(A) Except for persons who apply radioactive
material to, or persons who incorporate radioactive material into, the
following products, or persons who initially transfer for sale or distribution
the following products containing radioactive material, any person is exempt
from the requirements for a license set forth in this chapter and Chapters
3701:1-38, 3701:1-46, 3701:1-48, 3701:1-49, 3701:1-52, and 3701:1-58 of the
Administrative Code to the extent that such person receives, possesses, uses,
transfers, owns, or acquires the following products:
(1) Timepieces or hands or dials containing
not more than the following specified quantities of radioactive material and
not exceeding the following specified levels of radiation:
(a) Nine hundred twenty-five megabecquerels
(twenty-five millicuries) of tritium per timepiece,
(b) One hundred eighty-five megabecquerels
(five millicuries) of tritium per hand,
(c) Five hundred fifty-five megabecquerels
(fifteen millicuries) of tritium per dial (bezels when used shall be considered
as part of the dial),
(d)3.7
megabecquerels (one hundred microcuries) of promethium-147 per watch or 7.4
megabecquerels (two hundred microcuries) of promethium-147 per any other
timepiece,
(e) Seven hundred forty
kilobecquerels (twenty microcuries) of promethium-147 per watch hand or
1.48 megabecquerels (forty
microcuries) of promethium-147 per other timepiece hand,
(f)2.22 megabecquerels (sixty microcuries) of
promethium-147 per watch dial or 4.44 megabecquerels (one hundred twenty
microcuries) of promethium-147 per other timepiece dial (bezels when used shall
be considered as part of the dial), and
(g) The levels of radiation from hands and
dials containing promethium-147 will not exceed, when measured through fifty
milligrams per square centimeter of absorber:
(i) For wrist watches, one
nanogray
microgray ( 0.1 millirad) per hour at ten centimeters
from any surface,
(ii) For pocket
watches, one
nanogray
microgray ( 0.1 millirad) per hour at one centimeter
from any surface, and
(iii) For any
other timepiece, two
nanogray
microgray ( 0.2 millirad) per hour at ten centimeters
from any surface.
(h)
Thirty-seven kilobecquerels (one microcurie) of radium-226 per timepiece in
intact timepieces manufactured prior to November 30, 2007.
(2)
(a)
Static elimination devices which contain, as a sealed source or sources,
byproduct
radioactive material consisting of a total of not more
than 18.5 megabecquerels (five hundred microcuries) of polonium-210 per
device.
(b) Ion generating
tubes designed for ionization of air that contain, as a sealed source or
sources, byproduct material consisting of a total of not more than 18.5
megabecquerels (five hundred microcuries) of polonium-210 per device or of a
total of not more than 1.85 gigabecquerels (fifty millicuries) of hydrogen-3
(tritium) per device.
(c) Such
devices authorized before October 23, 2012 for use under the general license
then provided in rule
3701:1-46-04
of the Administrative Code and equivalent regulations of "Agreement States" and
manufactured, tested, and labeled by the manufacturer in accordance with the
specifications contained in a specific license issued by the
director.
(3) Balances
of precision containing not more than thirty-seven megabecquerels (one
millicurie) of tritium per balance or not more than 18.5 megabecquerels ( 0.5
millicurie) of tritium per balance part manufactured before December 17,
2007.
(4) Marine compasses
containing not more than 27.75 gigabecquerels (seven hundred fifty millicuries)
of tritium gas and other marine navigational instruments containing not more
than 9.25 gigabecquerels (two hundred
fifty millicuries) of tritium gas manufactured before December 17,
2007.
(5) Ionization chamber smoke
detectors containing not more than thirty-seven kilobecquerels (one microcurie)
of americium-241 per detector in the form of a foil and designed to protect
life and property from fires.
(6)
Electron tubes: provided, that each tube does not contain more than one of the
following specified quantities of byproduct material:
(a)5.55 gigabecquerels (one hundred fifty
millicuries) of tritium per microwave receiver protector tube or three hundred
seventy megabecquerels (ten millicuries) of tritium per any other electron
tube;
(b) Thirty-seven
kilobecquerels (one microcurie) of cobalt-60;
(c) One hundred eighty-five kilobecquerels
(five microcuries) of nickel-63;
(d)
1.11 megabecquerels (thirty
microcuries) of krypton-85;
(e) One
hundred eighty-five kilobecquerels (five microcuries) of cesium-137;
or
(f)
1.11 megabecquerels (thirty
microcuries) of promethium-147;
And provided further, that the levels of radiation from each
electron tube containing radioactive material do not exceed ten
nanogray
microgray (one millirad) per hour at one centimeter
from any surface when measured through seven milligrams per square centimeter
of absorber. For purposes of this paragraph, electron tubes include spark gap
tubes, power tubes, gas tubes including glow lamps, receiving tubes, microwave
tubes, indicator tubes, pickup tubes, radiation detection tubes, and any other
completely sealed tube that is designed to conduct or control electrical
currents.
(7)
Ionizing radiation measuring instruments containing, for purposes of internal
calibration or standardization, one or more sources of radioactive material,
provided that:
(a) Each source contains no
more than one exempt quantity as set forth in the appendix to rule
3701:1-40-11 of
the Administrative Code; and
(b)
Each instrument contains no more than ten exempt quantities. For the purposes
of this paragraph, an instrument's source may contain either one type or
different types of radionuclides, and an individual exempt quantity may be
composed of fractional parts of one or more of the exempt quantities in the
appendix to rule
3701:1-40-11 of
the Administrative Code, provided that the sum of such fractions shall not
exceed unity.
(c) For purposes of
this paragraph, 1.85 kilobecquerels ( 0.05 microcurie) of americium-241 is
considered an exempt quantity under the appendix to rule
3701:1-40-11 of
the Administrative Code.