Re: Shipping to Scotland

[BLHamrick@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/21/2000 10:33:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
RoyAParker@compuserve.com writes:

<< You are  the victim  of terminology.   Exempt  quantity  of  radioactive
 material is  a licensing  term and not a transportation term.  There are
 exempt quantities  of all other transportation hazard classes except for
 explosives and radioactive materials.
 
 You are  meaning excepted package, limited quantity of material.  In the
 transportation world there is a big difference. >>

Not to throw a wrench in the matter, but if the material were less than 2 nCi 
per gram, it would be "exempt" per DOT, right?

Barbara L. Hamrick
BLHamrick@aol.com
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