Re: Isotope Licensing in Montana

[elw1@ix.netcom.com (Edwin Wright)]

You wrote: 
>
>One of our faculty members wishes to take a 30 mCi Cd-109 source to
>Montana to measure lead in bone by X-ray fluorescence. It is 
improbable that the factory has a license for the use of radioactive 
material. When similar work was done in Washington, it was in 
collaboration with a valid license holder, but this may not be possible 
here.

>Can anyone let me know if Montana is an agreement state and what steps 
can we take to expedite the licensing.

>John Harvey                            | McMaster University
>Senior Health Physicist                | NRB-110
>(905) 525-9140 ext 24226               | 1280 Main St. W.
>harveyj@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca         | Hamilton, Ont Canada L8S 4K1


The major problem is going to be your current location, Canada. Montana 
is not an agreement state and thus falls under the jurisdiction of the 
NRC. You will have to contact someone at the NRC for authorization. If 
you currently held an AGREEMENT state license it would be a simple 
matter of reciprocity. I do not know the requirements for FOREIGN 
licensees.

Montana is in NRC Region IV. The Regional Administrator there is:

    Joseph Callan
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400
    Arlington, TX 76011

    Phone: 817/860-8225

You may want to try and work something out with a local hospital that 
currently has an NRC license. It may be a little more trouble but may 
be cheaper in the long run. Especially if reciprocity is not an option.

Good Luck!

Professionally yours,

Edwin L. Wright, CHP             e-mail: elw1@ix.netcom.com
11287 SE 56th Avenue
Milwaukie, OR  97222-4481        Phone: 503/652-8570