RE: "License-Free" Gauges

["Dunn, Wes" <WDunn@intiso.com>]

The NRC has taken a position that this is indeed a permitted activity.
The Agreement States have generally taken exception to the NRC's
position.

Wes

Wesley M. Dunn, CHP, Director, Environmental Health & Safety
International Isotopes, Inc.
3100 Jim Christal Road
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Wdunn@intiso.com <mailto:Wdunn@intiso.com>
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	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Joe Greco [SMTP:jgreco@kodak.com]
	Sent:	Monday, March 16, 1998 3:58 PM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	"License-Free" Gauges

	For all those who may use industrial density or level gauges:
be aware
	that BSI, Aliquippa, PA is currently distributing gauges
containing Cs-137
	to recipients "free of licensing requirements".  No specific
license
	required. 
	Not distributed under a general license.  How?  By using "exempt
	quantities" of Cs-137.  Those familiar with exempt quantities
may remember	
	that the value for Cs-137 is 10 microcuries, which doesn't do a
whole lot
	by itself
	in gauging applications.  So BSI uses multiple exempt
quantities, up to
	30 individual ten uCi sources, in one gauge, along with a NaI
detector.
	They note that the NRC and all agreement states are aware of
this, and
	have no objections.

	Questions:
	1.  Is anyone aware of similar situations that take full
advantage of the
	so-called
	exempt quantity table?  Wasn't the intent of this table to allow
persons to
	possess small quantities of materials without the hassle of
licensing?

	2