La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § XV-1512

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XV-1512 - General License: Plutonium-Beryllium Special Form Material

A. A general license is issued to any licensee of the department 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 need not be contained in a package that meets the standards of LAC 33:XV.1513; however, the material must be contained in a Type A package. The Type A package must also meet the U.S. DOT requirements of 49 CFR 173.417(a).

B. The general license applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the department as satisfying the provisions of 10 CFR Part 71, Subpart H.

C. The general license applies only when a package's contents:

1. contain no more than a Type A quantity of radioactive material; and

2. contain less than 1000 grams of plutonium, provided that plutonium-239, plutonium-241, or any combination of these radionuclides, constitutes less than 240 grams of the total quantity of plutonium in the package.

D. The general license applies only to packages labeled with a CSI that:

1. has been determined in accordance with Subsection E of this Section;

2. has a value less than or equal to 100; and

3. for a shipment of multiple packages containing Pu-Be sealed sources, the sum of the CSIs is less than or equal to 50, for shipment on a nonexclusive use conveyance, or less than or equal to 100, for shipment on an exclusive use conveyance.

E. The following requirements must be met when determining the CSI.

1. The value for the CSI must be greater than or equal to the number calculated by the following equation.

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2. The calculated CSI must be rounded up to the first decimal place.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § XV-1512

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 34:2109 (October 2008), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs and Criminal Investigations Division, LR 451183 (9/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2104(B) and 2113.