4731 RADIATION SAFETY

4731.0230 REQUEST FOR WRITTEN STATEMENTS. The commissioner may at any time after the filing of an original application, and before the expiration of a license, require further statements to enable the commissioner to determine whether the application should be granted or denied o…

4731.0240 DATA PRIVACY. Collection, security, and dissemination of information gathered for a license or registration is governed by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13. Statutory Authority: MS s 144.1202; 144.1203 History: 29 SR 755 Published Electronically: March 12, 2009

4731.0250 INSPECTIONS AND TESTING. Subpart 1. Inspections. A. A licensee or registrant must afford to the commissioner or commissioner's designee, at all reasonable times, opportunity to inspect radioactive material and the premises and facilities wherein the radioactive material…

4731.0260 VIOLATIONS, ENFORCEMENT, AND PENALTIES. Violations found by a routine inspection, complaint based inspection, incident or accident inspection, or other inspection deemed necessary by the commissioner must be brought into compliance within 30 days from the date of the in…

4731.0270 MODIFICATION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES. Subpart 1. Modification. The terms and conditions of a license are subject to amendment, revision, or modification for compliance with this chapter or orders issued according to this chapter. Subp. 2. Revocation and suspension. A…

4731.0280 DELIBERATE MISCONDUCT. Subpart 1. Applicability. This part applies to: A. a licensee, registrant, industrial radiography certificate holder, or quality assurance program approval holder; B. an applicant for a license or registration, applicant for industrial radiography…

4731.0290 EMPLOYEE PROTECTION. Employee protection and employment discrimination issues are governed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 181.931 to 181.935. Statutory Authority: MS s 144.1202; 144.1203 History: 29 SR 755 Published Electronically: March 12, 2009

4731.0300 FEDERAL JURISDICTION EXCLUSION. In areas under exclusive federal jurisdiction, nothing in this chapter applies to the extent that the persons are subject to regulation by the NRC or other federal agencies. Statutory Authority: MS s 144.1202; 144.1203 History: 29 SR 755 …

4731.0315 CRITICAL MASS. Subpart 1. Calculation. A. For purposes of this chapter, special nuclear material in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass means: (1) uranium enriched with the isotope U-235 in quantities not exceeding 350 grams of contained U-235; (2) uranium…

4731.0355 RECIPROCITY. Subpart 1. Application; recognition. A. Subject to this chapter, a person who holds a specific license from the NRC or an agreement state, and issued by the agency having jurisdiction where the licensee maintains an office for directing the licensed activit…

4731.0400 SCOPE; ENFORCEMENT NOTICE. Subpart 1. Scope. Parts 4731.0400 to 4731.0424 establish requirements for the packaging, preparation for shipment, and transportation of licensed material. Subp. 2. Application of other law. The packaging and transport of licensed material are…

4731.0401 REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE. No licensee shall deliver licensed material to a carrier for transport or transport licensed material, except as authorized in a general license or a specific license issued by the commissioner or as exempted under parts 4731.0400 to 4731.0424. …

4731.0402 TRANSPORTATION OF LICENSED MATERIAL. Subpart 1. DOT regulations. A. A licensee who transports licensed material outside of the site of usage, as specified in a license issued by the NRC or an agreement state, or where transport is on public highways or a licensee who de…

4731.0403 SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS. Subpart 1. Physicians. A physician licensed by a state to dispense drugs in the practice of medicine is exempt from part 4731.0402 with respect to transport by the physician of licensed material for use in the practice of medicine. A physician opera…

4731.0405 [Repealed, 32 SR 831] Published Electronically: March 12, 2009

4731.0406 GENERAL LICENSE; NRC-APPROVED PACKAGE. Subpart 1. License to transport or deliver. A general license is issued to any licensee of the commissioner to transport, or to deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material in a package for which a license, certificate of …

4731.0407 [Repealed, 44 SR 239] Published Electronically: September 13, 2019

4731.0408 MR 2008 [Expired] Published Electronically: March 12, 2009

4731.0409 GENERAL LICENSE; FOREIGN-APPROVED PACKAGE. Subpart 1. License for foreign-approved package. A general license is issued to any licensee of the commissioner to transport, or to deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material in a package the design of which has bee…

4731.0410 GENERAL LICENSE; FISSILE MATERIAL. Subpart 1. License to transport or deliver fissile material. A general license is issued to any licensee of the commissioner to transport fissile material, or to deliver fissile material to a carrier for transport, if the material is s…

4731.0411 GENERAL LICENSE; PLUTONIUM-BERYLLIUM SPECIAL FORM MATERIAL. Subpart 1. Transport of plutonium-beryllium. A general license is issued to any licensee of the commissioner to transport fissile material in the form of plutonium-beryllium (Pu-Be) special form sealed sources,…

4731.0412 EXTERNAL RADIATION STANDARDS FOR ALL PACKAGES. Subpart 1. Radiation level limit. Except as provided in subpart 2, a package of radioactive material offered for transportation must be designed and prepared for shipment so that under conditions normally incident to transp…

4731.0413 ASSUMPTIONS AS TO UNKNOWN PROPERTIES. When the isotopic abundance, mass, concentration, degree of irradiation, degree of moderation, or other pertinent property of fissile material in any package is not known, the licensee must package the fissile material as if the unk…

4731.0414 PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS. Before the first use of any packaging for the shipment of licensed material, the licensee must ascertain that the determinations in Code of Federal Regulations, title 10, section 71.85, have been made. Statutory Authority: MS s 144.1202; 144.…

4731.0415 ROUTINE DETERMINATIONS. Before each shipment of licensed material, a licensee must ensure that the package with its contents satisfies the applicable requirements of the license and parts 4731.0400 to 4731.0424. The licensee must determine that: A. the package is proper…

4731.0416 AIR TRANSPORT OF PLUTONIUM. Subpart 1. Limitations for plutonium transport. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general license and notwithstanding any exemptions stated directly in parts 4731.0400 to 4731.0424 or included indirectly by citation to Code of Federal Reg…

4731.0417 OPENING INSTRUCTIONS. Before delivery of a package to a carrier for transport, a licensee must ensure that any special instructions needed to safely open the package have been sent to, or otherwise made available to, the consignee for the consignee's use, according to p…

4731.0418 RECORDS AND REPORTS. Subpart 1. Record of shipment. Each licensee must maintain, for a period of three years after shipment, a record of each shipment of licensed material that is not exempt under part 4731.0403, subpart 2, showing, where applicable: A. identification o…

4731.0419 ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF SHIPMENT OF IRRADIATED REACTOR FUEL AND NUCLEAR WASTE. Subpart 1. Notice required. As specified in subparts 2 to 4, a licensee must provide advance notification to: A. the commissioner, the governor of the state or the governor's designee, and th…

4731.0420 QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. Subpart 1. Program requirement. A. A licensee who uses a general license under part 4731.0406, 4731.0409, 4731.0410, or 4731.0411 must establish, maintain, and execute a quality assurance program satisfying each of the applicable criteria…

4731.0421 [Repealed, 44 SR 239] Published Electronically: September 13, 2019

4731.0422 A1 AND A2 VALUES FOR RADIONUCLIDES. Subpart 1. [Repealed, 32 SR 831] Subp. 1a. A1 and A2 values. Element and atomic number and symbol of radionuclide A1 (TBq) A1 (Ci)b A2 (TBq) A2 (Ci)b Actinium (89) Ac-225a 8.0 x 10-1 2.2 x 101 6.0 x 10-3 1.6 x 10-1 Ac-227a 9.0 x 10-1 …

4731.0423 DETERMINATION OF A1 AND A2. Subpart 1. Generally. Values of A1 and A2 for individual radionuclides, which are the bases for many activity limits elsewhere in this chapter, are given in part 4731.0422, subpart 1a. The curie (Ci) values specified are obtained by convertin…

4731.0424 ACTIVITY-MASS RELATIONSHIPS FOR URANIUM. Uranium Enrichment1 wt percent U-235 present Specific Activity Tbq/g Ci/g 0.45 1.8 x 10-8 5.0 x 10-7 0.72 2.6 x 10-8 7.1 x 10-7 1.0 2.8 x 10-8 7.6 x 10-7 1.5 3.7 x 10-8 1.0 x 10-6 5.0 1.0 x 10-7 2.7 x 10-6 10.0 1.8 x 10-7 4.8 x 1…

4731.0455 [Repealed, 44 SR 239] Published Electronically: September 13, 2019

4731.0525 DOMESTIC LICENSING OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL. Subpart 1. Scope. Parts 4731.0525 to 4731.0630 establish procedures and criteria for the issuance of licenses to receive title to, own, acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use, and transfer special nuclear material and est…

4731.0530 LICENSE REQUIREMENT; SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL. No person shall receive title to, own, acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use, or transfer special nuclear material, except as authorized in a license issued by the commissioner according to parts 4731.0525 to 4731.0630. S…

4731.0535 EXEMPTION; CERTAIN FEDERAL CONTRACTS. A. Except to the extent that United States Department of Energy (DOE) facilities or activities of the types subject to licensing under the federal Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, United States Code, title 42, section 5842, are in…

4731.0540 EXEMPTION; CARRIERS. Common and contract carriers, freight forwarders, warehousers, and the United States Postal Service are exempt from parts 4731.0525 to 4731.0630 to the extent that they transport special nuclear material in the regular course of carriage for another…

4731.0550 TYPES OF LICENSES. Licenses for special nuclear material are of two types: general and specific. A general license issued under parts 4731.0525 to 4731.0630 is effective without the filing of an application with the commissioner or the issuance of licensing documents to…

4731.0555 GENERAL LICENSE; CALIBRATION OR REFERENCE SOURCES. Subpart 1. Calibration or reference sources. Persons listed in items A to C are issued a general license to receive title to, own, acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use, and transfer, according to subparts 2 to 4, plu…

4731.0560 GENERAL LICENSE; OWNING SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL. A general license is issued to receive title to and own special nuclear material without regard to quantity. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a general licensee under this part is not authorized to ac…

4731.0565 APPLICATION; FILING. Subpart 1. Generally. A. A person may apply for a specific license issued under parts 4731.0525 to 4731.0630 by filing an application according to part 4731.0200, subpart 4. B. Applications and documents submitted to the commissioner in connection w…

4731.0570 APPLICATION; CONTENTS. Subpart 1. Required information. A. An application for a license under parts 4731.0525 to 4731.0630 must contain: (1) the applicant's full name and address; (2) the applicant's age, if an individual; (3) the applicant's citizenship; and (4) the na…

4731.0575 APPLICATION APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS. An application for a license under parts 4731.0525 to 4731.0630 shall be approved if the commissioner determines that: A. the special nuclear material is to be used for the conduct of research or development activities of a type specif…

4731.0580 APPLICATION; FINANCIAL ASSURANCE AND RECORD KEEPING FOR DECOMMISSIONING. Subpart 1. Requirements. A. An applicant for a specific license authorizing possession and use of unsealed special nuclear material in quantities exceeding 105 times the applicable quantities under…

4731.0585 ISSUANCE OF LICENSES. Subpart 1. Issuance. Upon a determination that an application meets the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall issue a license in such form and containing such conditions and limitations as the commissioner deems appropriate or necess…