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Re: Monitoring of UN2910 Packages



49 CFR 173.443(b) that the contamination of a package transported as exclusive
use may not exceed ten times the levels in table 11 during transport. In order
to prove this a survey of the package should be done when you receive the
package.  Also, the vehicle must be surveyed.

Alan R. Marchand
radarm@accessnv.com

At 02:14 AM 6/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
> Tad, I really can't find anything that states you must swipe a package
>upon receipt. But 49CFR 173.443a deals with the package as its offered for
>transport and mentions ALARA. 173.421 describes UN2910 Excepted Packages.
>So maybe we swipe the outside of the packages when we receive them to see
>if ALARA has been met?? Just a thought.
>Here at UC Davis we not only swipe the outside but, the primary vial as
>well. We have been doing this for years and the campus seems to appreciate
it.
> 
> Bob
>
>At 01:25 PM 6/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>RADSAFERs,
>>
>>Can someone give me a reference (Title 49CFR or some other FedReg) that
>>requires  the recipient of a UN2910 package to monitor it upon receipt?
>>
>>(I am familiar with the reference for "licensed" material in 10CFR20.1906)
>>
>>
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>Robert L. Sarason
>EH&S TB 
>U.C.Davis
>Health and Safety Advisor
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>Davis, Ca. 95616
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