RE: MRC Sealed Sources

[Jeff Pettigrew <jpettigrew@halnet.com>]

Paul,

Normally, Special Form Certificates (IAEA Certificate of Competent
Authority, Special Form Radioactive Material Encapsulation) are obtained
from the Competent Authority in the country of manufacture.  In this case it
is the U.S. D.O.T. (Department of Transportation).  The contact information
for the DOT to obtain Special Form Certficates is:

U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
Office of Hazardous Materials Transportation
Richard Boyle-Chief, rm 8430      
Radioactive Materials Branch, DHM-23
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590

Radioactive Materials Branch telephone number: 202-366-4545


The Sealed Source and Device Registration is a different animal and as
others have said, it is administered by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.  Specifically:

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Sealed Source Safety Section
Steven L. Baggett, Section Chief
Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety
Washington, D.C. 20555


In many cases a licensee can not add a particular source model to their
license unless a registration number/safety evaluation exists for that model.

The SSD registry shows MRC 2700 Series has registration number: NR-0882-S-802-S

The MRC-2406 only shows up as a source within a Army Dual Energy Gamma Ray Gauge
The device registration is: NR-0154-D-101-S

Hope this helps.

Jeff Pettigrew
jpettigrew@halnet.com




At 04:06 PM 9/26/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>I'm looking for special form certificates for some sealed sources
>>manufactured in the early '70's by Monsanto. The model numbers of the
>>capsules are MRC-2406 and MRC-2705. Anybody have anything like that
>>or know where I might be able to find them?
>
>I am not sure about the Model numbers that you are specifying.
>
>I have recently gone through this with  a source with the Model number 2724
>and obtained the special form registration information from Michele Burgess
>(301) 415-5868 or Steven Baggett (301) 415-7273 of the NRC's Sealed Source
>Safety Section
>
>
>
> Paul Rossi, HP II
> Michigan State University
> Office of Radiation, Biological, and Chemical Safety
> National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
> PROSSI@MSU.EDU
>  On Campus: 5-9672 ext. 346
>  Voice: (517) 333-6346
>  FAX:   (517) 353-5967
>
>
>
>


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