Re: Shipping radioactive material

["Alan R. Marchand" <radarm@accessnv.com>]

LSA-I is intended for radionuclides with unlimited A1 and A2 values.

This is just my mind at work which is a terrible thing to waste!
Alan R. Marchand
radarm@accessnv.com


At 04:35 PM 12/16/97 -0600, you wrote:
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>     Regulations for transportation of radioactiver material are given in 
>     the NRC regs of 10 CFR Part 71, which pretty well echoes the DOT regs. 
>      Accoring to 10 CFR 71.10(a)(1),  the relevant exemption is :
>     
>     Packages containing no more than Type A quantities of radioactive 
>     material and no fissile material. [The Type A amount of natural 
>     uranium is unlimited]
>     
>     So you can safely take that orange Fiestaware home in your car or on 
>     the bus.
>     
>     10 CFR Part 71 is on the Web at
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>     http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/CFR/PART071/index.html
>     
>     Ruth Weiner 
>     Sandia National Laboratories, Transportation Systems Division
>     
>     Usual disclaimers.
>     
>     
>
>
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>Subject: Shipping radioactive material
>Author:  lambert@auhs.edu at hubsmtp
>Date:    12/16/97 2:35 PM
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>If the DOT considers anything with a specific activity >2 nCi/g to be 
>radioactive and as a result needs special packaging, what permits the 
>general public to transport generally licensed or exempt materials? 
>(I know I'm mixing agencies, and that's worse than mixing metaphors.) 
>For example, can one legally transport Fiestaware from the antique 
>shop to one's house without the statement, "This package conforms to 
>the conditions and limitations of 49CFR..."?  What about smoke 
>detectors?
>     
>Can anyone provide the citation for an exemption from the regulations 
>for these sort of household items?
>     
>     
>Kent N. Lambert, M.S., CHP
>lambert@auhs.edu
>Allegheny University of the Health Sciences 
>Hahnemann Division
>Radiation Physics and Safety, MS 106 
>Broad and Vine Streets
>Philadelphia, PA  19102-1192
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>215-762-8768 (voice)
>215-762-7683 (fax)
>     
>Disclaimer:  All opinions are well reasoned and insightful.
>Needless to say, they are not (necessarily) the opinions of my employer.
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