[ RadSafe ] Reuse of Spec Packaging

[Mercado, Don]

Happy Monday all,

 

I've been told that the DOT regulations permit you to re-use another
company's spec packaging as long as it is in good shape. I've looked all
over for that citation but can't find it. Does anyone know the chapter
and verse, or even if it exists?

 

Here is my situation: I receive sources in 7A Type A packaging from a
vendor. I leak test, open the package, do my thing with paperwork, add
an internal tracking number, yadda yadda. Now I have to forward it on to
the end user in another city. Can I legally put the source back into the
original container, seal it with a tape that is different than the
vendor's, and ship it without having package testing documentation from
the packaging supplier? The internal container has been compromised
because the source comes sealed in a pop-top can. The pop-top is gone.

 

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

Donald P. Mercado

Radiation Safety Officer

Explosives Safety Officer

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

O/9K-2S, B/157

1111 Lockheed Martin Way

Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Ph. (408) 742-0759

Fx. (408) 756-0504

Don.Mercado at lmco.com

 

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 
-- WOW!!! -- What a Ride!!!"