(a) No person shall ship or transport any of the following radioactive materials by motor vehicle into, within, through or out of the City without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Director of Safety or his or her designated representative:
(1) Plutonium isotopes in any quantity and form exceeding two grams or twenty curies, whichever is less;
(2) Uranium enriched in the isotope U-235 exceeding twenty-five atomic percent of the total uranium content in quantities where the U-235 content exceeds one kilogram;
(3) Any element with an atomic number of eighty-nine or greater, the activity of which exceeds twenty curies;
(4) Spent reactor fuel elements or mixed fission products associated with such fuel elements, the activity of which exceeds twenty curies;
(5) Large quantity radioactive materials;
(6) Any quantity, arrangement and packaging combination of fissile material specified by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a "Fissile Class III" shipment in 10 C.F.R. Part 71, entitled "Packaging of Radioactive Materials for Transport," Section 71.4(d)(3); or
(7) Any shipment or transportation of radioactive material that is required by the appropriate regulating agency to be accompanied by an escort for safety reasons.
(b) This section shall not apply to radioactive materials shipped or transported by or for the United States government for military or security purposes or which are related to national defense.
(c) Whoever violates or fails to comply with this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 408.01.
(Ord. 1978-141. Passed 12-6-78.)