RE: Fed Ex Shipment

[alstonchris@netscape.net]

Fedex's house rules for their "Ground" service are different, more restrictive, than those for their aircraft services.  I suggest that you ship it by 3-day air, or call someone like Yellow Freight, if it's really heavy.



Cheers

cja











"Mercado, Don" <don.mercado@lmco.com> wrote:

>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

>

>

>



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