10-144-220 Me. Code R. § D-K-2008

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 144-220-D-K-2008 - Disposal of certain radioactive material
A. Licensed material defined as;
(1) Any discrete source of radium-226 that is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research activity; or
(2) Any material that-
(a) Has been made radioactive by use of a particle accelerator; and
(b) Is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research activity; and
B. Any discrete source of naturally occurring radioactive material, other than source material, that-
(1) The NRC, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other appropriate federal agency, determines would pose a threat similar to the threat posed by a discrete source of radium-226 to the public health and safety or the common defense and security; and
(2) Before, on, or after August 8, 2005, is extracted or converted after extraction for use in a commercial, medical, or research activity.
C. A licensed material, as defined in paragraphs a and b of this section, may be disposed of in accordance with 10 CFR 61, even though it is not defined as low-level radioactive waste. Therefore, any licensed radioactive material being disposed of at a facility, or transferred for ultimate disposal at a facility licensed under 10 CFR 61, Subpart B must meet the requirements of D.2006.
D. A licensee may dispose of radioactive material, as defined in paragraphs a and b of this section at a disposal facility authorized to dispose of such material in accordance with any Federal or State solid or hazardous waste law, including the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as authorized under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, P.L. 109-58.

10-144 C.M.R. ch. 220, § D-K-2008