RE: Shipping of radioactive mineral

["Hidalgo, Dr Oscar" <OscarH@marybird.com>]

I don't want to be rude, so I am going to play ignorant by asking you what

is the real purpose of your e-mails?  You have been asking questions about

exporting uranium, are you playing games with the members of the list?  I

sincerely hope your answer, or anyone's answer, is simple and humble because

my questions are honest.  The problem is that I don't see any institution's

name associated with your name at the end.  





Oscar Hidalgo-Salvatierra, Ph.D., DABR

Radiation Safety Officer

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Baton Rouge, LA 70809



Oscarh@marybird.com <mailto:Oscarh@marybird.com> 

Hidalgo1@home.com <mailto:Hidalgo1@home.com> 







	-----Original Message-----

	From:	ROBBARISH@AOL.COM [SMTP:ROBBARISH@AOL.COM]

	Sent:	Friday, November 09, 2001 10:54 AM

	To:	radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

	Subject:	Shipping of radioactive mineral



	Greetings All,



	I am going to prepare the paperwork needed to ship the radioactive

mineral 

	specimen described in the article on page S67 of this month's

Operational 

	Radiation Safety supplement to Health Physics.



	The museum-quality specimen of the mineral Novacekite contains about

1.48 MBq 

	(40 uCi) of natural Uranium in equilibrium with members of its decay

series. 



	Would someone be kind enough to advise me of the current language

required on 

	a radioactive material shipping form for an object like this?

Although it 

	sold for $82,000 at Sotheby's, it is simply a naturally mined rock

that has 

	had no processing or other enhancements. I think that it is "source

material" 

	but I defer to the greater expertise of some of you on the list to

help me 

	get it right.



	You may reply to me off-list if you think (as I do) that the

information I'm 

	requesting will not be particularly useful to most of our

colleagues.



	Thanks for your help.



	Rob Barish

	robbarish@aol.com

	

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