requirements for Irradiators › Section 3701:1-52-21 - Radiation surveys

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A radiation survey of the area outside
			 the shielding of the radiation room of a panoramic irradiator must be conducted
			 with the sources in the exposed position before the facility starts to operate.
			 A radiation survey of the area above the pool for pool irradiators must be
			 conducted after the sources are loaded but before the facility starts to
			 operate. Additional radiation surveys of the shielding must be performed at
			 intervals not to exceed three years and before resuming operation after
			 addition of new sources or any modification to the radiation room shielding or
			 structure that might increase dose rates.
(B) If the radiation levels specified in rule
			 3701:1-52-09 of the
			 Administrative Code are exceeded, the facility must be modified to comply with
			 the requirements in rule
			 3701:1-52-09 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(C) Portable
			 radiation survey meters must be calibrated at least annually to an accuracy of
			 plus or minus twenty per cent for the gamma energy of the sources in use. The
			 calibration must be done at two points on each scale or, for digital
			 instruments, at one point per decade over the range that will be used. Portable
			 radiation survey meters must be of a type that does not saturate and read zero
			 at high radiation dose rates.
(D)
			 Water from the irradiator pool, other potentially contaminated liquids, and
			 sediments from pool vacuuming must be monitored for radioactive contamination
			 before release to unrestricted areas. Radioactive concentrations must not
			 exceed those specified in accordance with table II or table III of appendix C to rule
			 3701:1-38-12
			 of the Administrative Code, "Annual Limits on Intake (ALI) and Derived
			 Air Concentrations (DAC) of Radionuclides for Occupational Exposure; Effluent
			 Concentrations; Concentrations for Release to Sanitary Sewerage".
(E) Before releasing resins for unrestricted
			 use, they must be monitored before release in an area with a background level
			 less than 0.5 microsievert ( 0.05 millirem) per hour. The resins may be
			 released only if the survey does not detect radiation levels above background
			 radiation levels. The survey meter used must be capable of detecting radiation
			 levels of 0.5 microsievert ( 0.05 millirem) per hour.
Effective: 1/15/2017
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 10/31/2016 and
				10/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3748.04
Rule
				Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/2002