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Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONPart I - Department of Environmental ProtectionSubpart D - Environmental Health and SafetyArticle V - Radiological HealthChapter 217 - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Subchapter B - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Section 217.136 - Exempt concentrations

25 Pa. Code § 217.136

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Current through Register Vol. 54, No.43, October 26, 2024
Section 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 concentrationµCi/ml

Column II

Liquid and solid concentrationµCi/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

25 Pa. Code § 217.136

The provisions of this §217.136 adopted September 14, 2001, effective 9/15/2001, 31 Pa.B. 5239; amended July 16, 2004, effective 7/17/2004, 34 Pa.B. 3823.