[ RadSafe ] Re: Radioactive Material Stolen While Man In Donut Shop

[Jose Julio Rozental]

The main question is what you have appointed: "The violation here was that
the driver left the truck running unattended and lost control of the ammo
box when he went to the donut shop."

Comment:

There are users that every day transport radioactive materials in higher
activity, as the case of industrial radiography.  During my activities in
Brazil I have registered two cases. In one of them the thief abandoned the
equipment in one site and in the second he threw out the equipment in the
River. Hopefully there was not damage to equipments and in both cases were
applied penalties. This fact is used in training  as example of high
violation during transport, to emphasize the necessity  of  imperative
request during transport to follow procedures. In Brazil also for such
transport it is requested that a driver needs to have an assistant for
emergencies situation.



Jose Julio Rozental

joseroze at netvision.net.il

Israel



----- Original Message -----
From: <TConley at kdhe.state.ks.us>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:46 PM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Re: Radioactive Material Stolen While Man In Donut Shop


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> >Now someone pleeeeeeeease tell me what the hell a rad materials was doing
> in an ammo box >in the first place? Think the driver kind of violated some
> DOT Laws?
>
> Ammo boxes are an approved type A package and are frequently used to
> transport nuclear medicine doses from a radiopharmacy to a client hospital
> or clinic.  This is a perfectly legitimate method to transport radioactive
> material.  You might also be interested to know that certain brief cases
> are also commonly approved for transport too.
>
> The violation here was that the driver left the truck running unattended
> and lost control of the ammo box when he went to the donut shop.
>
> Thomas A. Conley, RRPT, CHP
> Section Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control
> Kansas Department of Health and Environment
> Phone: (785) 296-1565
> email: tconley at kdhe.state.ks.us
>
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