Re: SOURCE DESTROYED ACCIDENTALLy AT PARIS AIRPORT

[john grant <grantjoh@pacbell.net>]

Michael J Vala wrote:



> John and Radsafers -

>

> We always shipped 100 mCi therapeutic fills of I-131 in a poly vial

> overpacked into a 5/8" Pb shield.  The shield was then shrink wrapped

> and packed into a fiber box with a rigid styrofoam insert.  How you

> "obliterate" this type of package and shield by hitting it with a

> truck is beyond me.  Our package met DOT Type A requirements.  It may

> have lost containment if it was hit by a truck, but the components

> would still be readily identifiable.  Your suggestion of a 4" pipe

> with endcaps describes a Type B container and would be prohibitively

> expensive and not appropriate for the risk involoved.



Sounds like a 1 inch pipe and caps would do the job.  Cost, about $3.

Is it government regulations that make $3 worth of pipe fittings

prohibitively expensive?



John Grant



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