Re: LSA-I

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

The deffinitions for LSA-I i thru iv are "or" statements. Adding tritium to
the mix will move the shipment to the more restrictive class of LSA-II or
-III. But you could still try excepted package or just a type a package,
which ever meets the 49 CFR requirements. The A2 limit for a type A package
is 3.6 E+2 TBq. If the tritium is greater than this a type B package will
be needed.

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

At 08:38 AM 12/17/97 -0600, you wrote:
>This raises an interesting topic.
>In 49CFR173.403 the definition of LSA-I includes
>  (iv) ...., and activated material in which the class 7 (radioactive)
>material is essentially uniformly distributed and the average specific
>activity does not exceed E-6 A2/g.
>
>This is a useful provision for neutron activated materials, etc.  So the
>comment below has a significant exception.
>
>But, ...
>Note that is does not specify solid materials.  Nevertheless my regulatory
>contact said that tritiated D2O does not qualify under this provision.  So
>restrict your use of this provision to solids or check first.
>
>
>>LSA-I is intended for radionuclides with unlimited A1 and A2 values.
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>>This is just my mind at work which is a terrible thing to waste!
>>Alan R. Marchand
>>radarm@accessnv.com
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