Type A Certified Drums

["Roy A. Parker" <70472.711@compuserve.com>]

Greg,
 
It is  important to  note in  WHC-EP-0558 titled,  "Test and  Evaluation
Document for DOT Specification 7A Type A Packaging, prepared for the DOE
by Westinghouse  Hanford, documents  performance  testing  for  standard
types of  packaging to  qualify  as  Type  A  packaging"  the  statement
following your quoted sentence below in the Preface page iii:
 
     However, shippers  are cautioned that additional documentation
     will  be   needed  to  fulfill  all  the  requirements  for  a
     particular shipment;  most importantly that the contents to be
     shipped  have   been  evaluated  for  compatibility  with  the
     packaging and  that their characteristics have been bounded by
     the simulated contents used in qualification testing.
 
This is also elaborated on in Section 1.1 page 1-2:
 
     In addition  to the  documentation of  test, the  shipper must
     maintain on  file, other  appropriated data  applicable to the
     shipment, such as the following:
          - Evaluation  of the properties of the actual contents to
            be shipped for compatibility with the packaging
          - The Quality Control Program and its implementation.
 
     Therefore, it  is apparent  that this document does not "stand
     alone" for  all  the  documentation  needed  when  offering  a
     package for  transportation.   The shipper  is responsible for
     ensuring that the loaded package is acceptable.
 
For example throughout the report the following statement appears:
 
     The shipper  must ensure  that  the  radiation  level  at  the
     surface of  the package  would not  increase by  more than 20%
     if...
 
 
Roy A. Parker, Ph.D.
Radiation Physcis Consultant to
Federal Express Corporation
Tel: 504-924-1473
Fax: 504-924-4269
 
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Sb: Re: Type A Certified Drums
Fm: INTERNET:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
 
 
Denny,
 
WHC-EP-0558 titled, Test and Evaluation Document for DOT Specification 7A
Type A Packaging, prepared for the DOE by Westinghouse Hanford, documents
performance testing for standard types of packaging to qualify as Type A
packaging.  This document states,
 
"The specification packaging data contained in this document will serve to
meet the requirements of 49 CFR 173.415(a) for "... documentation of
tests..." when the packagings are used as prescribed herein."
 
Application/reference to this document has been used to develop the
'certification statement' that has been kept on file by the shipper to
demonstrate the packaging qualifies as DOT Type A.  The 'certification
statement' is verification that the packaging and its associated contents
meet the requirements stipulated in the appropriate packaging testing
specified within this document.
 
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Greg Larson
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Radioactive Solid Waste Operations Group
Waste Acceptance and Tracking Supervisor
Phone:  (423) 241-3273
E-mail:  larsongr@ornl.gov
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