§ 15-16. Transportation of nuclear material within the corporate limits.

(a)

Transporting radioactive material through city; required information. It shall be unlawful to transport radioactive material in any quantity or form within or through the City of Port Wentworth unless, no later than seventy-eight (78) hours prior to the commencement of such shipment, notification of shipment has been submitted to the chief of police. Such notification shall include at least the following information:

(1)

Identification of all radioactive elements contained in said shipment by name, atomic numbers and weight;

(2)

Identification of the radioactive level of each element or shipment, in curies;

(3)

Identification of the transportation route, date and approximate time of such transport into or out of the City of Port Wentworth;

(4)

Name, address and telephone number of the person, association, partnership or corporation submitting the notice and his, her or its relationship to the shipment (e.g., consignee, shipper, transporter) and the name of the shipper, the name of the carrier, and the name of the person or firm to whom the shipment is being sent.

(b)

Prohibited materials. It shall be unlawful to transport within or through the city any of the following radioactive materials:

(1)

Plutonium isotopes in any quantity and form exceeding two (2) grams or twenty (20) curies, whichever is less;

(2)

Uranium enriched in the isotope U-235 exceeding twenty-five (25) atomic per cent of the total uranium content in quantities where the U-235 exceeds one (1) kilogram;

(3)

Any of the actinides (i.e., elements with atomic number 89 or greater) the activity of which exceeds twenty (20) curies;

(4)

Spent reactor fuel elements or mixed fission products associated with such spent fuel elements; or

(5)

Any quantity or radioactive material specified as a "Large Quantity" by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 10 CFR Part 71, entitled "Packaging of Radioactive Material for Transport."

(c)

"Radioactive material" defined. For the purpose of this section, the term "radioactive material" shall not include:

(1)

Radiation sources defined by the Department of Transportation in 49 CFR § 173.391, as being a "limited quantity;"

(2)

Radiation sources uses in radiography and other nondestructive testing procedures, when used by persons or firms duly licensed by the State of Georgia;

(3)

Radiation sources shipped by or for the United States government for military or national defense purposes;

(4)

Teletherapy sources or radioactive materials employed in therapeutic radiology, in biomedical research or in educational endeavors, or medical devices designed for individual application (e.g., cardiac pacemakers) containing plutonium-238, promethium-147 or other radioactive material.

(d)

Nondisclosure of defense information. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the disclosure of any defense information or restricted data as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended. This section shall not apply to radioactive material shipped by or for the United States government for national security, military purposes, or national defense purposes.

(Ord. No. 79-2, §§ 1—4, 9-13-79)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 79-2, adopted Sept. 13, 1979, enacted the provisions codified as § 15-16 above. Since said ordinance did not expressly amend this Code, the manner of codification has been at the editor's discretion.