TITLE 32: ENERGY CHAPTER II: DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR SAFETY SUBCHAPTER b: RADIATION PROTECTION PART 320 REGISTRATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIATION MACHINE, AND RADIATION INSTALLATIONS Section 320.10 Registration 320.20 Amendments 320.30 Discontinued Use 320.40 Exemptions 320.50 Noncompliance AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by "AN ACT to require the registration of radiation installations as herein defined, to investigate and inspect all radiation installations in this State, to provide injunctive relief and penalties for violations of this Act, and to make an appropriation therefor" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111«, pars. 194 et seq.). SOURCE: Filed April 20, 1974 by the Department of Public Health; transferred to the Department of Nuclear Safety by P.A. 81-1516, effective December 3, 1980; codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 11278; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 17529, effective September 25, 1986; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990. Section 320.10 Registration a) Installation Registration 1) Any operator of a facility where radiation machines are used or where radioactive material is produced, transported, stored, used, or disposed of for any purpose, which is not subject to regulation by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), shall register such radiation installation with the Department of Nuclear Safety (Department). The operator shall register the installation before the installation is placed in operation on a form prescribed by the Department which shall include: A) the operator's name, B) the location and confines of the radiation installation, C) the type, strength, and number of sources of radiation expected to be produced, used, operated, stored, or disposed. 2) When the number of sources exceeds 50, the Director will, upon request of the operator, permit blanket registration of the installation. This blanket registration shall be on a form prescribed by the Department and shall include: A) the operator's name, B) the location and confines of the radiation installation, C) a description of each type and range of strengths of each type of source of radiation, D) the number of each type of source, E) the radionuclide in each type of source, F) the specific information requested on form IL 473-0013 regarding registration of x-ray machines. b) Machine Registration 1) Every operator of a radiation installation where radiation machines are located shall register such machines with the Department. 2) Installation operators shall register radiation machines annually on a form prescribed by the Department. The registration form shall be filed before February 1 of each year. An annual registration fee of $10.00 per radiation machine for each machine possessed on January 1 of each year shall be submitted with the registration form. (Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990) Section 320.20 Amendments a) Installation registration, as specified in Section 320.10(a), shall be required only at the time the radiation installation is placed in operation unless there is a change in the number or strength of sources or of the output of energy of radiation produced in or by the installation so registered. If there is any change(s), the operator shall register such change(s), other than change due to natural radioactive decay, with the Department. Amendments to installation registration shall be on a form prescribed by the Department and shall be submitted in accordance with the following schedule: 1) For any change(s) occurring between January 1 and June 30 of a given calendar year, the amended installation registration shall be filed with the Department between July 1 and July 31 of that calendar year. 2) For any change(s) occurring between July 1 and December 31 of a given calendar year, the amended installation registration shall be filed with the Department between January 1 and January 31 of the following calendar year. b) Operators of installations which have been registered pursuant to Section 320.10(b) may amend that registration by blanket amendment on the form prescribed by the Department. (Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990) Section 320.30 Discontinued Use If any operator discontinues using radiation machines or producing, transport- ing, storing, using, or disposing of radioactive material, the operator shall notify the Department within thirty (30) days after such discontinuance. The notification shall include the date of discontinuance and the disposition of such radiation machines or radioactive material. (Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990) Section 320.40 Exemptions An operator shall be exempt from these installation and machine registration requirements in accordance with Section 3 of "AN ACT to require the registration of radiation installations as herein defined, to investigate and inspect all radiation installations in this State, to provide injunctive relief and penalties for violations of this Act, and to make an appropriation therefor" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111 1/2, par. 196) (the Act) for the following material, machines, and uses: a) Natural radioactive materials of an equivalent specific radioactivity not exceeding that of natural potassium, except when such materials are produced, stored, used, handled or disposed in such quantity or fashion that any person might receive within a week a radiation dose exceeding one-tenth the maximum permissible total weekly dose for any critical organ exposed, as determined by the standards established by the National Committee on Radiation Protection. AGENCY NOTE: Copies of the standards established by the National Committee on Radiation Protection are available for public inspection at the Department. Copies of standards can also be obtained directly from the National Committee of Radiation Protection Publications, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1016, Bethesda, MD 20814. b) For radioactive materials not in sealed sources in quantities less than or equal to those identified in the following table: Upper Upper Upper Radio- Limit Radio- Limit Radio- Limit active Micro- active Micro- active Micro- Material curie Material curie Material curie Pb210 1 V48 100 Tl200 100 Po210 1 Fe59 100 Tl204 100 At211 1 Zn65 100 Pb203 100 Ra226 1 Ga72 100 Th234 100 Ac227 1 As76 100 H3 1000 U233 1 Rb86 100 Be7 1000 Pu239 1 Sr89 100 C14 1000 Am241 1 Y91 100 Na24 1000 Cm242 1 Nb95 100 S35 1000 Sc46 10 Tc96 100 K42 1000 Co60 10 Rh105 100 Cr51 1000 Sr90 10 Cd109 100 Fe55 1000 Ag105 10 Ag111 100 Mn56 1000 Ru106 10 Sn113 100 Ni59 1000 Te129 10 Te127 100 Cu64 1000 I131 10 Ba140 100 Ge71 1000 Cs137 10 La140 100 Mo99 1000 Ce144 10 Pr143 100 Pd103 1000 Eu154 10 Sm151 100 Pm147 1000 W181 10 Ho166 100 Ir190 1000 Re183 10 Ta170 100 Au196 1000 Ir192 10 Lu177 100 Tl201 1000 P32 100 Tm182 100 Tl202 1000 Cl36 100 Pt191 100 Natural U 1000 Upper Upper Upper Radio- Limit Radio- Limit Radio- Limit active Micro- active Micro- active Micro- Material curie Material curie Material curie Ca45 100 Pt193 100 Natural Th 1000 Sc47 100 Au198 100 Sc48 100 Au199 100 c) Radioactive materials in sealed sources in total quantities not exceeding one millicurie for a given installation. d) Timepieces, instruments, novelties, or devices containing self- luminous elements, except during the manufacture of the self- luminous elements and the production of said timepieces, instruments, novelties and except when the timepieces, instruments, novelties, or devices are stored, used, repaired, handled, or disposed in such quantity or fashion that any person might receive within a week a radiation dose exceeding one-tenth the maximum permissible total weekly dose for any critical organ exposed, as determined by the standards established by the National Committee on Radiation Protection. AGENCY NOTE: Copies of the standards established by the National Committee on Radiation Protection are available for public inspection at the Department. Copies of standards can also be obtained directly from the National Committee of Radiation Protection Publications, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1016, Bethesda, MD 20814. e) Electrical equipment that is manufactured for purposes other than generation of radiation, where the generation of radiation is incidental to operation (such as a television), and that operates in such a manner that no person may receive within a week a radiation dose exceeding one-tenth the maximum permissible total weekly dose for any critical organ exposed. Determinations of doses shall be made in accordance with the standards established by the National Committee of Radiation Protection. The production testing or production servicing of all such electrical equipment shall not be exempt from registration. AGENCY NOTE: Copies of the standards established by the National Committee on Radiation Protection are available for public inspection at the Department. Copies of standards can also be obtained directly from the National Committee of Radiation Protection Publications, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1016, Bethesda, MD 20814. f) Any radioactive material or radiation machine being transported on vessels, aircraft, railroad cars, or motor vehicles in conformity with regulations adopted by any agency having jurisdiction over safety during transportation. g) Radiation machines, radioactive materials, and radiation installations which the Department of Nuclear Safety finds to be without radiation hazard, as determined by the standards established by the National Committee on Radiation Protection. AGENCY NOTE: Copies of the standards established by the National Committee on Radiation Protection are available for public inspection at the Department. Copies of standards can also be obtained directly from the National Committee of Radiation Protection Publications, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1016, Bethesda, MD 20814. (Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990) Section 320.50 Noncompliance It shall be unlawful for any operator to engage in business or activities within a radiation installation without registering such installation with the Department. The Department shall report any such operator to the Attorney General for enforcement action. (Source: Added at 10 Ill. Reg. 17529, effective September 25, 1986)