Section 246-233-035 - General license - Calibration and reference sources(1) A general license is hereby issued to those persons listed below to own, receive, acquire, possess, use and transfer, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of this section, Americium-241 in the form of calibration or reference sources: (a) Any person who holds a specific license issued by the department which authorizes that person to receive, possess, use and transfer radioactive material; or(b) Any person who holds a specific license issued by the NRC which authorizes that person to receive, possess, use and transfer special nuclear material.(2) A general license is hereby issued to own, receive, possess, use and transfer Plutonium in the form of calibration or reference sources in accordance with the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of this section to any person who holds a specific license issued by the department or the NRC which authorizes that person to receive, possess, use and transfer radioactive material.(3) A general license is hereby issued to own, receive, possess, use and transfer Radium-226 in the form of calibration or reference sources in accordance with the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of this section to any person who holds a specific license issued by the department or the NRC which authorizes that person to receive, possess, use and transfer radioactive material.(4) The general licenses in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section apply only to calibration or reference sources which have been manufactured in accordance with the specifications contained in a specific license issued to the manufacturer or importer of the sources by the NRC pursuant to Section 32.57 of 10 C.F.R. Part 32 or Section 70.39 of 10 C.F.R. Part 70 or which have been manufactured in accordance with the specifications contained in a specific license issued to the manufacturer by the department or any agreement state pursuant to licensing requirements equivalent to those contained in Section 32.57 of 10 C.F.R. Part 32 or Section 70.39 of 10 C.F.R. Part 70 of the regulations of the NRC.(5) The general licenses provided in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section are subject to the provisions of WAC 246-220-020, 246-220-030, 246-220-040, 246-220-060, 246-220-070, 246-220-100, 246-232-050, 246-232-070, 246-232-080, 246-232-090, chapters 246-221 and 246-222 WAC. In addition, persons who own, receive, acquire, possess, use or transfer one or more calibration or reference sources pursuant to these general licenses:
(a) Shall not possess at any one time, at any one location of storage or use, more than 185 kilobecquerels (5 microcu-ries) of Americium-241 and 185 kilobecquerels (5 microcuries) of plutonium and 185 kilobecquerels (5 microcuries) of Radium-226 in such sources;(b) Shall not receive, possess, use or transfer such source unless the source, or the storage container, bears a label which includes one of the following statements or a substantially similar statement which contains the information called for in the following statement:(i) The receipt, possession, use and transfer of this source, Model ......., Serial No ........, are subject to a general license and the regulations of the NRC 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)*. DO NOT TOUCH RADIOACTIVE PORTION OF THIS SOURCE .............................
Name of manufacturer or importer
*Note: Showing only the name of the appropriate material.
(ii) The receipt, possession, use and transfer of this source, Model ......., Serial No ........, are subject to a general license and the regulations of an agreement state or NRC. Do not remove this label. CAUTION - RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL - THIS SOURCE CONTAINS RADIUM-226. DO NOT TOUCH RADIOACTIVE PORTION OF THIS SOURCE
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Name of manufacturer or importer
(c) Shall not transfer, abandon, or dispose of such source except by transfer to a person authorized by a license issued by the department, the NRC, or an agreement state to receive the source;(d) Shall 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/Radon-222 which might otherwise escape during storage; and(e) Shall 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 Ameri-cium-241, Plutonium, or Radium-226.Wash. Admin. Code § 246-233-035
Amended by WSR 13-24-025, filed 11/22/13, effective 12/23/2013Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050 and 70.98.080. 09-06-003, § 246-233-035, filed 2/18/09, effective 3/21/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. 04-04-055, § 246-233-035, filed 1/30/04, effective 3/1/04.