Exemption for low-level materials.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

(a) A licensee is exempt from all the requirements of this part with respect to shipment or carriage of the following low-level materials: (1) Natural material and ores containing naturally occurring radionuclides that are either in their natural state, or have only been processed for purposes other than for the extraction of the radionuclides, and which are not intended to be processed for the use of these radionuclides, provided the activity concentration of the material does not exceed 10 times the applicable radionuclide activity concentration values specified in appendix A, Table A-2, or Table A-3 of this part. (2) Materials for which the activity concentration is not greater than the activity concentration values specified in appendix A, Table A-2, or Table A-3 of this part, or for which the consignment activity is not greater than the limit for an exempt consignment found in appendix A, Table A-2, or Table A-3 of this part. (3) Non-radioactive solid objects with radioactive substances present on any surfaces in quantities not in excess of (b) A licensee is exempt from all the requirements of this part, other than §§ 71.5 and 71.88, with respect to shipment or carriage of the following packages, provided the packages do not contain any fissile material, or the material is exempt from classification as fissile material under § 71.15: (1) A package that contains no more than a Type A quantity of radioactive material; (2) A package transported within the United States that

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 71.14