N. C. Regulations for Protection Against Radiation

15A NCAC 11 .0304          EXEMPT QUANTITIES: OTHER THAN SOURCE MATERIAL

(a)  Any person who possesses radioactive material received or acquired under the general license formerly provided in Rule .0303(b) of this Section is exempt from the requirements for a license set forth in this Section to the extent that such person possesses, uses, transfers or owns such radioactive material.

(b)  This Rule does not authorize the production, packaging or repackaging of radioactive material for purposes of commercial distribution, or the incorporation of radioactive material into products intended for commercial distribution.

(c)  No person shall, for the purposes of commercial distribution, transfer individual quantities of radioactive materials to persons exempt from regulation in Paragraph (a) of this Rule except in accordance with a specific license issued by:

(1)           the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to Section 32.18 of 10 CFR Part 32 for source and byproduct material;

(2)           the agency pursuant to Rule .0326 for radioactive material other than source, byproduct and special nuclear material; or

(3)           any agreement state pursuant to equivalent regulation for radioactive material other than source, byproduct and special nuclear material.

(d)  Licensees for commercial distribution shall not transfer the quantities of radioactive material to persons exempt under Paragraph (e) of this Rule if the licensee knows or has reason to believe that the recipient will redistribute the quantities to persons exempt under Paragraph (e) of this Rule.

(e)  Except as provided in Paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Rule, any person is exempt from the rules of this Chapter to the extent that such person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns or acquires radioactive material in individual quantities each of which does not exceed the applicable quantity set forth in the following table:

EXEMPT QUANTITIES
Radioactive Material		Microcuries
Antimony‑122 (Sb 122)		100
Antimony‑124 (Sb 124)		10
Antimony‑125 (Sb 125)		10
Arsenic‑73 (As 73)		100
Arsenic‑74 (As 74)		10
Arsenic‑76 (As 76)		10
Arsenic‑77 (As 77)		100
Barium‑131 (Ba 131)		10
Barium‑133 (Ba 133)		10
Barium‑140 (Ba 140)		10
Bismuth‑210 (Bi 210)		1
Bromine‑82 (Br 82)		10
Cadmium‑109 (Cd 109)		10
Cadmium‑115m (Cd 115m)		10
Cadmium‑115 (Cd 115)		100
Calcium‑45 (Ca 45)		10
Calcium‑47 (Ca 47)		10
Carbon‑14 (C 14)		100
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Cerium‑141 (Ce 141)		100
Cerium‑143 (Ce 143)		100
Cerium‑144 (Ce 144)		1
Cesium‑129 (Cs 129)		100
Cesium‑131 (Cs 131)		1,000
Cesium‑134m (Cs 134m)		100
Cesium‑134 (Cs 134)		1
Cesium‑135 (Cs 135)		10
Cesium‑136 (Cs 136)		10
Cesium‑137 (Cs 137)		10
Chlorine‑36 (Cl 36)		10
Chlorine‑38 (Cl 38)		10
Chromium‑51 (Cr 51)		1,000
Cobalt‑57 (Co 57)		100
Cobalt‑58m (Co 58m)		10
Cobalt‑58 (Co 58)		10
Cobalt‑60 (Co 60)		1
Copper‑64 (Cu 64)		100
Dysprosium‑165 (Dy 165)		10
Dysprosium‑166 (Dy 166)		100
Erbium‑169 (Er 169)		100
Erbium‑171 (Er 171)		100
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Europium‑152 (Eu 152) 9.2h		100
Europium‑152 (Eu 152) 13 yr		1
Europium‑154 (Eu 154)		1
Europium‑155 (Eu 155)		10
Fluorine‑18 (F 18)		1,000
Gadolinium‑153 (Gd 153)		10
Gadolinium‑159 (Gd 159)		100
Gallium‑67 (Ga 67)		100
Gallium‑72 (Ga 72)		10
Germanium‑71 (Ge 71)		100
Gold‑198 (Au 198)		100
Gold‑199 (Au 199)		100
Hafnium‑181 (Hf 181)		10
Holmium‑166 (Ho 166)		100
Hydrogen‑3 (H 3)		1,000
Indium‑111 (In 111)		100
Indium‑113m (In 113m)		100
Indium‑114m (In 114m)		10
Indium‑115m(In 115m)		100
Indium‑115 (In 115)		10
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Iodine‑123 (I 123)		100
Iodine‑125 (I 125)		1
Iodine‑126 (I 126)		1
Iodine‑129 (I 129)		0.1
Iodine‑131 (I 131)		1
Iodine‑132 (I 132)		10
Iodine‑133 (I 133)		1
Iodine‑134 (I 134)		10
Iodine‑135 (I 135)		10
Iridium‑192 (Ir 192)		10
Iridium‑194 (Ir 194)		100
Iron‑52 (Fe 52)		10
Iron‑55 (Fe 55)		100
Iron‑59 (Fe 59)		10
Krypton‑85 (Kr 85)		100
Krypton‑87 (Kr 87)		10
Lanthanum‑140 (La 140)		10
Lutetium‑177 (Lu 177)		100
Manganese‑52 (Mn 52)		10
Manganese‑54 (Mn 54)		10
Manganese‑56 (Mn 56)		10
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Mercury‑197m (Hg 197m)		100
Mercury‑197 (Hg 197)		100
Mercury‑203 (Hg 203)		10
Molybdenum‑99 (Mo 99)		100
Neodymium‑147 (Nd 147)		100
Neodymium‑149 (Nd 149)		100
Nickel‑59 (Ni 59)		100
Nickel‑63( Ni 63)		10
Nickel‑65 (Ni 65)		100
Niobium‑93m (Nb 93m)		10
Niobium‑95 (Nb 95)		10
Niobium‑97 (Nb 97)		10
Osmium‑185 (Os 185)		10
Osmium‑191m (Os 191m)		100
Osmium‑191 (Os 191)		100
Osmium‑193 (Os 193)		100
Palladium‑103 (Pd 103)		100
Palladium‑109 (Pd 109)		100
Phosphorus‑32 (P 32)		10
Platinum‑191 (Pt 191)		100
Platinum‑193m (Pt 193m)		100
Platinum‑193 (Pt 193)		100
Platinum‑197m (Pt 197m)		100
Platinum‑197 (Pt 197)		100
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Polonium‑210 (Po 210)		0.1
Potassium‑42 (K 42)		10
Potassium‑43 (K 43)		10
Praseodymium‑142 (Pr 142)		100
Praseodymium‑143 (Pr 143)		100
Promethium ‑147 (Pm 147)		10
Promethium‑149 (Pm 149)		10
Rhenium‑186 (Re 186)		100
Rhenium‑188 (Re 188)		100
Rhodium‑103m (Rh 103m)		100
Rhodium‑105 (Rh 105)		100
Rubidium‑81 (Rb 81)		10
Rubidium‑86 (Rb 86)		10
Rubidium‑87 (Rb 87)		10
Ruthenium‑97 (Ru 97)		100
Ruthenium‑103 (Ru 103)		10
Ruthenium‑105 (Ru 105)		10
Ruthenium‑106 (Ru 106)		1
Samarium‑151 (Sm 151)		10
Samarium‑153 (Sm 153)		100
Scandium‑46 (Sc 46)		10
Scandium‑47 (Sc 47)		100
Scandium‑48 (Sc 48)		10
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Selenium‑75 (Se 75)		10
Silicon‑31 (Si 31)		100
Silver‑105 (Ag 105)		10
Silver‑110m (Ag 110m)		1
Silver‑111 (Ag 111)		100
Sodium‑22 (Na 22)		10
Sodium‑24 (Na 24)		10
Strontium‑85 (Sr 85)		10
Strontium‑89 (Sr 89)		1
Strontium‑90 (Sr 90)		0.1
Strontium‑91 (Sr 91)		10
Strontium‑92 (Sr 92)		10
Sulfur‑35 (S 35)		100
Tantalum‑182 (Ta 182)		10
Technetium‑96 (Tc 96)		10
Technetium‑97m (Tc 97m)		100
Technetium‑97 (Tc 97)		100
Technetium‑99m (Tc 99m)		100
Technetium‑99 (Tc 99)		10
Tellurium‑125m (Te 125m)		10
Tellurium‑127m (Te 127m)		10
Tellurium‑127 (Te 127)		100
Tellurium‑129m (Te 129m)		10
Tellurium‑129 (Te 129)		100
Tellurium‑131m (Te 131m)		10
Tellurium‑132 (Te 132)		10
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Terbium‑160 (Tb 160)		10
Thallium‑200 (Tl 200)		100
Thallium‑201 (Tl 201)		100
Thallium‑202 (Tl 202)		100
Thallium‑204 (Tl 204)		10
Thulium‑170 (Tm 170)		10
Thulium‑171 (Tm 171)		10
Tin‑113 (Sn 113)		10
Tin‑125 (Sn 125)		10
Tungsten‑181 (W 181)		10
Tungsten‑185 (W 185)		10
Tungsten‑187 (W 187)		100
Vanadium‑48 (V 48)		10
Xenon‑131m (Xe 131m)		1,000
Xenon‑133 (Xe 133)		100
Xenon‑135 (Xe 135)		100
Ytterbium‑175 (Yb 175)		100
Yttrium‑87 (Y 87)		10
Yttrium‑90 (Y 90)		10
Yttrium‑91 (Y 91)		10
Yttrium‑92 (Y 92)		100
Yttrium‑93 (Y 93)		100
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Zinc‑65 (Zn 65)		10
Zinc‑69m (Zn 69m)		100
Zinc‑69 (Zn 69)		1,000
Zirconium‑93 (Zr 93)		10
Zirconium‑95 (Zr 95)		10
Zirconium‑97 (Zr 97)		10
Any radioactive material not listed above other than alpha emitting radioactive material		0.1

History Note:        Authority G.S. 104E‑7; 104E‑10(b); 104E‑20;

Eff. February 1, 1980;

Amended Eff. May 1, 1993.

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