# 10 C.F.R. § 32.55 (2026): Same: Quality assurance, prohibition of transfer > Federal · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T10_P32_S32_55 ## Section - **Citation:** 10 C.F.R. § 32.55 (2026) - **Heading:** Same: Quality assurance, prohibition of transfer - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Title 10 CFR: Energy / Chapter I: NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION / Part 32: SPECIFIC DOMESTIC LICENSES TO MANUFACTURE OR TRANSFER CERTAIN ITEMS CONTAINING BYPRODUCT MATERIAL / Subpart B: Generally Licensed Items / § 32.55: § 32.55 Same: Quality assurance, prohibition of transfer. ## Text (a) Each person licensed under § 32.53 shall visually inspect each device and shall reject any that has an observable physical defect that could adversely affect containment of the tritium or promethium-147. (b) Each person licensed under § 32.53 shall: (1) Maintain quality assurance systems in the manufacture of the luminous safety device in a manner sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that the safety-related components of the distributed devices are capable of performing their intended functions; and (2) Subject inspection lots to acceptance sampling procedures, by procedures specified in paragraph (c) of this section and in the license issued under § 32.53, to provide at least 95 percent confidence that the Lot Tolerance Percent Defective of 5.0 percent will not be exceeded. (c) The licensee shall subject each inspection lot to: (1) Tests that adequately take into account the individual, aggregate, and cumulative effects of environmental conditions expected in service that could adversely affect the effective containment of tritium or promethium-147, such as absolute pressure and water immersion. (2) Inspection for evidence of physical damage, containment failure, or for loss of tritium or promethium-147 after each stage of testing, using methods of inspection adequate for applying the following criteria for defective: (i) A leak resulting in a loss of 0.1 percent or more of the original amount of tritium or promethium-147 from the device; (ii) Levels of radiation in excess of 5 microgray (0.5 millirad) per hour at 10 centimeters from any surface when measured through 50 milligrams per square centimeter of absorber, if the device contains promethium-147; and (iii) Any other criteria specified in the license issued under § 32.53. ing in a loss of 0.1 percent or more of the original amount of tritium or promethium-147 from the device; (ii) Levels of radiation in excess of 5 microgray (0.5 millirad) per hour at 10 centimeters from any surface when measured through 50 milligrams per square centimeter of absorber, if the device contains promethium-147; and (iii) Any other criteria specified in the license issued under § 32.53. (d) No person licensed under § 32.53 shall transfer to persons generally licensed under § 31.7 of this chapter, or under an equivalent general license of an Agreement State: (1) Any luminous safety device tested and found defective under any condition of a license issued under § 32.53, or paragraph (b) of this section, unless the defective luminous safety device has been repaired or reworked, retested, and determined by an independent inspector to meet the applicable acceptance criteria; or (2) Any luminous safety device contained within any lot that has been sampled and rejected as a result of the procedures in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, unless: (i) A procedure for defining sub-lot size, independence, and additional testing procedures is contained in the license issued under § 32.53; and (ii) Each individual sub-lot is sampled, tested, and accepted in accordance with paragraphs (b)(2) and (d)(2)(i) of this section and any other criteria that may be required as a condition of the license issued under § 32.53. 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