DHS 157.92(1)(1)
Requirement for license. No person may transport radioactive material or deliver radioactive material to a carrier for transport except as authorized in a general or specific license issued by the department under s.
254.365, Stats., or unless exempt under sub.
(2).
DHS 157.92(2)(a)(a) Common and contract carriers, freight forwarders and warehouse workers who are subject to the requirements of
49 CFR 170 to
189 or the U.S. postal service regulations in the U.S. postal service domestic mail manual (DMM),
Section C-023.9.0, and the U.S. postal service are exempt from the requirements of this section to the extent that they transport or store radioactive material in the regular course of their carriage for others or storage incident thereto. Common and contract carriers who are not subject to the requirements of the U.S. department of transportation or U.S. postal service are subject to sub.
(1).
DHS 157.92(2)(b)
(b) A licensee is exempt from the requirements of this subchapter with respect to shipment or carriage of any of the following materials:
DHS 157.92(2)(b)1.
1. Naturally occurring radioactive material and ores that are either in their natural state or have only been processed for purposes other than the extraction of the radionuclides, and that are not intended to be processed for use of these radionuclides, provided the activity concentration of the material does not exceed 10 times the values specified in ch.
DHS 157 Appendix O,
Table VII or Table VIII.
DHS 157.92(2)(b)2.
2. Materials for which the activity concentration is not greater than the activity concentration values specified in ch.
DHS 157 Appendix O,
Table VII or Table VIII, or for which the consignment activity is not greater than the limit for an exempt consignment found in ch.
DHS 157 Appendix O,
Table VII or Table VIII.
DHS 157.92(2)(b)3.
3. Non-radioactive solid objects with radioactive substances present on any surfaces in quantities not in excess of the levels in the definition of contamination.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)
(c) Fissile materials meeting one of the following requirements are exempt from classification as fissile material and from the fissile material package standards of
10 CFR 71.55 and
10 CFR 71.59, but are subject to all other requirements of
10 CFR 71, except as noted:
DHS 157.92(2)(c)2.
2. Individual or bulk packaging containing 15 grams or less of fissile material provided the package has at least 200 grams of solid nonfissile material for every gram of fissile material. Lead, beryllium, graphite, and hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium may be present in the package but may not be included in determining the required mass for solid nonfissile material.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)3.
3. Low concentrations of solid fissile material commingled with solid nonfissile material, provided that there is at least 2000 grams of solid nonfissile material for every gram of fissile material and there is no more than 180 grams of fissile material distributed within 360 kg of contiguous nonfissile material. Lead, beryllium, graphite and hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium may be present in the package, but may not be included in determining the required mass of solid nonfissile material.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)4.
4. Uranium enriched in uranium-235 to a maximum of one percent by weight, and with total plutonium and uranium-233 content of up to one percent of the mass of uranium-235, provided that the mass of any beryllium, graphite, and hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium present in the package is less than 5% of the uranium mass, and that the fissile material is distributed homogeneously and does not form a lattice arrangement within the package.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)5.
5. Liquid solutions of uranyl nitrate enriched in uranium-235 to a maximum of 2% by mass, provided that all the following conditions apply:
DHS 157.92(2)(c)5.a.
a. The total plutonium and uranium-233 content does not exceed 0.002 percent of the total mass of uranium.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)5.c.
c. The material is contained in at least a U.S. department of transportation Type A package.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)6.
6. Plutonium with a total mass of less than 1000 grams, provided that: plutonium-239, plutonium-241, or any combination of these radionuclides, constitutes less than 20% by mass of the total quantity of plutonium in the package.
DHS 157.92 Note
Note: The U.S. postal service domestic mail manual (DMM), Section C-023.9.0, is available at
http://pe.usps.gov/.
DHS 157.92(2)(d)
(d) Any physician licensed by the state of Wisconsin to dispense drugs in the practice of medicine is exempt from sub.
(1) with respect to transport by the physician of radioactive material for use in the practice of medicine provided the physician is an authorized user under subch.
II of this chapter.
DHS 157.92(3)(a)
(a) A licensee who transports licensed material outside the site of usage, as specified in the department license, or on public highways, or who delivers licensed material to a carrier for transport, shall comply with the applicable requirements of the U.S. department of transportation regulations in
49 CFR 107,
171 to
180, and
390 to
397, appropriate to the mode of transport and do all the following:
DHS 157.92(3)(a)1.
1. Comply with the requirements, appropriate to the mode of transport, of the regulations of the U.S. department of transportation in all the following areas:
DHS 157.92(3)(a)2.
2. Comply with U.S. department of transportation regulations pertaining to all the following modes of transportation:
DHS 157.92(3)(a)3.
3. Before delivery of a package to a carrier for transport, the licensee shall 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 under s.
DHS 157.29 (6) (e).
DHS 157.92(3)(b)
(b) If the regulations of the U.S. department of transportation are not applicable to a shipment of licensed material, a licensee shall comply with the requirements of
49 CFR 107,
171 to
180, and
390 to
397, appropriate to the mode of transport as if the shipment was subject to the regulations. A request for modification, waiver or exemption from these requirements and any notification referred to in these requirements shall be submitted in writing to the department.
DHS 157.92 Note
Note: A request for modification, waiver or exemption shall be submitted to the department at the following address: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659. Certified mail may be sent to: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, 1 West Wilson St, Room 150, Madison, WI 53702-0007. Requests may be sent by facsimile to 608-267-3695.
DHS 157.92 History
History: CR 01-108: cr.
Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. 8-1-02;
CR 06-021: r. and recr. (2) (b) to (d) and (3) (a) 3., am. (3) (a) (intro.) and 1. b., cr. (3) (a) 1. h.
Register October 2006 No. 610, eff. 11-1-06;
CR 09-062: am. (2) (c) 5. (intro.), (3) (a) (intro.) and (b)
Register April 2010 No. 652, eff. 5-1-10;
CR 16-78: am. (2) (b) 1., 2., cr. (2) (b) 3., am. (2) (c) 4.
Register January 2018 No. 745, ef. 2-1-18; correction in (2) (b) 1., 2. made under s.
35.17, Stats.,
Register January 2018 No. 745.
DHS 157.93(1)(1)
Common or contract carrier. A general license is issued to any common or contract carrier not exempt under s.
DHS 157.92 (2) to receive, possess, transport and store radioactive material in the regular course of their carriage for others or storage incident thereto, provided the transportation and storage is under the applicable requirements, appropriate to the mode of transport, of the U.S. department of transportation
49 CFR 170 to
189 relating to loading and storage of packages, placarding of the transporting vehicle and incident reporting. Notification of an incident shall be filed with the department as prescribed in
49 CFR 170 to
189, in addition to notification made to the U.S. department of transportation or other agencies.
DHS 157.93(2)
(2)
Private carrier. A general license is issued to any private carrier to transport radioactive material, provided the transportation is under the applicable requirements, appropriate to the mode of transport, of the U.S. department of transportation insofar as the requirements relate to the loading and storage of packages, placarding of the transporting vehicle and incident reporting. Notification of an incident shall be filed with the department as prescribed in
49 CFR 170 to
189 in addition to notification made to the U.S. department of transportation or other agencies.
DHS 157.93(3)
(3)
Exemption. A person who transports radioactive material under the general licenses in subs.
(1) or
(2) is exempt from the requirements of subchs.
III and
X only for the purposes of transporting radioactive material.
DHS 157.93(4)
(4)
Nuclear regulatory commission-approved packages. DHS 157.93(4)(a)(a) A general license is issued to any licensee to transport, or to deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material in a package for which a license, certificate of compliance, or other approval has been issued by the nuclear regulatory commission.
DHS 157.93(4)(am)
(am) The general license issued in par.
(a) applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the department as satisfying the provision of subpart H of
10 CFR 71.
DHS 157.93(4)(b)
(b) The licensee issued a general license in par.
(a) shall meet the following:
DHS 157.93(4)(b)1.
1. Maintain a copy of the specific license, NRC-issued certificate of compliance, or other approval of the package and the drawings and other documents referenced in the approval relating to the use and maintenance of the packaging and to the actions to be taken prior to shipment.
DHS 157.93(4)(b)2.
2. Comply with the terms and conditions of the license, certificate, or other approval, as applicable, and the applicable requirements of ch.
DHS 157 and subparts A, G, and H of
10 CFR 71.
DHS 157.93(4)(b)3.
3. Prior to the licensee's first use of the package, submits in writing to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the licensee's name and license number and the package identification number specified in the package approval. A licensee shall submit this information in accordance with
10 CFR 71.1 (a).
DHS 157.93(4)(c)
(c) The general license in par.
(a) applies only when the package approval authorizes use of the package under this general license.
DHS 157.93(4)(d)
(d) For a Type B or fissile material package, the design of which was approved by the nuclear regulatory commission before April 1, 1996, the general license issued in par.
(a) is subject to the additional restrictions of
10 CFR 71.19.
DHS 157.93(5)
(5)
US department of transportation specification container. DHS 157.93(5)(a)(a) A general license is issued to any licensee to transport, or to deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material in a specification container for fissile material or for a Type B quantity of radioactive material as specified in
49 CFR Parts 173 and
178.
DHS 157.93(5)(b)
(b) The general license issued in par.
(a) applies only to a licensee who meets all the following criteria:
DHS 157.93(5)(b)2.
2. Complies with the terms and conditions of the specification and the applicable requirements of this subchapter.
DHS 157.93(5)(c)
(c) The general license issued in par.
(a) is subject to the limitation that the specification container may not be used for a shipment to a location outside the United States except by multilateral approval as defined in
49 CFR 173.403.
DHS 157.93(6)(a)(a) A general license is issued to any licensee to transport, or to deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material in a package whose design has been approved in a foreign national competent authority certificate and which has been revalidated by the US department of transportation as meeting the applicable requirements of
49 CFR 171.23.
DHS 157.93(6)(am)
(am) The general license issued in par.
(a) applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the commission as satisfying the applicable provision of s. DHS 157. 94 (6).
DHS 157.93(6)(c)
(c) The licensee issued a general license in par.
(a) shall meet the following:
DHS 157.93(6)(c)1.
1. Maintain a copy of the applicable certificate, the revalidation, and the drawings and other documents referenced in the certificate relating to the use and maintenance of the packaging and to the actions to be taken prior to shipment.
DHS 157.93(7)(a)(a) A general license is hereby issued to any licensee to transport fissile material, or to deliver fissile material to a carrier for transport, if the material is shipped under this subsection. The fissile material need not be contained in a package which meets the standards of subparts E and F of
10 CFR 71; however, the material shall be contained in a Type A package. The Type A package shall also meet the U.S. department of transportation requirements of
49 CFR 173.417(a).
DHS 157.93(7)(b)
(b) The general license applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the NRC as satisfying the provision of subpart H of
10 CFR 71.
DHS 157.93(7)(c)
(c) The general license applies only when a package's contents meet all the following criteria:
DHS 157.93(7)(c)2.
2. Contain less than 500 total grams of beryllium, graphite, or hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium.
DHS 157.93(7)(d)
(d) The general license applies only to a package containing fissile material that is labeled with a CSI and meets all the following criteria:
DHS 157.93(7)(d)3.
3. For a shipment of multiple packages containing fissile material, the sum of the CSIs shall be less than or equal to 50 for shipment on a nonexclusive use conveyance and less than or equal to 100 for shipment on an exclusive use conveyance.
DHS 157.93(7)(e)
(e) The value for the CSI shall be greater than or equal to the number calculated by the following equation:
DHS 157.93(7)(e)2.
2. The values of X, Y, and Z used in the CSI equation shall be taken from Table DHS 157.93A or Table DHS 157.93B, as appropriate.
DHS 157.93(7)(e)3.
3. If Table DHS 157.93B is used to obtain the value of X, then the values for the terms in the equation for uranium-233 and plutonium shall be assumed to be zero.
DHS 157.93(7)(e)4.
4. Table DHS 157.93A values for X, Y, and Z shall be used to determine the CSI under any of the following conditions:
DHS 157.93(7)(e)4.c.
c. The uranium is of unknown uranium-235 enrichment or greater than 24 weight percent enrichment.
DHS 157.93(7)(e)4.d.
d. Substances having a moderating effectiveness (i.e., an average hydrogen density greater than H
2O) (e.g., certain hydrocarbon oils or plastics) are present in any form, except as polyethylene used for packing or wrapping.
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a When mixtures of moderating substances are present, the lower mass limits shall be used if more than 15% of the moderating substance has an average hydrogen density greater than H2O
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