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Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-094 - General license-Fissile material

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(1)
				A general license is issued to any licensee of the department, NRC, or an
				agreement state, 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    10 C.F.R. 71    Subparts E and F; 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).
(2) The general license applies only to a
				licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by NRC as satisfying the
				provisions of  10 C.F.R. 71  Subpart H.
(3) The general license applies only when a
				package's contents:
(a) Contain no more than a
				Type A quantity of radioactive material; and
(b) Contain less than 500 total grams of
				beryllium, graphite, or hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-096 - General license-Plutonium-beryllium special form material

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(1) A general
				license is issued to any licensee of the department, NRC, or an agreement
				state, 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 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).
(2) The general license applies only to a
				licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by NRC as satisfying the
				provisions of  10 C.F.R. 71  Subpart H.
(3) The general license applies only when a
				package's contents:
(a) Contain no more than a
				Type A quantity of radioactive material; and
(b) Contain less than 1000 g of plutonium,
				provided that: Plutonium-239, plutonium-241, or any combination of these
				radionuclides, constitutes less than 240 g of the total quantity of plutonium
				in the package.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-098 - External radiation standards for all packages

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of
				this section, 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 mSv/ hour
				(200 mrem/hour) at any point on the external surface of the package, and the
				transport index does not exceed 10.
(2) A package that exceeds the radiation
				level limits specified in subsection (1) of this section must be transported by
				exclusive use shipment only, and the radiation levels for such shipment must
				not exceed the following during transportation:
(a) Two mSv/hour (200 mrem/hour) on the
				external surface of the package, unless the following conditions are met, in
				which case the limit is 10 mSv/hour (1000 mrem/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;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-100 - Applicability of operating controls and procedures

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A licensee subject to this chapter, who, under a general or
				  specific license, transports licensed material or delivers licensed material to
				  a carrier for transport, shall comply with the requirements of  10 C.F.R. 71
				   Subpart G, with the quality assurance requirements of  10 C.F.R. 71  Subpart H,
				  and with the general provisions of  10 C.F.R. 71  Subpart A.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. WSR 08-09-093, § 246-231-100,
					 filed 4/18/08, effective 5/19/08; WSR 99-15-105, § 246-231-100, filed
					 7/21/99, effective 8/21/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-103 - Assumptions as to unknown properties

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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.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. WSR 08-09-093, § 246-231-103,
					 filed 4/18/08, effective 5/19/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-106 - Preliminary determinations

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Before the first use of any packaging for the shipment of
				  licensed material:
(1) The licensee
				shall ascertain that there are no cracks, pinholes, uncontrolled voids, or
				other defects that could significantly reduce the effectiveness of the
				packaging;
(2) Where the maximum
				normal operating pressure will exceed 35 kPa five
				lbs/in2) gauge, the licensee shall test the
				containment systeman internal pressure at least 50 percent higher than the
				maximum normal operating pressure, to verify the capability of that system to
				maintain its structural integrity at that pressure;
(3) The licensee shall conspicuously and
				durably mark the packaging with its model number, serial number, gross weight,
				and a package identification number assigned by NRC. Before applying the model
				number, the licensee shall determine that the packaging has been fabricated in
				accordance with the design approved by NRC; and
(4) The licensee shall ascertain that the
				determinations in subsections (1) through (3) of this section have been
				made.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-110 - Routine determinations

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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:
(1) The package is proper for
				the contents to be shipped;
(2) The
				package is in unimpaired physical condition except for superficial defects such
				as marks or dents;
(3) Each closure
				device of the packaging, including any required gasket, is properly installed
				and secured and free of defects;
(4) Any system for containing liquid is
				adequately sealed and has adequate space or other specified provision for
				expansion of the liquid;
(5) Any
				pressure relief device is operable and set in accordance with written
				procedures;
(6) The package has
				been loaded and closed in accordance with written procedures;
(7) For fissile material, any moderator or
				neutron absorber, if required, is present and in proper condition;
(8) 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;
(9) The level of nonfixed (removable)
				radioactive contamination on the external surfaces of each package offered for
				shipment is as low as reasonably achievable, and within the limits specified in
				DOT regulations in 49 C.F.R.
				173.443;
(10) External radiation levels around the
				package and around the vehicle, if applicable, will not exceed the limits
				specified in WAC
				246-231-098 at any time during
				transportation; and
(11) Accessible
				package surface temperatures will not exceed the limits specified in
				10 C.F.R.
				71.43(g) at any time during
				transportation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-120 - Air transport of plutonium

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(1) 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 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:
(a) The
				plutonium is contained in a medical device designed for individual human
				application; or
(b) 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 WAC
				246-231-200, Table A-2, and in
				which the radioactivity is essentially uniformly distributed; or
(c) 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 WAC
				246-231-030; or
(d) The plutonium is shipped in a package
				specifically authorized for the shipment of plutonium by air in the Certificate
				of Compliance for that package issued by NRC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-130 - Opening instructions

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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 WAC
				  246-221-160.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. WSR 99-15-105, § 246-231-130,
					 filed 7/21/99, effective 8/21/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-133 - Public inspection of application

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Applications for approval of a package design under this
				  chapter, which are submitted to NRC, may be made available for public
				  inspection, in accordance with provisions of  10 C.F.R. 2 and9 . This includes an
				  application to amend or revise an existing package design, any associated
				  documents and drawings submitted with the application, and any responses to NRC
				  requests for additional information.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-136 - Records

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(1) Each licensee
				shall maintain, for a period of three years after shipment, a record of each
				shipment of licensed material not exempt under WAC
				246-231-040(4),
				showing where applicable:
(a) Identification
				of the packaging by model number and serial number;
(b) Verification that there are no
				significant defects in the packaging, as shipped;
(c) Volume and identification of
				coolant;
(d) Type and quantity of
				licensed material in each package, and the total quantity of each
				shipment;
(e) For each item of
				irradiated fissile material:
(i)
				Identification by model number and serial number;
(ii) Irradiation and decay history to the
				extent appropriate to demonstrate that its nuclear and thermal characteristics
				comply with license conditions; and
(iii) Any abnormal or unusual condition
				relevant to radiation safety;
(f) Date of the shipment;
(g) For fissile packages and for Type B
				packages, any special controls exercised;
(h) Name and address of the
				transferee;
(i) Address to which
				the shipment was made; and
(j)
				Results of the determinations required by WAC
				246-231-110 and by the conditions
				of the package approval.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-140 - Advance notification of shipment of irradiated reactor fuel and nuclear waste

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(1)
(a) As specified in subsections (2), (3), and
				(4) of this section, each licensee shall provide advance notification to the
				governor of a state, or the governor's designee, of the shipment of licensed
				material, within 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.
(b) As specified in subsections (2), (3), and
				(4) of this section, after June 11, 2013, each licensee shall provide advance
				notification to the Tribal official of participating tribes referenced in
				subsection (3)(c)(iii) of this section, or the official's designee, of the
				shipment of licensed material within or across the boundary of the 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.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-150 - Quality assurance requirements

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(1) Purpose. This section describes quality
				assurance requirements that apply to design, purchase, fabrication, handling,
				shipping, storing, cleaning, assembly, inspection, testing, operation,
				maintenance, repair, and modification of components of packaging that are
				important to safety. As used in this chapter, "quality assurance" comprises all
				those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence
				that a system or component will perform satisfactorily in service.
Quality assurance includes quality control, which comprises
				  those quality assurance actions related to control of the physical
				  characteristics and quality of the material or component to predetermined
				  requirements. Each licensee and applicant for a package approval is responsible
				  for satisfying the quality assurance requirements that apply to design,
				  fabrication, testing, and modification of packaging subject to this chapter.
				  Each licensee is responsible for satisfying the quality assurance requirements
				  that apply to its use of packaging for the shipment of licensed material
				  subject to this chapter.
(2) Establishment of program. Each licensee,
				certificate holder, and applicant for a certificate of compliance shall
				establish, maintain, and execute a quality assurance program satisfying each of
				the applicable criteria in
				10 C.F.R.
				71.101 through
				71.137 and satisfying any
				specific provisions that are applicable to the licensee's activities including
				procurement of packaging. The licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for a
				certificate of compliance shall execute the applicable criteria in a graded
				approach to an extent that is commensurate with the quality assurance
				requirement's importance to safety.
(3) Approval of program. Before the use of
				any package for the shipment of licensed material subject to this chapter, each
				licensee shall obtain the department's approval of its quality assurance
				program. Using an appropriate method listed in
				10 C.F.R.
				71.1(a), each licensee shall
				file a description of its quality assurance program, including a discussion of
				which requirements of  10 C.F.R. 71  Subpart H are applicable and how they will
				be satisfied, by submitting the description to the department.
(4) Radiography containers. A program for
				transport container inspection and maintenance limited to radiographic exposure
				devices, source changers, or packages transporting these devices and meeting
				the requirements of WAC
				246-243-120(2),
				10
				C.F.R. 34.31(b), or
				equivalent agreement state requirements, is deemed to satisfy the requirements
				of WAC
				246-231-060(2) and 246-231-150(2).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-160 - Quality assurance organization

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(1) The licensee, certificate holder, and
				applicant for a certificate of compliance shall be responsible for the
				establishment and execution of the quality assurance program. The licensee,
				certificate holder, and applicant for a certificate of compliance may delegate
				to others, such as contractors, agents, or consultants, the work of
				establishing and executing the quality assurance program, or any part of the
				quality assurance program, but shall retain responsibility for the program.
				These activities include performing the functions associated with attaining
				quality objectives and the quality assurance functions.
While the term "licensee" is used in these criteria, the
				  requirements are applicable to whatever design, fabrication, assembly, and
				  testing of the package is accomplished with respect to a package before the
				  time a package approval is issued.
(2) The quality assurance functions are:
(a) Assuring that an appropriate quality
				assurance program is established and effectively executed; and
(b) Verifying, by procedures such as
				checking, auditing, and inspection, that activities affecting the functions
				that are important to safety have been correctly performed.
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(1)
				The licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for a certificate of compliance
				shall establish, at the earliest practicable time consistent with the schedule
				for accomplishing the activities, a quality assurance program that complies
				with the requirements of 10
				C.F.R. 71.101 through
				71.137. The licensee, certificate
				holder, and applicant for a certificate of compliance shall document the
				quality assurance program by written procedures or instructions and shall carry
				out the program in accordance with those procedures throughout the period
				during which the packaging is used. The licensee, certificate holder, and
				applicant for a certificate of compliance shall identify the material and
				components to be covered by the quality assurance program, the major
				organizations participating in the program, and the designated functions of
				these organizations.
(2) The
				licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for a certificate of compliance,
				through its quality assurance program, shall provide control over activities
				affecting the quality of the identified materials and components to an extent
				consistent with their importance to safety, and as necessary to assure
				conformance to the approved design of each individual package used for the
				shipment of radioactive material. The licensee, certificate holder, and
				applicant for a certificate of compliance shall assure that activities
				affecting quality are accomplished under suitably controlled conditions.
				Controlled conditions include the use of appropriate equipment; suitable
				environmental conditions for accomplishing the activity, such as adequate
				cleanliness; and assurance that all prerequisites for the given activity have
				been satisfied. The licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for a
				certificate of compliance shall take into account the need for special
				controls, processes, test equipment, tools, and skills to attain the required
				quality, and the need for verification of quality by inspection and
				test.
(3) The licensee, certificate
				holder, and applicant for a certificate of compliance shall base the
				requirements and procedures of its quality assurance program on the following
				considerations concerning the complexity and proposed use of the package and
				its components:
(a) The impact of malfunction
				or failure of the item to safety;
(b) The design and fabrication complexity or
				uniqueness of the item;
(c) The
				need for special controls and surveillance over processes and
				equipment;
(d) The degree to which
				functional compliance can be demonstrated by inspection or test; and
(e) The quality history and degree of
				standardization of the item.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-174 - Changes to quality assurance program

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(1)
				Each quality assurance program approval holder shall submit, in accordance with
				 10 C.F.R. 71.1(a), a description of a proposed change to its NRC-approved
				quality assurance program that will reduce commitments in the program
				description as approved by the NRC. The quality assurance program approval
				holder shall not implement the change before receiving NRC approval.
(a) The description of a proposed change to
				the NRC-approved quality assurance program must identify the change, the reason
				for the change, the basis for concluding that the revised program incorporating
				the change continues to satisfy the applicable requirements of 10 C.F.R.
				Subpart H.
(b)
				(Reserved.)
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-178 - Handling, storage, and shipping control

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The licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for a
				  certificate of compliance shall establish measures to control, in accordance
				  with instructions, the handling, storage, shipping, cleaning, and preservation
				  of materials and equipment to be used in packaging to prevent damage or
				  deterioration. When necessary for particular products, special protective
				  environments, such as inert gas atmosphere, and specific moisture content and
				  temperature levels must be specified and provided.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-180 - Inspection, test, and operating status

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(1) The licensee, certificate holder, and
				applicant for a certificate of compliance shall establish measures to indicate,
				by the use of markings such as stamps, tags, labels, routing cards, or other
				suitable means, the status of inspections and tests performed upon individual
				items of the packaging. These measures must provide for the identification of
				items that have satisfactorily passed required inspections and tests, where
				necessary to preclude inadvertent bypassing of the inspections and
				tests.
(2) The licensee shall
				establish measures to identify the operating status of components of the
				packaging, such as tagging valves and switches, to prevent inadvertent
				operation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-182 - Nonconforming materials, parts, or components

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The licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for a
				  certificate of compliance shall establish measures to control materials, parts,
				  or components that do not conform to the licensee's requirements to prevent
				  their inadvertent use or installation. These measures must include, as
				  appropriate, procedures for identification, documentation, segregation,
				  disposition, and notification to affected organizations. Nonconforming items
				  must be reviewed and accepted, rejected, repaired, or reworked in accordance
				  with documented procedures.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-184 - Corrective action

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The licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for a
				  certificate of compliance shall establish measures to assure that conditions
				  adverse to quality, such as deficiencies, deviations, defective material and
				  equipment, and nonconformance, are promptly identified and corrected. In the
				  case of a significant condition adverse to quality, the measures must assure
				  that the cause of the condition is determined and corrective action taken to
				  preclude repetition. The identification of the significant condition adverse to
				  quality, the cause of the condition, and the corrective action taken must be
				  documented and reported to appropriate levels of management.
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The licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for a
				  certificate of compliance shall maintain sufficient written records to describe
				  the activities affecting quality. These records must include changes to the
				  quality assurance program as required by
				  10 C.F.R.
				  71.106, the instructions, procedures, and
				  drawings required by 10
				  C.F.R. 71.111 to prescribe quality assurance
				  activities, and closely related specifications such as required qualifications
				  of personnel, procedures, and equipment. The records must include the
				  instructions or procedures that establish a records retention program that is
				  consistent with applicable regulations and designates factors such as duration,
				  location, and assigned responsibility. The licensee, certificate holder, and
				  applicant for a certificate of compliance shall retain these records for three
				  years beyond the date when the licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for
				  a certificate of compliance last engaged in the activity for which the quality
				  assurance program was developed. If any portion of the quality assurance
				  program, written procedures or instructions is superseded, the licensee,
				  certificate holder, and applicant for a certificate of compliance shall retain
				  the superseded material for three years after it is
				  superseded.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-188 - Audits

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The licensee, certificate holder, and applicant for a
				  certificate of compliance shall carry out a comprehensive system of planned and
				  periodic audits to verify compliance with all aspects of the quality assurance
				  program and to determine the effectiveness of the program. The audits must be
				  performed in accordance with written procedures or checklists by appropriately
				  trained personnel not having direct responsibilities in the areas being
				  audited. Audited results must be documented and reviewed by management having
				  responsibility in the area audited. Follow-up action, including re-audit of
				  deficient areas, must be taken where indicated.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-231 - Packaging and transportation of radioactive material › Section 246-231-200 - Appendix A-Determination of A1 and A2

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(1)
				Values of A1 and A2 for individual radionuclides, which are the basis for many
				activity limits elsewhere in these regulations, are given in this section,
				Table A-1. 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.
(2)
(a) For
				individual radionuclides whose identities are known, but which are not listed
				in this section, Table A-1, the A1 and A2 values contained in this section,
				Table A-3 may be used. Otherwise, the licensee shall obtain prior NRC approval
				of the A1 and A2 values for radionuclides not listed in this section, Table
				A-1, before shipping the material.
(b) For individual radionuclides whose
				identities are known, but which are not listed in this section, Table A-2, the
				exempt material activity concentration and exempt consignment activity values
				contained in this section, Table A-3 may be used. Otherwise, the licensee shall
				obtain prior NRC approval of the exempt material activity concentration and
				exempt consignment activity values for radionuclides not listed in this
				section, Table A-2, before shipping the material.
(c) The licensee shall submit requests for
				prior approval, described under (a) and (b) of this subsection, to NRC in
				accordance with  10 C.F.R. 71.1.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 246-232-001 - Purpose and scope

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(1)
				  This chapter prescribes rules governing licensing of radioactive material. No
				  person shall manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own, possess, or
				  use radioactive material except:
(a) As
				  authorized in a specific or general license issued under chapters 246-233 or
				  246-235 WAC;
(b) As authorized in a
				  specific or general license issued under regulations of NRC or an agreement
				  state equivalent to chapters 246-233 or 246-235 WAC; or
(c) As otherwise provided in this
				  chapter.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 246-232-004 - Completeness and accuracy of information

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(1) Information provided to the department by
				  an applicant for a license or by a licensee or information required by statute
				  or by the department's rules, orders, or license conditions to be maintained by
				  the applicant or the licensee must be complete and accurate in all material
				  respects.
(2) Each applicant or
				  licensee must notify the department of information identified by the applicant
				  or licensee as having for the regulated activity a significant implication for
				  public health and safety. An applicant or licensee violates this subsection
				  only if the applicant or licensee fails to notify the department of information
				  that the applicant or licensee has identified as having a significant
				  implication for public health and safety. Notification must be provided to the
				  department within two working days of identifying the information. This
				  requirement is not applicable to information which is already required to be
				  provided to the department by other reporting or updating
				  requirements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 246-232-005 - Deliberate misconduct

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(1)
				  Any licensee; certificate of registration holder; applicant for a license or
				  certificate of registration; employee of a licensee or certificate of
				  registration holder or applicant; or any contractor (including a supplier or
				  consultant), subcontractor, employee of a contractor or subcontractor of any
				  licensee or certificate of registration holder or applicant for a license or
				  certificate of registration; who knowingly provides to any licensee, applicant,
				  certificate holder, contractor, or subcontractor, any components, equipment,
				  materials, or other goods or services that relate to a licensee's, certificate
				  holder's, or applicant's activities in chapters 246-220 through 246-254 WAC,
				  may not:
(a) Engage in deliberate misconduct
				  that causes or would have caused, if not detected, a licensee, certificate of
				  registration holder, or applicant to be in violation of any rule or order; or
				  any term, condition, or limitation of any license issued by the department;
				  or
(b) Deliberately submit to the
				  department, a licensee, certificate of registration holder, an applicant, or a
				  licensee's, certificate holder's, or applicant's contractor or subcontractor,
				  information that the person submitting the information knows to be incomplete
				  or inaccurate in some respect material to the department.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-006 - Exemption of certain source material

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(1) A person is exempt from the requirements
				  for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC to the
				  extent that the person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, or delivers,
				  source material in any chemical mixture, compound, solution or alloy in which
				  the source material is by weight less than 1/20 of one percent (0.05 percent)
				  of the mixture, compound, solution, or alloy.
(2) A person is exempt from the requirements
				  for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC to the
				  extent that the person receives, possesses, uses or transfers unrefined and
				  unprocessed ore containing source material, provided such person shall not
				  refine or process such ore unless authorized to do so in a specific
				  license.
(3) A person is exempt
				  from the requirements for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-221,
				  246-246, 246-222, 246-233, and 246-235 WAC to the extent that the person
				  receives, possesses, uses or transfers:
(a)
				  Any quantities of thorium contained in:
(i)
				  Incandescent gas mantles;
(ii)
				  Vacuum tubes;
(iii) Welding
				  rods;
(iv) Electric lamps for
				  illuminating purposes if each lamp contains 50 milligrams or less of
				  thorium;
(v) Germicidal lamps,
				  sunlamps and lamps for outdoor or industrial lighting if each lamp contains two
				  grams or less of thorium;
(vi) Rare
				  earth metals and compounds, mixtures, and products containing 0.25 percent or
				  less by weight thorium, uranium, or any combination of these; or
(vii) Personnel neutron dosimeters if each
				  dosimeter contains 1.85 gigabecquerels (50 milligrams) or less of
				  thorium.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-007 - Exemption of certain depleted uranium items

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(1) A person is exempt from the requirements
				  for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC to the
				  extent that the person receives, possesses, uses or transfers:
(a) Depleted uranium contained in
				  counterweights installed in aircraft, rockets, projectiles and missiles, or
				  stored or handled in connection with installation or removal of such
				  counterweights if:
(i) Each counterweight has
				  been impressed with the following legend clearly legible through any plating or
				  other covering: "DEPLETED URANIUM"*;
(ii) Each counterweight is durably and
				  legibly labeled or marked with the identification of the manufacturer and the
				  statement: "UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATIONS PROHIBITED"*; and
(iii) The exemption contained in this
				  subparagraph shall not be deemed to authorize the chemical, physical or
				  metallurgical treatment or processing of any such counterweight other than
				  repair or restoration of any plating or other covering.
*Note: The requirements specified in (1)(a)(i) and (ii) of
					 this subsection need not be met by counterweights manufactured prior to
					 December 31, 1969, provided that such counterweights are impressed with the
					 legend, "CAUTION -RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL - URANIUM," as previously required by
					 the rules and were manufactured under a specific license issued by the Atomic
					 Energy Commission and were impressed with the legend required by WAC
					 246-232-007(1)(a)(i) in effect on June 30, 1969.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-008 - Exemption of certain timepieces, hands or dials

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No person may introduce radioactive material into a product
					 or material, knowing or having reason to believe that it will be transferred to
					 persons exempt under this section or other sections or equivalent regulations
					 of the NRC or an agreement state, except in accordance with a specific license
					 issued by the NRC, Washington, D.C. 20555. A person is exempt from the
					 requirements for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and
					 246-235 WAC to the extent that the person receives, possesses, uses, transfers,
					 owns or acquires, and does not apply radioactive material to, or incorporate
					 radioactive material into, the following timepieces or hands or dials
					 containing not more than the following specified quantities of radioactive
					 material and not exceeding the following specified levels of radiation:
(1)
(a)
				  Nine hundred twenty-five megabecquerels (25 millicuries) of tritium per
				  timepiece;
(b) One hundred
				  eighty-five megabecquerels five millicuries) of tritium per hand;
(c) Five hundred fifty-five megabecquerels
				  (15 millicuries) of tritium per dial (bezels when used shall be considered as
				  part of the dial);
(d) 3.7
				  megabecquerels (100 microcuries) of promethium-147 per watch or 7.4
				  megabecquerels (200 microcuries) of promethium-147 per any other
				  timepiece;
(e) Seven hundred forty
				  kilobecquerels (20 microcuries) of promethium-147 per watch hand or 1.48
				  megabecquerels (40 microcuries) of promethium-147 per other timepiece
				  hand;
(f) 2.22 megabecquerels (60
				  microcuries) of promethium-147 per watch dial or 4.44 megabecquerels (120
				  microcuries) of promethium-147 per other timepiece dial (bezels when used shall
				  be considered as part of the dial);
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-009 - Exemption of certain items containing radioactive material

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No person may introduce radioactive material into a product
					 or material, knowing or having reason to believe that it will be transferred to
					 persons exempt under this section or other sections or equivalent regulations
					 of the NRC or an agreement state, except in accordance with a specific license
					 issued by the NRC, Washington, D.C. 20555. A person is exempt from the
					 requirements for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and
					 246-235 WAC to the extent the person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns
					 or acquires, and does not apply radioactive material to, or incorporate
					 radioactive material into, the following products:
(1) Static elimination devices which contain,
				  as a sealed source or sources, by-product material consisting of a total of not
				  more than 18.5 MBq (500 microcuries) of Po-210 per device.
(2)
(a) Ion
				  generating tubes designed for ionization of air that contain, as a sealed
				  source or sources, by-product material consisting of a total of not more than
				  18.5 MBq (500 microcuries) of Po-210 per device or a total of not more than
				  1.85 GBq (50 millicuries) of hydrogen-3 (tritium) per device.
(b) Such devices authorized before October
				  23, 2012, for use under the general license then provided in this section and
				  equivalent regulations of an agreement state or the NRC, and manufactured,
				  tested, and labeled by the manufacturer in accordance with the specifications
				  contained in a specific license issued by the department, an agreement state,
				  or the NRC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-010 - Exempt concentrations and exempt quantities

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This section shall not be deemed to authorize the import
					 of radioactive material or products containing radioactive material.
(1) Exempt concentrations.
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this
				  subsection, a person is exempt from the requirements for a license and from
				  this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC to the extent that the person
				  receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns or acquires, and does not apply
				  radioactive material to, or incorporate radioactive material into, products or
				  materials containing radioactive material in concentrations in excess of those
				  in WAC 246-232-130, Schedule C, exempt
				  concentrations.
(b) No person may
				  introduce radioactive material into a product or material knowing, or having
				  reason to believe, that it will be transferred to persons exempt under this
				  section or equivalent regulations of the NRC or an agreement state, except in
				  accordance with a specific license issued by the NRC, Washington, D.C.
				  20555.
(c) A manufacturer,
				  processor, or producer of a product or material is exempt from the requirements
				  for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC to the
				  extent that this person transfers radioactive material contained in a product
				  or material in concentrations not in excess of those specified in WAC
				  246-232-130, Schedule C, and
				  introduced into the product or material by a licensee holding a specific
				  license issued by the NRC expressly authorizing such manufacture or
				  introduction. This exemption does not apply to the transfer of radioactive
				  material contained in any food, beverage, cosmetic, drug, or other commodity or
				  product designed for ingestion or inhalation by, or application to, a human
				  being.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-011 - Exemption of certain self-luminous products containing radioactive material(s)

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(1)
				  Hydrogen-3 (tritium), krypton-85, or promethium-147.
(a) A person is exempt from the requirements
				  for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC to the
				  extent that the person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns or acquires,
				  and does not manufacture, process, produce, apply radioactive material to,
				  incorporate radioactive material into, or initially transfer for sale or
				  distribution, self-luminous products containing hydrogen-3 (tritium),
				  krypton-85, or promethium-147 in self-luminous products manufactured,
				  processed, produced, imported or initially transferred in accordance with a
				  specific license issued by the NRC. The exemption in this subsection does not
				  apply to hydrogen-3, (tritium), krypton-85, or promethium-147 used in products
				  primarily for frivolous purposes or in toys or adornments.
(b) Any person who desires to manufacture,
				  process, produce, or initially transfer for sale or distribution self-luminous
				  products containing tritium (H-3), krypton-85 (Kr-85), or promethium-147
				  (Pm-147) for use under (a) of this subsection should apply for a license under
				  10 C.F.R.
				  32.22 and for a certificate of registration
				  in accordance with WAC
				  246-235-108.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-012 - Exemption of certain gas and aerosol detectors containing radioactive material

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(1)
(a) Except for persons who manufacture,
				  process, produce, or initially transfer for sale or distribution gas and
				  aerosol detectors containing radioactive material, any person is exempt from
				  the requirements for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-221,
				  246-222, 246-233, 246-235, 246-240, 246-243, and 246-244 WAC to the extent
				  that the person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns or acquires
				  radioactive material in gas and aerosol detectors designed to protect health,
				  safety, or property, and manufactured, processed, produced, or initially
				  transferred in accordance with a specific license issued under
				  10 C.F.R.
				  32.26 which authorizes the initial transfer
				  of the product for use under this chapter. This exemption also covers gas and
				  aerosol detectors manufactured or distributed before November 30, 2007, in
				  accordance with a specific license issued by a state under provisions
				  comparable to 10 C.F.R.
				  32.26 authorizing distribution to persons
				  exempt from regulatory requirements.
(b) Any person who desires to manufacture,
				  process, or produce gas and aerosol detectors containing radioactive material,
				  or to initially transfer such products for use under this subsection should
				  apply for a license under 10
				  C.F.R. 32.26 and for a certificate of
				  registration in accordance with WAC
				  246-235-108.