[ RadSafe ] Examples of Articles Shipped as UN2908 (read 2909)

[Doug Aitken]

At 10:03 AM 4/12/2007, Greg Johnson, MBA wrote:
>Can anyone provide examples of articles containing natural uranium or
>thorium that could be shipped/transported in an excepted package with a DOT
>identification number of UN2908?

Plastic sheets impregnated with thorium-rich sand are commonly used as 
(wrap-around) calibration devices for geophysical (Natural GR) logging.

These are shipped under UN2909.

Regards
Doug


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