APPENDIX G — Radioactive Materials
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EXCERPT FROM SECTION 38-2 OF INDUSTRIAL CODE RULE NO. 38 RELATING TO RADIATION PROTECTION*
(Section 42-462 of the Zoning Resolution limits quantities of unsealed radioactive materials which may be manufactured, utilized or stored in Manufacturing Districts)
MAXIMUM PERMITTED QUANTITIES OF
UNSEALED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Material |
Unsealed (microcuries) |
Antimony 124 (Sb 124) |
1.0 |
Arsenic 76 (As 76) |
10.0 |
Arsenic 77 (As 77) |
10.0 |
Barium 140-Lanthanum 140 (Ba-La 140) |
1.0 |
Beryllium (Be) |
50.0 |
Cadmium 109-Silver 109 (Cd-Ag 109) |
10.0 |
Calcium 45 (Ca 45) |
10.0 |
Carbon 14 (C 14) |
50.0 |
Cerium 144-Praseodymium 144 (Ce-Pr 144) |
1.0 |
Cesium 137-Barium 137 (Cs-Ba 137) |
1.0 |
Chlorine 36 (Cl 36) |
1.0 |
Chromium 51 (Ch 51) |
50.0 |
Cobalt 60 (Co 60) |
1.0 |
Copper 64 (Cu 64) |
50.0 |
Europium 154 (Eu 154) |
1.0 |
Fluorine 18 (F 18) |
50.0 |
Gallium 72 (Ga 72) |
10.0 |
Germanium 71 (Ge 71) |
50.0 |
Gold 198 (Au 198) |
10.0 |
Gold 199 (Au 199) |
10.0 |
Hydrogen 3 (Tritium) (H 3) |
250.0 |
Indium 114 (In 114) |
1.0 |
Iodine 131 (I 131) |
10.0 |
Iridium 192 (Ir 192) |
10.0 |
Iron 55 (Fe 55) |
50.0 |
Iron 59 (Fe 59) |
1.0 |
Lanthanum (La 140) |
10.0 |
Manganese 52 (Mn 52) |
1.0 |
Manganese 56 (Mn 56) |
50.0 |
Molybdenum 99 (Mo 99) |
10.0 |
Nickel 59 (Ni 59) |
1.0 |
Nickel 63 (Ni 63) |
1.0 |
Niobium 95 (Nb 95) |
10.0 |
Palladium 109 (Pd 109) |
10.0 |
Palladium 103-Rhodium 103 (Pd-Rh 103) |
50.0 |
Phosphorus 32 (P 32) |
10.0 |
Polonium 210 (Po 210) |
0.1 |
Potassium 42 (K 42) |
10.0 |
Praseodymium 143 (Pr 143) |
10.0 |
Promethium 147 (Pm 147) |
10.0 |
Radium 226 (Ra 226) |
1.0 |
Rhenium 186 (Re 186) |
10.0 |
Rhodium 105 (Rh 105) |
10.0 |
Rubidium 86 (Rb 86) |
10.0 |
Ruthenium 106-Rhodium 106 (Ru-Rh 106) |
1.0 |
Samarium 153 (Sm 153) |
10.0 |
Scandium 46 (Sc 46) |
1.0 |
Silver 105 (Ag 105) |
1.0 |
Silver 111 (Ag 111) |
10.0 |
Sodium 22 (Na 22) |
10.0 |
Sodium 24 (Na 24) |
10.0 |
Strontium 89 (Sr 89) |
1.0 |
Strontium 90-Yttrium 90 (Sr-Y 90) |
0.1 |
Sulfur 35 (S 35) |
50.0 |
Tantalum 182 (Ta 182) |
10 |
Technetium 96 (Tc 96) |
1 |
Technetium 99 (Tc 99) |
1 |
Tellurium 127 (Te 127) |
10 |
Tellurium 129 (Te 129) |
1.0 |
Thallium 204 (Tl 204) |
50.0 |
Tin 113 (Sn 113) |
10.0 |
Tungsten 181 (W 181) |
10.0 |
Tungsten 185 (W 185) |
10.0 |
Vanadium 48 (V 48) |
1.0 |
Yttrium 90 (Y 90) |
1.0 |
Yttrium 91 (Y 91) |
1.0 |
Zinc 65 (Zn 65) |
10.0 |
Natural Uranium |
1,000 |
Natural Thorium |
1,000 |
* Adopted by the Board of Standards and Appeals of the New York State Department of Labor on October 10, 1955, effective December 15, 1955.