RE: Fed Ex Shipment

["Westin, Shari C." <SHARI.C.WESTIN@saic.com>]

Fed Ex ships Radioactive Material at some locations.  We ship a lot of

Radioactive Material at our facility but are continuously getting packages

kicked back or refused many times for no good reason and often in transit or

mid-shipment.  Our experience has been that the FedEx carriers aren't

familiar with the regulations themselves and will refuse packages based on

what they think.  It costs us a lot of time and money to go utilize them.

You can contact the FedEX Dangerous Goods Hotline at 1.800.GoFedEx

(1.800.463.3339) and press "81" to reach "trained" personnel.  



 



Shari Westin



Health Physics Technician



Radiation Safety Department



SAIC 



16701 West Bernardo Drive



San Diego, CA  92127



(858) 826-3311



 



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

From: owner-radsafe@list.Vanderbilt.Edu

[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.Vanderbilt.Edu] On Behalf Of Mercado, Don

Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:30 AM

To: radsafe

Subject: Fed Ex Shipment



 



Good Wednesday everyone, 



I'm trying to get a Cs-137 instrument calibration source reloaded so I'm

shipping it to the manufacturer for refurbishment. Yesterday I got word from

our shipping folks that Fed Ex Ground Shipment had picked up the package,

then returned it to us without delivering it. Fed Ex indicated that they

didn't have any problem with the packaging or accompanying paperwork, just

that they were no longer shipping any type of radioactive material. Fed Ex

no longer shipping *any* radioactive material? Even medical isotopes? That's

new to me.



Has anyone had a problem shipping RM via Fed Ex? What did I miss? 



Donald P. Mercado 

Radiation Safety Officer 

Explosives Safety Officer 

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company 

O/9K-92, B/157 

1111 Lockheed Martin Way 

Sunnyvale, CA 94089 

Ph. (408) 742-0759 

Fx. (408) 756-0504 

Don.Mercado@lmco.com