Shipping Limited Quantity of RAM

[Tad_Blanchard@ccmail.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Can someone provide some insight on the following "hypothetical" 
situation?

A family is moving cross country to a new home.  They have packed all of 
their belongings (INCLUDING THREE SMOKE DETECTORS containing a limited 
quantity of Americium-241).  

        QUESTIONS:

        (1)  Is there some obligation on the part of the shipper (head   
of household) to insure that the "package" containing the smoke 
detectors is "...marked, labelled, ..." in accordance with 49 CFR?

        (1a) Would he/she be required to perform radiation readings on 
the package surface and obtain surface wipe tests of the package?

        (2)  What happens if the transport company is not informed of 
the material in the shipment and there's an accident on the highway?

        (3)  Can this senario occur in the "research" community where a 
principal investigator installs... say... (a static eliminator 
containing PO-210) in an experiment and ships the device via common 
carrier?  

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