exempt/generally licensed quantities

[Sharron A Daly <sdaly@csd.uwm.edu>]

In response to the request for assistance for the transfer of material to 
a company in the greater Boston area, a suggestion was made to look into 
distributing it as an exempt quantity.  In Sept 1990 I was informed by 
NRC inspectors that I needed to be specifically licensed to distribute 
exempt/generally licensed quantities (I had requests from researchers to 
use material at locations that were not specifically listed on our broad 
scope license and thought that the generally licensed quantity route was 
the way to go).  We still use this method to accommodate some "rural" 
research activities, but all the rad material must be ordered from the 
vendor in generally licensed quantity increments.  From my interactions 
with the NRC I would not ship any material to anyone "unlicensed" using 
the generally licensed quantity route.  

Sharron Daly
sdaly@csd.uwm.edu
Radiation Safety Officer
UW-Milwaukee

My opinions only, standard disclaimers ...