RE: Wipe test requirements under 49 CFR 173.424, etc.

[Craig Reed <CReed@novoste.com>]

Clayton,

For the return of an "undamaged" article, the Distributor (or general
licensee) could petition for an exemption allowing a visual inspection
for damage in lieu of the test methodology required by 173.443(a).  The
exemption might not grant relief for allowable transferrable
contamination, but it could resolve the non-compliance for the missing
survey. 

Craig Reed
creed@novoste.com     

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Subject: Wipe test requirements under 49 CFR 173.424, etc.


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I have a nagging question for someone with more experience with DOT regs
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than I:

General Licensees routinely ship GL devices, such as ECDs and Tritium =
exit signs, back to the distributor for replacement or disposal. The =
packages are supposedly prepared for shipment under 49 CFR 173.424, =
Excepted packages for radioactive instruments and articles. How are =
these general licensees, who are not required or expected to have survey
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meters or liquid scintillation counters available, supposed to survey =
the package to ensure that non-fixed surface contamination is below the
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Table 11 limits?  Is there a (legal) way around this requirement?


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Clayton Bradt, CHP <raldrich@nysnet.net>        phone: 518/457-1202
Assoc. Radiophysicist                                             fax:
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NYS Dept. of Labor
Radiological Health Unit
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State Office Campus
Albany, NY 12240
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