Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-1509 - 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 Article. This material must be contained in a Type A package. The Type A package must also meet the DOT requirements of 49 CFR 173.417(a), revised October 1, 2010, incorporated by reference, and available under R9-7-101. This incorporated material contains no future editions or amendments.

B. The general license applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the Department as satisfying the provisions of R9-7-1507.

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 g of plutonium, provided that: plutonium-239, plutonium-241, or any combination of these radionuclides, constitutes less than 240 g of the total quantity of plutonium in the package.

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

1. Has been determined in accordance with subsection (E);

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 must be less than or equal to 50 (for shipment on a nonexclusive use conveyance) and less than or equal to 100 (for shipment on an exclusive use conveyance).

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

1. CSI=10[(grams of ²³⁹Pu + grams of ²⁴¹Pu)/24],

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

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-1509

New Section R9-7-1509 recodified from R12-1-1509 at 24 A.A.R. 813, effective March 22, 2018 (Supp. 18-1).