17H Packaging

["Roy A. Parker" <70472.711@CompuServe.COM>]

Let's put  this thread  in context.   We  are talking  about 17H and 1A2
drums as the basis for DOT 7A Type A packages
 
If you  have qualified a DOT 17H drum as a DOT 7A Type A package then it
remains a  DOT 7A  Type A package as long as you meet all the parameters
in your required documentation.
 
If you  have a  1A2 drum then it must be qualified in your documentation
as a  DOT 7A Type  A package.   This  may be as simple as documenting in
your Type A package documentation the structural equivalency between the
17H and 1A2 drums for your application.
 
The  UN  uniform  classification  and  packaging  standards,  use  after
October 1, 1996,  and acceptance  by a  waste contractor is not relevant
when we are talking solely about a DOT 7A Type A package.
 
Roy A. Parker, Ph.D.
Radiation Physics Consultant to
Federal Express Corporation
E-Mail: 70472.711@compuserve.com
Tel: 504-924-1473
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One of the consequences of the UN uniform classification and packaging
standards:
 
If you have old DOT 17H drums that have not been tested and MARKED per
those standards (POP - performance oriented packaging), you can use
those drums until October 1, 1996 - after that your waste contractor
cannot accept them.
The UN nomenclature looks like this ---> UN 1H2/X340/S/94/USA.
 
There's a lot of info on the subject, however, there was a good one-page
synopsis written in the New Pig Tech catalog not too long ago.  I
believe Lab Safety Supply has put information out in their catalog as
well.
 
I can fax the New Pig Tech article to those interested.
 
Regards,
 
-Erick Lindstrom
 
 Erick Lindstrom
 Radiation Safety Officer
 309 Montana Hall
 Montana State University
 Bozeman, MT  59717-0244
 Phone: (406) 994-2108
 Fax:   (406) 994-4792
 avrel@gemini.oscs.montana.edu