Or. Admin. R. 333-102-0125

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

Section 333-102-0125 - Calibration and Reference Sources

(1) A general license is hereby granted to those persons listed in subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this rule to own, receive, acquire, possess, use, and transfer, in accordance with the provisions of sections (4) and (5) of this rule, americium-241, plutonium, or radium-226, in the form of calibration or reference sources:

(a) Any person who holds a specific license issued by the Authority that authorizes receipt, possession, use, and transfer of radioactive material; and

(b) Any person who holds a specific license issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that authorizes receipt, possession, use, and transfer of special nuclear material.

(2) A general license is hereby granted to own, receive, possess, use and transfer plutonium in the form of calibration or reference sources in accordance with the provisions of sections (4) and (5) of this rule to any person who holds a specific license issued by the Authority that authorizes receipt, possession, use, and transfer of radioactive material.

(3) A general license is hereby granted to own, receive, possess, use and transfer radium-226 in the form of calibration or reference sources in accordance with the provisions of sections (4) and (5) of this rule to any person who holds a specific license issued by the Authority that authorizes receipt, possession, use, and transfer radioactive material.

(4) The general licenses in sections (1), (2), and (3) of this rule apply only to calibration or reference sources that have been manufactured in accordance with the specifications contained in a specific license issued to the manufacturer or importer of the sources by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to section 32.57 of 10 CFR Part 32 or section 70.39 of 10 CFR Part 70 or that have been manufactured in accordance with the specifications contained in a specific license issued to the manufacturer by the Authority, any Agreement State or Licensing State pursuant to licensing requirements equivalent to those contained in section 32.57 of 10 CFR Part 32, or section 70.39 of 10 CFR Part 70.

(5) The general licenses provided in sections (1), (2) and (3) of this rule are subject to the provisions of OAR 333-100-0005 (Definitions), 333-100-0025 (Exemptions), 333-100-0030 (Additional Requirements), 333-100-0055 (Records), 333-100-0060(1) and 333-100-0060(2) (Inspections), 333-100-0065 (Tests), 333-102-0305(1) through 333-102-0305(8) (Terms and Conditions of Licenses), 333-102-0330 (Transfers), 333-102-0335 (Modification, Revocation, and Termination of Licenses), and divisions 111, and 120 of this chapter. In addition, persons who own, receive, acquire, possess, use or transfer one or more calibration or reference sources pursuant to these general licenses:

(a) Must not possess at any one time, at any one location of storage or use, more than five microcuries (185 kBq) each of americium-241, of plutonium-238, plutonium-239, or of radium-226 in such sources; and

(b) Each license issued under this rule shall affix to each source or source storage container a label containing sufficient information relative to safe use and storage of the source and shall include the following statement or a substantially similar statement that contains the information called for in the following statement:

(A) The receipt, possession, use, and transfer of this source, Model ______, Serial No. ______, are subject to a general license and the regulations of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or of a state with which the Commission has entered into an agreement for the exercise of regulatory authority. Do not remove this label.

CAUTION - RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL -THIS SOURCE CONTAINS (AMERICIUM-241) (PLUTONIUM) or (RADIUM 226) DO NOT TOUCH RADIOACTIVE PORTION OF THIS SOURCE. _______ Name of manufacturer or importer

NOTE: Show only the name of the appropriate material.

(c) Must not transfer, abandon or dispose of such source except by transfer to a person authorized by a specific license from the Authority, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an Agreement State or a Licensing State to receive the source;

(d) Must store such source, except when the source is being used, in a closed container adequately designed and constructed to contain americium-241, plutonium, or radium-226 that might otherwise escape during storage; and

(e) Must not use such source for any purpose other than the calibration of radiation detectors or the standardization of other sources.

(6) These general licenses do not authorize the manufacture of calibration or reference sources containing americium-241, plutonium, or radium-226.

(7) Each licensee licensed under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 32.57 shall perform a dry wipe test as outlined in 10 CFR Part 32.59.

Or. Admin. R. 333-102-0125

HD 4-1085, f. & ef. 3-20-85; HD 1-1991, f. & cert. ef. 1-8-91; HD 15-1994, f. & cert. ef. 5-6-94; HD 1-1995, f. & cert. ef. 4-26-95; PH 3-2003, f. & cert. ef. 3-27-03; PH 31-2004(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 10-8-04 thru 4-5-05; PH 36-2004, f. & cert. ef. 12-1-04; PH 12-2006, f. & cert. ef. 6-16-06; PH 4-2007, f. & cert. ef. 3-1-07; PH 14-2008, f. & cert. ef. 9-15-08; PH 20-2010, f. & cert. ef. 9-1-10

Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 453.635, 453.665

Stats. Implemented: ORS 453.605 - 453.807