§ 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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