RE: Exempt Quantities

["Vernig, Peter G." <Peter.Vernig@med.va.gov>]

Mark,

I struggled with that issue when I worked for an instrument manufacturer,
Kevex.  Their service personnel needed Fe-55 & Co-57 to test the
instrumentation with.

I think we resolved the shipping issue as exempt quantity shipping.  Just
requiring a certificate that the shipment meets the exempt quantity
requirements.  Licensing issues were harder.  The catch was that Co-57 as an
accelerator isotope was not subject to NRC jurisdiction.  Although that
sounds good, the lists that most states had of exempt quantities, at that
time, were from the list that the NRC had generated which didn't even
include Co-57 so it was not possible to show the source was exempt in most
agreement states. Fortunately the issue never came up.  

Hope that helps.
Peter G. Vernig
VA Medical Center Denver

peter.vernig@med.va.gov


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Settles [mailto:msettles@cswnet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:24 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Exempt Quantities




 What, if any requirements exist for a Vendor to travel around the country
by land and/or by air in order of him to possess exempt quantity check
sources in his carry on luggage, etc.   i.e.  Cs-137 less than 10 micro
curies.

Thanks in advance,

Mark Settles
msettles@cswnet.com

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