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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 289RADIATION CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER DGENERAL
RULE §289.202Standards for Protection Against Radiation from Radioactive Materials

    (H) Each licensee that possesses Category 1 or Category 2 nationally tracked sources listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall report its initial inventory of Category 1 or Category 2 nationally tracked sources to the National Source Tracking System by January 31, 2009. The information may be submitted to NRC by using any of the methods identified by subparagraph (F)(i) - (iv) of this paragraph. The initial inventory report shall include the following information:

      (i) the name, address, and license number of the reporting licensee;

      (ii) the name of the individual preparing the report;

      (iii) the manufacturer, model, and serial number of each nationally tracked source or, if not available, other information to uniquely identify the source;

      (iv) the radioactive material in the sealed source;

      (v) the initial or current source strength in becquerels (curies); and

      (vi) the date for which the source strength is reported.

  (2) Nationally tracked source thresholds. The Terabecquerel (TBq) values are the regulatory standards. The curie (Ci) values specified are obtained by converting from the TBq value. The curie values are provided for practical usefulness only and are rounded after conversion.

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  (3) Serialization of nationally tracked sources. Each licensee who manufactures a nationally tracked source after February 6, 2007, shall assign a unique serial number to each nationally tracked source. Serial numbers shall be composed only of alpha-numeric characters.


Source Note: The provisions of this §289.202 adopted to be effective May 20, 1996, 21 TexReg 4026; amended to be effective March 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 1045; amended to be effective July 12, 1998, 23 TexReg 6960; amended to be effective October 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 4834; amended to be effective April 1, 2002, 27 TexReg 2019; amended to be effective March 29, 2006, 31 TexReg 2456; amended to be effective December 27, 2007, 32 TexReg 9657; amended to be effective February 22, 2009, 34 TexReg 1065; amended to be effective October 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 5851; amended to be effective March 22, 2015, 40 TexReg 1386

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