RE: Transfer of Radioactive Material to another institution

["Pickett, Bruce D" <Bruce.Pickett@PSS.Boeing.com>]

Bob,
Whereas it is certainly more convenient for a researcher to transport his own hazardous materials (hazmat), and it happens all too often, there is a risk. Most insurance companies have restrictions on their policies that deny coverage for personally owned vehicles (POV) if hazmat is carried in the POV. In the event of any accident, the person doing so would become personally liable for any damages. More than likely, his employer would not accept the liability either, and may even terminate him if he is violating policy. Does the professor want to accept that liability for the sake of circumventing proper transportation protocols?

My company's policies and procedures just flat out prohibit the use of POVs to carry any hazmat. Employees can be, and have been, terminated for doing such.

Bruce Pickett
Health Physicist
Radiation Health Protection
The Boeing Company
PO Box 3707 M/S 6Y-38
Seattle, WA  98124
(425)393-3098, FAX (425)393-3060
bruce.d.pickett@boeing.com
    "We are all ignorant, 
      Its just that each of us doesn't know different things"


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> From: 	Bob[SMTP:caspar@aecom.yu.edu]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Tuesday, April 04, 2000 8:18 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	Transfer of Radioactive Material to another institution
> 
> Hello! can anybody tell me if there is a minimum amount of material that
> can be transported via personal auto. That is does the regulations provide
> for an exempt amount for transport. I have a professor asking about
> tranferring less than 10 uCi of P-32 to another institution in his car.
> 
> You can respond directly to caspar@aecom.yu.edu.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Bob
> 
> Robert Casparius, RSO
> AECOM
> 718-430-2243
> Department of Environmental Health & Safety
> 
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