(a) A permit issued by the City Manager or her/his designated representative shall be required for the shipping or transportation of type B quantity and large quantity radioactive materials by motor vehicle into, within, through or out of the City. This includes but is not limited to the following:
(1) Plutonium isotopes in any quantity and form exceeding .001 curies;
(2) Uranium isotopes in any quantity and form exceeding 3 curies;
(3) Spent reactor fuel elements or mixed fission products associated with such fuel elements classified as type B quantity or large quantity radioactive materials.
(4) Any quantity, arrangement and packaging combination of fissile material specified by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a "Fissile Class III" shipment in 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 71 Section 71.4(d)(3); or
(5) Any shipment or transportation of radioactive materials that is required by the appropriate regulating agency to be accompanied by an escort for safety reasons.
(b) Radioactive materials shipped by the U.S. Postal Service do not include type B and large quantity radioactive materials and therefore do not fall under the jurisdiction of this regulation.
(c) This section shall not apply to radioactive materials shipped or transported by or for the U.S. Government for military, security or national defense purposes.
(Ord. 1461AC. Passed 10-1-79.)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.