Washington Administrative Code

(1) Any licensee; certificate of registration holder; applicant for a license or certificate of registration; employee of a licensee or certificate of registration holder or applicant; or any contractor (including a supplier or consultant), subcontractor, employee of a contractor…

(1) A person is exempt from the requirements for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC to the extent that the person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, or delivers, source material in any chemical mixture, compound, solution or alloy in which the…

(1) A person is exempt from the requirements for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC to the extent that the person receives, possesses, uses or transfers:(a) Depleted uranium contained in counterweights installed in aircraft, rockets, projectiles …

No person may introduce radioactive material into a product or material, knowing or having reason to believe that it will be transferred to persons exempt under this section or other sections or equivalent regulations of the NRC or an agreement state, except in accordance with a …

No person may introduce radioactive material into a product or material, knowing or having reason to believe that it will be transferred to persons exempt under this section or other sections or equivalent regulations of the NRC or an agreement state, except in accordance with a …

This section shall not be deemed to authorize the import of radioactive material or products containing radioactive material.(1) Exempt concentrations.(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a person is exempt from the requirements for a license and from this chapter an…

(1) Hydrogen-3 (tritium), krypton-85, or promethium-147.(a) A person is exempt from the requirements for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC to the extent that the person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns or acquires, and does not manufac…

(1)(a) Except for persons who manufacture, process, produce, or initially transfer for sale or distribution gas and aerosol detectors containing radioactive material, any person is exempt from the requirements for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-221, 246-222, 246…

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person is exempt from the requirements for a license and from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC if the person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns, or acquires, and does not apply radioacti…

(1) Except for persons who manufacture, process, produce, or initially transfer for sale or distribution industrial devices containing radioactive material designed and manufactured for the purpose of detecting, measuring, gauging or controlling thickness, density, level, interfa…

Licenses for radioactive material are of two types: General and specific.(1) A general license is provided by regulation and grants authority to a person for certain activities involving radioactive material, and is effective without filing an application with the department or i…

The department may verify information contained in applications and secure additional information deemed necessary to make a reasonable determination as to whether to issue a license and whether any special conditions should be attached thereto by visiting the facility or locatio…

Before radioactive material can be used at any temporary job site, the jurisdictional status of the job site must be determined. Authorization for use of radioactive material at job sites under exclusive federal jurisdiction must be obtained from the appropriate regional office o…

(1) Each license issued pursuant to the rules in chapters 246-220 through 246-254 WAC is subject to all the provisions of chapter 70A.388 RCW, and to all applicable rules and orders of the department.(2)(a) No license issued or granted under chapters 246-220 through 246-254 WAC n…

(1) Each specific licensee shall immediately notify the department in writing when the licensee decides to permanently discontinue all activities involving materials authorized under the license and request termination of the license. This notification and request for termination…

(1) The terms and conditions of all licenses shall be subject to amendment, revision, or modification, or the license may be suspended or revoked by reason of amendments to the act, or by reason of rules, regulations, and orders issued by the department.(2) Any license may be rev…

(1) No licensee shall transfer radioactive material except as authorized pursuant to this section.(2) Except as otherwise provided in the license and subject to the provisions of this section, a licensee may transfer radioactive material:(a) To the department. A licensee may tran…

No person shall deliver radioactive material to a carrier for transport or transport radioactive material except as authorized in a general or specific license issued by the department or as exempted in chapter 246-231 WAC. General licenses for transportation of radioactive mater…

(See also WAC 246-232-010(2).)Radioactive MaterialMicrocuriesAntimony-122 (Sb-122)100Antimony-124 (Sb-124)10Antimony-125 (Sb-125)10Arsenic-73 (As-73)100Arsenic-74 (As-74)10Arsenic-76 (As-76)10Arsenic-77 (As-77)100Barium-131 (Ba-131)10Barium-133 (Ba-133)10Barium-140 (Ba-140)10Bism…

(See WAC 246-232-010(1).)Element (atomicnumber) RadionuclideColumn IGasconcentrationµCi/ml1Column IILiquidandsolidconcentrationµCi/ml2Antimony (51)Sb-122 3x10-4Sb-124 2x10-4Sb-125 1x10-3Argon (18)Ar-371x10-3 Ar-414x10-7 Arsenic (33)As-73 5x10-3As-74 5x10-4As-76 2x10-4As-77 8x10-4…

acceptable surface contamination levelsnuclides aaverage b c fmaximum b d fremovable b e fwipe limitsU-nat, U-235, U-238, and associated decay products5,000 dpm/100 cm215,000 dpm/100 cm21,000 dpm α/100 cm2Transuranics, Ra-226, Ra-228, Th-230, Th-228, Pa-231, Ac-227, I-125, I-1291…

Fees are required from all applicants, licensees, or registrants. Chapter 246-254 WAC specifies fees for users of radiation subject to regulation under chapters 246-220 through 246-255 WAC.[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050 and 70.98.080. WSR 91-15-112 (Order 184), § 246-232-990…

(1) This chapter establishes general licenses for the possession and use of radioactive material and a general license for ownership of radioactive material.(2) Chapter 246-232 WAC also contains provisions applicable to the general licenses established in this part.(3) The defini…

A general license is hereby issued to own radioactive material without regard to quantity. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a general licensee under this section is not authorized to manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, possess, use, import or export radi…

(1) A general license is hereby issued authorizing commercial and industrial firms; research, educational, and medical institutions; and federal, state, and local government agencies to receive, possess, use, and transfer uranium and thorium, in their natural isotopic concentrati…

(1) A general license shall be issued to any person to acquire, receive, possess, use, or transfer, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, radium-226 contained in:(a) Antiquities originally intended for use by the general public. For t…

(1) A general license is hereby issued to commercial and industrial firms and research, educational and medical institutions, individuals in the conduct of their business, and federal, state, or local government agencies to acquire, receive, possess, use or transfer, in accordanc…

(1) A general license is hereby issued to own, receive, acquire, possess and use Hydrogen-3 (tritium) or Promethium-147 contained in luminous safety devices for use in aircraft, provided:(a) Each device contains not more than 370 gigabecquerels (10 curies) of Hydrogen-3 (tritium)…

(1) A general license is hereby issued to own, receive, acquire, possess, use and transfer Strontium-90 contained in ice detection devices, provided each device contains not more than 185 megabecquerels (50 microcuries) of Strontium-90 and each device has been manufactured or imp…

(1) A general license is hereby issued to those persons listed below to own, receive, acquire, possess, use and transfer, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of this section, Americium-241 in the form of calibration or reference sources:(a) Any person who…

(1) A general license is hereby issued to any physician, veterinarian, clinical laboratory or hospital to receive, acquire, possess, transfer or use, for any of the following stated tests, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of this sectio…

(1) This chapter establishes requirements for the issuance of specific licenses.(2) The provisions and requirements of this chapter are in addition to, and not in substitution for, other requirements of these regulations. In particular the provisions of chapter 246-232 WAC apply …

(1) An applicant applying for a specific license shall submit an application on a department approved form.(2) The department may at any time after the filing of the original application, and before the expiration of the license, require further statements in order to enable the …

Upon a determination that an application meets the requirements of this section, chapters 70A.388 RCW and 246-220 through 246-254 WAC, the department will issue a specific license authorizing the possession and use of radioactive material.(1) The application is for a purpose auth…

(1) Upon a determination that an application meets the requirements of the act and the regulations of the department the department will issue a specific license authorizing the proposed activity in such form and containing such conditions and limitations as it deems appropriate …

Except as provided in WAC 246-235-050(2), each specific license expires at the end of the day, in the month and year stated therein.[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. WSR 15-06-015, § 246-235-040, filed 2/23/15, effective 3/26/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050 and 70.98.08…

(1) Applications for renewal of specific licenses shall be filed in accordance with WAC 246-235-010.(2) In any case in which a licensee, not less than thirty days prior to expiration of the existing license, has filed an application in proper form for renewal or for a new license…

(1) A license condition may be used to specifically modify any regulation pertaining to the possession, use, storage, transfer, or disposal of radioactive material. Any license condition used to modify an existing regulation must set forth the title, chapter, section, and, where …

Applications for amendment of a license must be filed in accordance with WAC 246-235-010 and must specify the respects in which the licensee desires the license to be amended and the grounds for such amendment.[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. WSR 15-06-015, § 246-235-060, fil…

In considering an application by a licensee to renew or amend the license, the department will apply the criteria set forth in this chapter, as applicable.[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-235-070, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/9…

(1) Each applicant for one of the following licenses shall submit a decommissioning funding plan as described in this section:(a) A specific license authorizing receipt of radioactive waste for the purpose of volume reduction, repackaging or interim storage.(b) Receipt of contami…

(1) Each application to possess radioactive materials in unsealed form, on foils or plated sources, or sealed in glass in excess of the quantities in WAC 246-235-150, "Schedule C—Quantities of radioactive materials requiring consideration of the need for an emergency plan for res…

(1) Leak tests.(a) Any licensee or registrant who possesses sealed sources as calibration or reference sources must test for leakage or contamination each sealed source containing radioactive material, other than Hydrogen-3, with a half-life greater than 30 days in any form other…

In addition to the requirements set forth in WAC 246-235-020, an application for a specific license to initially transfer source material for use under 10 C.F.R. 40.22 or WAC 246-233-010 or equivalent regulations of an agreement state will be approved if:(1) The applicant satisfi…

(1) Each person licensed under WAC 246-235-082 shall label the immediate container of each quantity of source material with the type and quantity of source material and the words "radioactive material."(2) Each person licensed under WAC 246-235-082 shall ensure that the quantitie…

In addition to the requirements set forth in WAC 246-235-020, a specific license for use of sealed sources in industrial radiography will be issued if:(1) The applicant submits an adequate program for training radiographers and radiographer's assistants that meets the requirement…

In addition to the requirements set forth in this chapter, a specific license for use of radioactive material in wireline services must be issued if:(1) The applicant satisfies the applicable requirements in chapter 246-244 WAC and any special requirements contained in this chapt…

In addition to the requirements set forth in WAC 246-235-020, a specific license for any activity within the licensing authority of the department which the department determines will significantly affect the radiological quality of the human environment, including those specifie…

This section prescribes requirements for the issuance of specific licenses of broad scope for radioactive material ("broad licenses") and certain regulations governing holders of these licenses. A person may not introduce radioactive material into a product or material, knowing o…

(1) An application for a specific license to manufacture industrial products and devices containing depleted uranium for use pursuant to WAC 246-233-010(4) or equivalent regulations of the NRC or an agreement state will be approved if:(a) The applicant satisfies the general requi…