Re: Source Material Exemption

[michael_coogen@ccgw1.hq.dla.mil]

     The intent of your reasoning is right on the money.....one draw 
     back...try disposing of this material into a conventional 
     landfill....one might just might buy more than it wants.....never 
     ending saga...mike coogen


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Subject: Source Material Exemption
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at ~GW1
Date:    2/8/96 10:50 AM


I think a review of 10 CFR 40.22 is in order.  40.22(a) grants a general 
license to possess 15 pounds of source material at any one time and up to 
150 pounds per year.  40.22(b) exempts persons from the requirements of 
Part 19, 20, and 21, PROVIDED that the exemption does not apply if the 
person has a license for source material.  So, if you have a license for 
depeleted uranium in shielding or a counterweight, you MUST dispose of the 
material in accordance with Part 20.  
     
This mean that you can transfer the material to a person (as defined by 
regulation) with a general license who does not have a source material 
license.  And that person can dispose of the material without regard to 
its radioactivity. 
     
Kent Lambert
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