1. Regulations
  2. title 10
  3. chapter I
  4. part 34
  5. subpart C
  6. § 34.21

View all text of Subpart C [§ 34.20 - § 34.35]

§ 34.21 - Limits on external radiation levels from storage containers and source changers.

The maximum exposure rate limits for storage containers and source changers are 2 millisieverts (200 millirem) per hour at any exterior surface, and 0.1 millisieverts (10 millirem) per hour at 1 meter from any exterior surface with the sealed source in the shielded position.

AUTHORITY: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 81, 161, 181, 182, 183, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2111, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

SOURCE: 62 FR 28963, May 28, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 10 CFR 34.21