Re: Byproduct vs. Accelerator Produced Materials

[rwu@clinserv.com (Richard Wu)]

The activity is so low that might belongs to the exempt quantity.


-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Myers <pmyers@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: Byproduct vs. Accelerator Produced Materials


>Tad (et al):
>
>It depends on the Federal Department, Agency to which your facility
>is subordinate ... for instance, Army organizations submit applications
>to possess/use other-than-byproduct material, which are similar (in
>principle) to NRC/State Applications, to a designated office of the
>Department of the Army.  After review/approval, the organization is
>issued a Department of the Army Authorization to possess/use Radio-
>active Material which is specific to other-than-byproduct material.
>
>Pete.
>
>Date:          Wed, 7 Jan 1998 14:08:54 -0600 (CST)
>Reply-to:      radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
>From:          Tad Blanchard <Tad.M.Blanchard.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
>To:            Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
>Subject:       Byproduct vs. Accelerator Produced Materials
>
>Happy New Year All:
>
>I have a question that might apply to other government facilities that
>purchase or use Accelerator Produced Materials (for example Calcium-41).
>
>We just purchased two sealed sources of calcium-41 (0.15 uCi each).  We are
>a federal facility and do not have a "State" license to possess these
>materials but we do keep close inventories on the material (in conjunction
>with our NRC Byproduct License).
>
>How are Accelerator Produced materials licensed?
>
>
>
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