[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR36.1]

[Page 612]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 36--LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 36.1  Purpose and scope.


    (a) This part contains requirements for the issuance of a license 
authorizing the use of sealed sources containing radioactive materials 
in irradiators used to irradiate objects or materials using gamma 
radiation. This part also contains radiation safety requirements for 
operating irradiators. The requirements of this part are in addition to 
other requirements of this chapter. In particular, the provisions of 
parts 19, 20, 21, 30, 71, 170, and 171 of this chapter apply to 
applications and licenses subject to this part. Nothing in this part 
relieves the licensee from complying with other applicable Federal, 
State and local regulations governing the siting, zoning, land use, and 
building code requirements for industrial facilities.
    (b) The regulations in this part apply to panoramic irradiators that 
have either dry or wet storage of the radioactive sealed sources and to 
underwater irradiators in which both the source and the product being 
irradiated are under water. Irradiators whose dose rates exceed 5 grays 
(500 rads) per hour at 1 meter from the radioactive sealed sources in 
air or in water, as applicable for the irradiator type, are covered by 
this part.
    (c) The regulations in this part do not apply to self-contained dry-
source-storage irradiators (those in which both the source and the area 
subject to irradiation are contained within a device and are not 
accessible by personnel), medical radiology or teletherapy, radiography 
(the irradiation of materials for nondestructive testing purposes), 
gauging, or open-field (agricultural) irradiations.