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25 Pa. Code § 217.136. Exempt concentrations.

§ 217.136. Exempt concentrations.

 In addition to the parts of 10 CFR Part 30 (relating to rules of general applicability to domestic licensing of byproduct material) incorporated by reference, the following requirements apply:

   (1)  Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person may receive, possess, use, transfer, own or acquire products or materials containing radioactive material introduced in concentrations less than those listed in Table 1 without possession of a license under this chapter.

   (2)  Except under a specific license issued under Subchapter D (relating to specific licenses to manufacture or transfer certain items containing radioactive material), or the general license under Subchapter F (relating to specific domestic licenses of broad scope for radioactive material), a person may not introduce radioactive material into a product or material for distribution to persons exempt under paragraph (1) or equivalent regulations of the NRC, an agreement state or licensing state.

TABLE 1
EXEMPT CONCENTRATIONS

 Note: Some of the values in Table A-1 are presented in the computer ‘‘E’’ notation. In this notation, a value of 6E-02 represents a value of 6 x 10-2 or 0.06, 6E+2 represents 6 x 102 or 600 and 6E+0 represents 6 x 100 or 6.

Element
(atomic number)
Isotope Column I
Gas concentration
µCi/ml
Column II
Liquid and solid concentration
µCi/ml
Actinium (89) Ac-228 9E-04
Cesium (55) Cs-129 3E-03
Europium (63) Eu-154 2E-04
Gallium (31) Ga-67 2E-03
Germanium (32) Ge-68 9E-03
Gold (79) Au-195 1E-02
Indium (49) In-111 1E-03
Iodine (53) I-123 3E-04
I-124 4E-06
I-125 2E-06
Lead (82) Pb-212 2E-04
Phosphorus (15) P-33 3E-04
Potassium (19) K-43 2E-04
Protactinium (91) Pa-230 2E-03
Radium (88) Ra-223 7E-06
Ra-224 2E-05
Ra-228 3E-07
Radon (86) Rn-220 1E-07
Rn-222 3E-08
Sodium (11) Na-22 4E-04
Technetium (43) Tc-97m 4E-03
Xenon (54) Xe-127 4E-06
Yttrium (39) Y-88 8E-04

Source

   The provisions of this §  217.136 adopted September 14, 2001, effective September 15, 2001, 31 Pa.B. 5239; amended July 16, 2004, effective July 17, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 3823. Immediately preceeding text appears at serial pages (282351) to (282352).



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