Re: Packaging

["Charles Meyer" <cmeyer@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us>]

Date:          Wed, 29 May 96 15:22:16 -0500
Reply-to:      radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
From:          james j graham <jimg@unm.edu>
To:            Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Subject:       Packaging

In the past, the 17H drum has been used as a Type A container.  
Currently, the UN (1A2) designation is being used in place of the 17H.  
Has the UN series actually been tested and certified, or is everyone 
"assuming" the two are equivalent?   Thanks.

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James Graham/UNM RSO                v: 505-277-2753
University of New Mexico            f: 505-277-9006
Albuquerque, NM                 email: jimg@unm.edu


The nice thing about performance criteria packaging is that once its 
passed, as long as the performance criteria aren't changed, it stays 
passed.  A Type A package must meet the specified criteria and the 
general requirements for packagings 173.410 and possibly 412 if 
liquids are to be transported in them.  So once your old spec 17H 
metal barrel has been qualified it stays that way until the 
qualifiers change.

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