Re: Byproduct vs. Accelerator Produced Materials

["Sean Austin" <seanaustin@hotmail.com>]

Federal facilities are not required to obtain licenses for receiving 
accelerator produced RAM.  The federal government has not waived its 
sovereign immunity concerning activities involving the use of 
radioactive materials.  This is why the NRC still regulates federal 
facilities that are located within agreement states.  The NIH has had 
similar "problems" with NARM in the past, but has always used this 
argument, and it appears that Dept. of Justice has supported it in the 
past.


Sean M. Austin, CHP
seanaustin@hotmail.com

All opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect 
the opinions of my employer or the federal government.


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