AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by "AN ACT to require the registration
of radiation installations as herein defined, to investigate and inspect all
radiation installations in this State, to provide injunctive relief and
penalties for violations of this Act, and to make an appropriation therefor"
(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111�, pars. 194 et seq.).
SOURCE: Filed April 20, 1974 by the Department of Public Health; transferred
to the Department of Nuclear Safety by P.A. 81-1516, effective December 3,
1980; codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 11278; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 17529, effective
September 25, 1986; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990.
Section 320.10 Registration
a) Installation Registration
1) Any operator of a facility where radiation machines are used
or where radioactive material is produced, transported,
stored, used, or disposed of for any purpose, which is not
subject to regulation by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC), shall register such radiation installation
with the Department of Nuclear Safety (Department). The
operator shall register the installation before the
installation is placed in operation on a form prescribed by
the Department which shall include:
A) the operator's name,
B) the location and confines of the radiation
installation,
C) the type, strength, and number of sources of radiation
expected to be produced, used, operated, stored, or
disposed.
2) When the number of sources exceeds 50, the Director will,
upon request of the operator, permit blanket registration of
the installation. This blanket registration shall be on a
form prescribed by the Department and shall include:
A) the operator's name,
B) the location and confines of the radiation
installation,
C) a description of each type and range of strengths of
each type of source of radiation,
D) the number of each type of source,
E) the radionuclide in each type of source,
F) the specific information requested on form IL 473-0013
regarding registration of x-ray machines.
b) Machine Registration
1) Every operator of a radiation installation where radiation
machines are located shall register such machines with the
Department.
2) Installation operators shall register radiation machines
annually on a form prescribed by the Department. The
registration form shall be filed before February 1 of each
year. An annual registration fee of $10.00 per radiation
machine for each machine possessed on January 1 of each year
shall be submitted with the registration form.
(Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990)
Section 320.20 Amendments
a) Installation registration, as specified in Section 320.10(a),
shall be required only at the time the radiation installation is
placed in operation unless there is a change in the number or
strength of sources or of the output of energy of radiation
produced in or by the installation so registered. If there is any
change(s), the operator shall register such change(s), other than
change due to natural radioactive decay, with the Department.
Amendments to installation registration shall be on a form
prescribed by the Department and shall be submitted in accordance
with the following schedule:
1) For any change(s) occurring between January 1 and June 30 of
a given calendar year, the amended installation registration
shall be filed with the Department between July 1 and July
31 of that calendar year.
2) For any change(s) occurring between July 1 and December 31
of a given calendar year, the amended installation
registration shall be filed with the Department between
January 1 and January 31 of the following calendar year.
b) Operators of installations which have been registered pursuant to
Section 320.10(b) may amend that registration by blanket amendment
on the form prescribed by the Department.
(Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990)
Section 320.30 Discontinued Use
If any operator discontinues using radiation machines or producing, transport-
ing, storing, using, or disposing of radioactive material, the operator shall
notify the Department within thirty (30) days after such discontinuance. The
notification shall include the date of discontinuance and the disposition of
such radiation machines or radioactive material.
(Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990)
Section 320.40 Exemptions
An operator shall be exempt from these installation and machine registration
requirements in accordance with Section 3 of "AN ACT to require the
registration of radiation installations as herein defined, to investigate and
inspect all radiation installations in this State, to provide injunctive
relief and penalties for violations of this Act, and to make an appropriation
therefor" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111 1/2, par. 196) (the Act) for the
following material, machines, and uses:
a) Natural radioactive materials of an equivalent specific
radioactivity not exceeding that of natural potassium, except when
such materials are produced, stored, used, handled or disposed in
such quantity or fashion that any person might receive within a
week a radiation dose exceeding one-tenth the maximum permissible
total weekly dose for any critical organ exposed, as determined by
the standards established by the National Committee on Radiation
Protection.
AGENCY NOTE: Copies of the standards established by the National
Committee on Radiation Protection are available for public
inspection at the Department. Copies of standards can also be
obtained directly from the National Committee of Radiation
Protection Publications, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1016,
Bethesda, MD 20814.
b) For radioactive materials not in sealed sources in quantities less
than or equal to those identified in the following table:
Upper Upper Upper
Radio- Limit Radio- Limit Radio- Limit
active Micro- active Micro- active Micro-
Material curie Material curie Material curie
Pb210 1 V48 100 Tl200 100
Po210 1 Fe59 100 Tl204 100
At211 1 Zn65 100 Pb203 100
Ra226 1 Ga72 100 Th234 100
Ac227 1 As76 100 H3 1000
U233 1 Rb86 100 Be7 1000
Pu239 1 Sr89 100 C14 1000
Am241 1 Y91 100 Na24 1000
Cm242 1 Nb95 100 S35 1000
Sc46 10 Tc96 100 K42 1000
Co60 10 Rh105 100 Cr51 1000
Sr90 10 Cd109 100 Fe55 1000
Ag105 10 Ag111 100 Mn56 1000
Ru106 10 Sn113 100 Ni59 1000
Te129 10 Te127 100 Cu64 1000
I131 10 Ba140 100 Ge71 1000
Cs137 10 La140 100 Mo99 1000
Ce144 10 Pr143 100 Pd103 1000
Eu154 10 Sm151 100 Pm147 1000
W181 10 Ho166 100 Ir190 1000
Re183 10 Ta170 100 Au196 1000
Ir192 10 Lu177 100 Tl201 1000
P32 100 Tm182 100 Tl202 1000
Cl36 100 Pt191 100 Natural U 1000
Upper Upper Upper
Radio- Limit Radio- Limit Radio- Limit
active Micro- active Micro- active Micro-
Material curie Material curie Material curie
Ca45 100 Pt193 100 Natural Th 1000
Sc47 100 Au198 100
Sc48 100 Au199 100
c) Radioactive materials in sealed sources in total quantities not
exceeding one millicurie for a given installation.
d) Timepieces, instruments, novelties, or devices containing self-
luminous elements, except during the manufacture of the self-
luminous elements and the production of said timepieces,
instruments, novelties and except when the timepieces,
instruments, novelties, or devices are stored, used, repaired,
handled, or disposed in such quantity or fashion that any person
might receive within a week a radiation dose exceeding one-tenth
the maximum permissible total weekly dose for any critical organ
exposed, as determined by the standards established by the
National Committee on Radiation Protection.
AGENCY NOTE: Copies of the standards established by the National
Committee on Radiation Protection are available for public
inspection at the Department. Copies of standards can also be
obtained directly from the National Committee of Radiation
Protection Publications, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1016,
Bethesda, MD 20814.
e) Electrical equipment that is manufactured for purposes other than
generation of radiation, where the generation of radiation is
incidental to operation (such as a television), and that operates
in such a manner that no person may receive within a week a
radiation dose exceeding one-tenth the maximum permissible total
weekly dose for any critical organ exposed. Determinations of
doses shall be made in accordance with the standards established
by the National Committee of Radiation Protection. The production
testing or production servicing of all such electrical equipment
shall not be exempt from registration.
AGENCY NOTE: Copies of the standards established by the National
Committee on Radiation Protection are available for public
inspection at the Department. Copies of standards can also be
obtained directly from the National Committee of Radiation
Protection Publications, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1016,
Bethesda, MD 20814.
f) Any radioactive material or radiation machine being transported on
vessels, aircraft, railroad cars, or motor vehicles in conformity
with regulations adopted by any agency having jurisdiction over
safety during transportation.
g) Radiation machines, radioactive materials, and radiation
installations which the Department of Nuclear Safety finds to be
without radiation hazard, as determined by the standards
established by the National Committee on Radiation Protection.
AGENCY NOTE: Copies of the standards established by the National
Committee on Radiation Protection are available for public
inspection at the Department. Copies of standards can also be
obtained directly from the National Committee of Radiation
Protection Publications, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1016,
Bethesda, MD 20814.
(Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13644, effective August 13, 1990)
Section 320.50 Noncompliance
It shall be unlawful for any operator to engage in business or activities
within a radiation installation without registering such installation with the
Department. The Department shall report any such operator to the Attorney
General for enforcement action.
(Source: Added at 10 Ill. Reg. 17529, effective September 25, 1986)
