Re: A shipping query

["Paul Stoner" <pjstoner@MINDSPRING.COM>]

Joel,



As was pointed out, 10CFR30.15 exempts you from NRC requirements, but 

not from the DOT requirements of 49CFR. In this case, unless you can show 

that your check sources are less than 0.002 uCi/gm, the material must be 

shipped as radioactive material. If this material is an excepted quantity 

(<0.001 times the Type A limit for each nuclide) it may be shipped as either 

"limited quantity" or as "instrument or article". There is no difference in the 

requirements for either classification. You may also be exempt from DOT 

marking, labeling and shippping paper requirements as long as you meet the 

requirements of 49CFR173.421 which are:

1. the material is in strong, tight, package,

2. the radiation level at any point on the exterior surface of the package does 

not exceed 0.5 mrem/hr,

3. there is no removable contamination on the exterior surface of the 

package,

4. the outside of the inner package, or the package itself marked be marked 

"RADIOACTIVE",

5. the package does not contain more than 15 grams of U-235, and

6. the shipment is prepared as specified in 49CFR173.422 (the limited 

quantity certification).

Also, if the material is a hazardous substance, you must meet all the other 

requirements for shipping the material.



I hope this helps.



Paul J. Stoner

Senior Technical Specialist

ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Service

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