RE: transportation event

[Doug Aitken <daitken@sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com>]

Seems, therefore that it would be difficult to consider the pigs as an 

integral part of the package and that the ammo cans would be considered as 

overpacks rather than 7A packages.....

Whatever the "definitions", the transportation was obviously not done in a 

very responsible way!

Doug



At 05:17 AM 11/13/2003 -0800, John Jacobus wrote:

>The ammo can or box is not shielded, but the loaded

>syringes and vials are in lead pigs.  The box has foam

>inserts into which the lead pigs are placed so they do

>not shift around.  The ammo cans are usually shipped

>as a Radioactive White I or Radioactive Yellow II

>label.

>

>One issue we see is the package was obviously not

>secured in the truck.



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