Re: ram in transit

[chatho@lanl.gov (Charles Thomas)]

  In a previous life (pre '78) I was involved with shipping radionuclides.
Trucks transporting the boxes to the airport had to be labeled on the sides
and back.  I am still seeing trucks with such labels, mainly soil testing
operations.  There was a limit on the number of transport indexes that could
be loaded on a truck without meeting special requirements. If I remember
correctly the TI for a package was the radiation level at 1 meter from the
package.  The maximum alowed values were 200 mr/hr on contact and 10 mr/hr
at 1 meter.  Is this now ancient history?



>Labeling exemptions are listed in 10 CFR 20.1905(c).  High Radiation Area
Access 
>Control is addressed in 10 CFR 20.1601(e).
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>It USED to be that posting of these areas was not required (10 CFR 20.204(d)), 
>but now posting IS required.)
>
>Jim Barnes, CHP
>RSO
>Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell Aerospace
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>You wrote:
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>>It's my understanding that radioactive material which is "in transit", and is
>>marked and labeled in accordance with DOT requirements does not require
>>10CFR20 postings.  However, I can't find a regulatory basis for this.  Does
>>anyone know where this is covered in regulations or regulatory guidance?
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Charles (Tommy) Thomas
Los Alamos National Laboratory
TSA-11 MS K557
Los Alamos, NM  87545
505-665-1185
chatho@lanl.gov or chatho@roadrunner.com
The above are my thoughts
and, likely, not those of LANL