NAC459.830. Requirements for physical form and packaging for all classes.

     1. The minimum requirements for physical form and packaging for all classes of waste are as follows:

     (a) Radioactive wastes must be packaged in conformance with the conditions of the license issued to the operator of the disposal area to which the waste will be shipped, and if the conditions in the license for disposal are more restrictive than the provisions of NAC 459.8231 to 459.8305, inclusive, the conditions in the license must govern;

     (b) Wastes must not be packaged for disposal in cardboard or fiberboard boxes;

     (c) Liquid waste must be packaged in absorbent material sufficient to absorb twice the volume of the liquid;

     (d) Solid waste containing a liquid must contain as little free standing, noncorrosive liquid as is reasonably achievable, but in no case may the amount of the liquid exceed 1 percent of the volume;

     (e) Waste must not be readily capable of detonation or of explosive decomposition or reaction at normal pressures and temperatures or capable of explosive reaction with water;

     (f) Waste must not contain or be capable of generating quantities of toxic gases, vapors or fumes which are harmful to persons transporting, handling or disposing of the waste, except for radioactive gaseous waste which is packaged in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (h);

     (g) Waste must not be pyrophoric unless the pyrophoric materials contained in the waste are treated, prepared and packaged to be nonflammable;

     (h) Waste in a gaseous form must be packaged at a pressure that does not exceed 1.5 atmospheres at 20 degrees C and an amount of activity that does not exceed 100 curies per container;

     (i) Waste containing hazardous, biological, pathogenic or infectious material must be treated to reduce to the maximum extent practicable the potential hazard from the nonradiological materials; and

     (j) Waste containing radium 226 must be in the form of a sealed source and packaged in a specification 2 R inside containment vessel or its equivalent before it can be accepted for disposal at the state-owned disposal area.

     2. As used in this section, “pyrophoric” means capable of spontaneous ignition and includes any:

     (a) Liquid that ignites spontaneously in dry or moist air at or below 130 degrees F (54.5 degrees C).

     (b) Solid material, other than one classed as an explosive, which under normal conditions may cause a fire through friction or heat retained from manufacturing or processing, or which can be readily ignited and when ignited burns so vigorously and persistently as to create a serious hazard to persons or property while being transported, handled or disposed of. Pyrophoric solid materials include spontaneously combustible and water-reactive materials.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 4-27-84; A 6-23-86; R084-98, 1-26-99)