Title 10

PART 20 APPENDIX E


Appendix E to Part 20 - Nationally Tracked Source Thresholds

10:1.0.1.1.16.15.76.3.11 : Appendix E

Appendix E to Part 20 - Nationally Tracked Source Thresholds

The Terabecquerel (TBq) values are the regulatory standard. The curie (Ci) values specified are obtained by converting from the TBq value. The curie values are provided for practical usefulness only and are rounded after conversion.

Radioactive material Category 1
(TBq)		 Category 1
(Ci)		 Category 2
(TBq)		 Category 2
(Ci)
Actinium-227 20 540 0.2 5.4
Americium-241 60 1,600 0.6 16
Americium-241/Be 60 1,600 0.6 16
Californium-252 20 540 0.2 5.4
Cobalt-60 30 810 0.3 8.1
Curium-244 50 1,400 0.5 14
Cesium-137 100 2,700 1 27
Gadolinium-153 1,000 27,000 10 270
Iridium-192 80 2,200 0.8 22
Plutonium-238 60 1,600 0.6 16
Plutonium-239/Be 60 1,600 0.6 16
Polonium-210 60 1,600 0.6 16
Promethium-147 40,000 1,100,000 400 11,000
Radium-226 40 1,100 0.4 11
Selenium-75 200 5,400 2 54
Strontium-90 1,000 27,000 10 270
Thorium-228 20 540 0.2 5.4
Thorium-229 20 540 0.2 5.4
Thulium-170 20,000 540,000 200 5,400
Ytterbium-169 300 8,100 3 81