Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 333 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION › Division 102 - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 333-102-0203 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply for Radioactive Material
				Licenses issued pursuant to this division and divisions 105, 113, 115, 117, and
				121 of this chapter:
NOTE:
Unless otherwise specified in this rule, the
				licenses described in this rule are limited by conditions of the radioactive
				materials license issued pursuant to OAR
				333-102-0200,
				and other applicable rules in this chapter.
(1) "Analytical Leak Test" means a
			 facility-specific license issued pursuant to OAR 333-103-0010(2)(a),
			 authorizing possession of environmental samples, sealed source leak-test,
			 contamination wipe and samples for radioanalytical measurements. This license
			 does not authorize collection of samples, or decommissioning or decontamination
			 activities.
(2) "Assets" means
			 anything of material value or usefulness. In the context of a materials
			 license, assets include all existing capital, effects, possessions, and
			 belongings and all probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by
			 a particular entity.
(3) "Basic
			 License" means a facility-specific license issued pursuant to OAR
			 333-103-0010(2)(b)  authorizing the receipt, possession, use, transfer, and
			 disposal of sources of radiation or radioactive materials incident to gauge
			 service, teletherapy service, medical afterloader service, and other licensed
			 service activities; pre-packaged waste pickup (not packaging), storage of
			 materials prior to license termination, instrument quality control servicing or
			 calibration (excluding activities authorized by 333-103-0010(2)(m)), or other
			 minor activities not otherwise specified in these rules, such as authorization
			 for "systems," as defined in these rules, pursuant to that definition.
(4) "Beneficiating" means
			 subjecting a product to any process that can increase or concentrate any
			 component (including the radioactive materials) to benefit the product.
(5) "Brachytherapy" means a
			 Healing Arts facility-specific license issued pursuant to OAR
			 333-103-0010(2)(c)  authorizing the use of brachytherapy sources for in vivo
			 application of radiation in accordance with 333-116-0420. Brachytherapy
			 includes radioactive material sealed sources in seeds, needles, plaques, or
			 other localized medical devices, but excludes remote afterloaders.
(6) "Broad Scope A" means a facility-specific
			 license issued pursuant to OAR 333-103-0010(2)(d), authorizing activities in
			 333-102-0900(1)(a), under the authority of a Radiation Safety Committee.
(7) "Broad Scope B" means a
			 facility-specific license issued pursuant to OAR 333-103-0010(2)(e)  authorizing
			 activities described in 333-102-0900(1)(b), under the authority of a Radiation
			 Safety Officer.
(8) "Broad Scope
			 C" means a facility-specific license issued pursuant to OAR 333-103-0010(2)(f)
 
			 authorizing activities described in 333-102-0900(1)(c), under the authority of
			 an authorized user.
(9)
			 "Commencement of construction" means taking any action defined as
			 "construction" or any other activity at the site of a facility subject to the
			 regulations in this division that has a reasonable nexus to radiological health
			 and safety.
(10) "Construction"
			 means the installation of foundations, or in-place assembly, erection,
			 fabrication, or testing for any structure, system, or component of a facility
			 or activity subject to the regulations in this division that are related to
			 radiological safety or security. The term "construction" does not include:
(a) Changes for temporary use of the land for
			 public recreational purposes;
(b)
			 Site exploration, including necessary borings to determine foundation
			 conditions or other preconstruction monitoring to establish background
			 information related to the suitability of the site, the environmental impacts
			 of construction or operation, or the protection of environmental values;
(c) Preparation of the site for
			 construction of the facility, including clearing of the site, grading,
			 installation of drainage, erosion and other environmental mitigation measures,
			 and construction of temporary roads and borrow areas;
(d) Erection of fences and other access
			 control measures that are not related to the safe use of, or security of,
			 radiological materials subject to this division;
(e) Excavation;
(f) Erection of support buildings (for
			 example, construction equipment storage sheds, warehouse and shop facilities,
			 utilities, concrete mixing plants, docking and unloading facilities, and office
			 buildings) for use in connection with the construction of the facility;
(g) Building of service facilities
			 (for example, paved roads, parking lots, railroad spurs, exterior utility and
			 lighting systems, potable water systems, sanitary sewerage treatment
			 facilities, and transmission lines);
(h) Procurement or fabrication of components
			 or portions of the proposed facility occurring at other than the final,
			 in-place location at the facility; or
(i) Taking any other action that has no
			 reasonable nexus to radiological health and safety.