OAR 333-102-0125
General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Calibration and Reference Sources
(1)
A general license is hereby granted to those persons listed in subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this rule to own, receive, acquire, possess, use, and transfer, in accordance with the provisions of sections (4) and (5) of this rule, americium-241, plutonium, or radium-226, in the form of calibration or reference sources:(a)
Any person who holds a specific license issued by the Authority that authorizes receipt, possession, use, and transfer of radioactive material; and(b)
Any person who holds a specific license issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that authorizes receipt, possession, use, and transfer of special nuclear material.(2)
A general license is hereby granted to own, receive, possess, use and transfer plutonium in the form of calibration or reference sources in accordance with the provisions of sections (4) and (5) of this rule to any person who holds a specific license issued by the Authority that authorizes receipt, possession, use, and transfer of radioactive material.(3)
A general license is hereby granted to own, receive, possess, use and transfer radium-226 in the form of calibration or reference sources in accordance with the provisions of sections (4) and (5) of this rule to any person who holds a specific license issued by the Authority that authorizes receipt, possession, use, and transfer radioactive material.(4)
The general licenses in sections (1), (2), and (3) of this rule apply only to calibration or reference sources that have been manufactured in accordance with the specifications contained in a specific license issued to the manufacturer or importer of the sources by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to section 32.57 of 10 CFR Part 32 or section 70.39 of 10 CFR Part 70 or that have been manufactured in accordance with the specifications contained in a specific license issued to the manufacturer by the Authority, any Agreement State or Licensing State pursuant to licensing requirements equivalent to those contained in section 32.57 of 10 CFR Part 32, or section 70.39 of 10 CFR Part 70.(5)
The general licenses provided in sections (1), (2) and (3) of this rule are subject to the provisions of OAR 333-100-0005 (Definitions) (Definitions), 333-100-0025 (Exemptions) (Exemptions), 333-100-0030 (Additional Requirements) (Additional Requirements), 333-100-0055 (Records) (Records), 333-100-0060 (Inspections)(1) and 333-100-0060 (Inspections)(2) (Inspections), 333-100-0065 (Tests) (Tests), 333-102-0305 (Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Specific Terms and Conditions of License)(1) through 333-102-0305 (Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Specific Terms and Conditions of License)(8) (Terms and Conditions of Licenses), 333-102-0330 (Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Transfer of Material) (Transfers), 333-102-0335 (Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Modification, Revocation and Termination of Licenses) (Modification, Revocation, and Termination of Licenses), and divisions 111, and 120 of this chapter. In addition, persons who own, receive, acquire, possess, use or transfer one or more calibration or reference sources pursuant to these general licenses:(a)
Must not possess at any one time, at any one location of storage or use, more than five microcuries (185 kBq) each of americium-241, of plutonium-238, plutonium-239, or of radium-226 in such sources; and(b)
Each license issued under this rule shall affix to each source or source storage container a label containing sufficient information relative to safe use and storage of the source and shall include the following statement or a substantially similar statement that contains the information called for in the following statement:(c)
Must not transfer, abandon or dispose of such source except by transfer to a person authorized by a specific license from the Authority, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an Agreement State or a Licensing State to receive the source;(d)
Must 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 that might otherwise escape during storage; and(e)
Must 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 americium-241, plutonium, or radium-226.(7)
Each licensee licensed under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 32.57 shall perform a dry wipe test as outlined in 10 CFR Part 32.59.
Source:
Rule 333-102-0125 — General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Calibration and Reference Sources, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=333-102-0125.