[ RadSafe ] Reuse of Spec Packaging

[Louie Cueva]

As long as the packaging still meets the specifications listed in the 7A
certification you can re-use it as much as you want. As a shipper you would
need a copy of the 7A cert on file for at least a year after the shipment
(173.415a). So either way you'd need to get ahold of it. If the specs don't
specify a pop-top inner container you can probably just re-use the original.


-Louie Cueva
Thomas Gray & Associates, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
Of Mercado, Don
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:32 PM
To: radsafe
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Reuse of Spec Packaging

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!!!"

 

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