fuel rods as sealed sources

[GEORGE CICOTTE <GEORGE_CICOTTE@health.ohio.gov>]

     The issue of whether fuel rods are considered sealed sources is not 
     relevant, as they are excluded as being dealt with under other 
     regulations.  Please note the definition of sealed source in 
     10CFR30.4.  A sealed source is defined for the purpose of the 
     regulations as "...any byproduct material that is encased..."  Fuel 
     rods are special nuclear material (also defined in 10CFR30.4), and the 
     reader is referred to 10CFR70.
     
     V/R
     GRCicotte
     Health Physicist III
     Ohio Department of Health
     Bureau of Radiation Protection