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Re: transportation event
A previous posting implied that > 99% reliability is good enough. If that were the case, then 1-10 package failures per day would
be acceptable.
I beg to differ.
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
John Jacobus wrote:
> The package may be adequate. The shipper may not have
> been.
>
> You imply that shipping radioactive material this way
> is a problem. Considering the hundreds, if not
> thousands, of sources shipped each day, I think the
> that adequacy of this type of container has been
> demonstrated.
>
> --- William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com> wrote:
> > Has this event "... proven they are adequate?"
> >
> > The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
> > It's not about dose, it's about trust.
> > Curies forever.
> >
> > Bill Lipton
> > liptonw@dteenergy.com
> >
> > John Jacobus wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I guess that after 30 years, ammo boxes have
> > > proven they are adequate.
> > >
> > > --- William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > This arrangement is generally known as "scab
> . . .
>
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> John Jacobus, MS
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