Schedule C - Quantities of radioactive materials requiring consideration of the need for an emergency plan for responding to a release.

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§ 30.72 Schedule C - Quantities of radioactive materials requiring consideration of the need for an emergency plan for responding to a release.

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Radioactive material1 Release fraction Quantity (curies)
Actinium-228 0.001 4,000
Americium-241 .001 2
Americium-242 .001 2
Americium-243 .001 2
Antimony-124 .01 4,000
Antimony-126 .01 6,000
Barium-133 .01 10,000
Barium-140 .01 30,000
Bismuth-207 .01 5,000
Bismuth-210 .01 600
Cadmium-109 .01 1,000
Cadmium-113 .01 80
Calcium-45 .01 20,000
Californium-252 .001 9 (20 mg)
Carbon-14 (non-carbon dioxide) .01 50,000
Cerium-141 .01 10,000
Cerium-144 .01 300
Cesium-134 .01 2,000
Cesium-137 .01 3,000
Chlorine-36 .5 100
Chromium-51 .01 300,000
Cobalt-60 .001 5,000
Copper-64 .01 200,000
Curium-242 .001 60
Curium-243 .001 3
Curium-244 .001 4
Curium-245 .001 2
Europium-152 .01 500
Europium-154 .01 400
Europium-155 .01 3,000
Germanium-68 .01 2,000
Gadolinium-153 .01 5,000
Gold-198 .01 30,000
Hafnium-172 .01 400
Hafnium-181 .01 7,000
Holmium-166m .01 100
Hydrogen-3 .5 20,000
Iodine-125 .5 10
Iodine-131 .5 10
Indium-114m .01 1,000
Iridium-192 .001 40,000
Iron-55 .01 40,000
Iron-59 .01 7,000
Krypton-85 1.0 6,000,000
Lead-210 .01 8
Manganese-56 .01 60,000
Mercury-203 .01 10,000
Molybdenum-99 .01 30,000
Neptunium-237 .001 2
Nickel-63 .01 20,000
Niobium-94 .01 300
Phosphorus-32 .5 100
Phosphorus-33 .5 1,000
Polonium-210 .01 10
Potassium-42 .01 9,000
Promethium-145 .01 4,000
Promethium-147 .01 4,000
Radium-226 0.001 100
Ruthenium-106 .01 200
Samarium-151 .01 4,000
Scandium-46 .01 3,000
Selenium-75 .01 10,000
Silver-110m .01 1,000
Sodium-22 .01 9,000
Sodium-24 .01 10,000
Strontium-89 .01 3,000
Strontium-90 .01 90
Sulfur-35 .5 900
Technitium-99 .01 10,000
Technitium-99m .01 400,000
Tellurium-127m .01 5,000
Tellurium-129m .01 5,000
Terbium-160 .01 4,000
Thulium-170 .01 4,000
Tin-113 .01 10,000
Tin-123 .01 3,000
Tin-126 .01 1,000
Titanium-44 .01 100
Vanadium-48 .01 7,000
Xenon-133 1.0 900,000
Yttrium-91 .01 2,000
Zinc-65 .01 5,000
Zirconium-93 .01 400
Zirconium-95 .01 5,000
Any other beta-gamma emitter .01 10,000
Mixed fission products .01 1,000
Mixed corrosion products .01 10,000
Contaminated equipment beta-gamma .001 10,000
Irradiated material, any form other than solid noncombustible .01 1,000
Irradiated material, solid noncombustible .001 10,000
Mixed radioactive waste, beta-gamma .01 1,000
Packaged mixed waste, beta-gamma4 .001 10,000
Any other alpha emitter .001 2
Contaminated equipment, alpha .0001 20
Packaged waste, alpha4 .0001 20
Combinations of radioactive materials listed above1

[54 FR 14061, Apr. 7, 1989, as amended at 61 FR 9902, Mar. 12, 1996; 72 FR 55926, Oct. 1, 2007]


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