Wisconsin § 254.365 - Licensing of radioactive material.

§ 254.365. Licensing of radioactive material.

254.365(1) (1) License required. No person may possess, use, manufacture, transport, store, transfer or dispose of radioactive material or a device or item of equipment that uses radioactive material or may operate a site that uses radioactive material that is not under the authority of the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission unless one of the following applies: 254.365(1)(a) (a) The person has a specific license issued by the department. 254.365(1)(b) (b) The person meets general license requirements. 254.365(1)(c) (c) The person possesses a license issued by another state or by the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission that is reciprocally recognized by the department. 254.365(1)(d) (d) The person is exempted from licensure under sub. (7) . 254.365(2) (2) Application. Application for a license under sub. (1) (a) or for reciprocal recognition under sub. (1) (c) shall be made on forms provided by the department. 254.365(3) (3) Modification or termination of license. Within 30 days after any change to the information on a license issued under this section, the licensee shall inform the department of the change and the department shall record the changed information. Within 30 days after termination of an activity licensed under this section, the person in control of the activity shall notify the department. The department may require that the person in control submit to the department for approval a plan for decommissioning the activity. 254.365(4) (4) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules for all of the following: 254.365(4)(a) (a) The issuance, modification, suspension, termination and revocation of specific licenses under sub. (1) (a) under the standards specified in s. 254.34 (1) (a) . 254.365(4)(b) (b) The requirements for a general license under sub. (1) (b) . 254.365(5) (5) Fees and charges. 254.365(5)(a) (a) The department may assess fees, the amounts of which are prescribed by the department by rule, for any of the following: 254.365(5)(a)1. 1. Issuance of an initial or renewal specific license under sub. (1) (a) . 254.365(5)(a)2. 2. Annual license maintenance. 254.365(5)(a)3. 3. Issuance of a license amendment. 254.365(5)(a)4. 4. Termination of a license. 254.365(5)(a)5. 5. Issuance of reciprocal recognition of a license for radioactive materials of another state or the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission. 254.365(5)(b) (b) The department may assess a late payment charge of 25 percent of the specific license renewal fee, in addition to the fee under par. (a) for renewal of a specific license, if payment for renewal of a specific license is not made within 30 days after the license expiration date. 254.365(6) (6) Denial, suspension or revocation of licensure. The department may, after a hearing under ch. 227 , refuse to issue a license or suspend or revoke a license for failure by the licensee to comply with this subchapter, rules promulgated by the department under this subchapter or any condition of the license. 254.365(7) (7) Exemption. The department may exempt from licensing requirements of this section radioactive material that the department finds is without undue radiation hazard. 254.365 History History: 1999 a. 9 .