Re: Pilot and Haz-Mat Lisencing

[swjones@lanl.gov (Sherry W. Jones)]

Robert,

Before you decide to move NM you might want to take a look at the new DOT
Regs HM169A mandatory compliance in 1997, expensive Radioactive Protection
Programs, changes in A1A2 values, LSA etc. etc. etc.

Many different sites are requesting DOT to re-look at the new requirements,
but we do not know at this time what will happen.

If the Rad Protection Program requirements stay at 200TI total sites per
year, many of the trucking and airline carriers will stop carrying
Radioactive.  The effects of this ruling if it is not changed will be wide
spread and devastating.  I work on a program that deals with Colleges and
Universities.  A shipment that today cost $200 will jump to $2,000.  And
you can imagine what will happen to the Health community if Medical
Isotopes are no longer shipped.

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Sherry W. Jones
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P. O. Box 1663, MS E524
Los Alamos, NM 87545
(505) 665-2712
Fax: (505) 665-8997
E-Mail: swjones@lanl.gov
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>Howdy Radsafers,
>
>I have always loved airplanes, and I would like to get a pilots license -
>SOON!  Flying, of course, would be my hobby.  I have been thinking that
>it could also be a business on the side (weekends, days off, etc.) by
>transporting radioactive (or haz-mat) materials.  I would like to know if
>there is anyone out there in radsafe that does this sort of thing.  If
>there is, I would also like to know what routes (licensing and rules) I
>need to take in order to do this (or if it would be worth it).
>
>If you think your input is something that other radsafers would like to
>read, place it on radsafe.  If it is something more appropriate for me
>(alone) to read, send your responses directly to me.  As always, no
>"nasty-grams" please.
>--
>*************************************************************************Robert
>A. Jones
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>
>"What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense" - Marguis de
>Pierre Simon Laplace
>
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