Re: wrong DOT label

["Alan E. Watts" <wattsa@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>]

Did the package contain dry ice?  Possibly the dry ice shielded the 
contents enough to keep the shipper's dose rate below a YII value and by 
the time it got to you the dry ice melted or shifted when you performed 
your measurement?

Alan Watts
RSO
Ohio University
wattsa@ohio.edu

At 09:30 PM 5/16/00 -0500, you wrote:
>The comments about the type of instrument used, large ion chamber vs. small
>diameter compensated GM are certainly valid.  If someone were to be
>non-conservative and use a large volume detector, aren't they taking risk
>upon themselves?
>
>We use a small diameter, compensated GM detectors for all of our package
>measurements.  I realize, that a small-diameter pulse counter may read higher
>than an ion chamber in low energy fields and different geometries, but I
>ensure that I never get any calls about exceeding dose rate limits.
>
>There is no cost difference in shipping White-I vs. Yellow-II, so I'd think
>someone would use the most conservative meter?
>
>Glen Vickers
>glen.vickers@ucm.com
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