RAM Shipping Container

["Roy A. Parker" <70472.711@compuserve.com>]

Tracy,
 
To my  knowledge there  are no  commercial suppliers of Type A or Type B
radioactive material packages that can supply the complete documentation
required.   The reason  is that  each package  must meet a unique set of
requirements.
 
It is  best for  a shipper to design, test and document his own package.
I also  do not know of any package testing laboratory that is capable of
providing complete required documentation.
 
Roy A. Parker, Ph.D.
Radiation Physics Consultant to
Federal Express Corporation
Tel: 504-924-1473
Fax: 504-924-4269
Pager: 888-714-2733
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Sb: RAM Shipping Container Sources?
Fm: INTERNET:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
 
 
Howdy,
 
I'm asking on behalf of a colleague at another institution who is
having a radioactive target fabricated for an accelerator system.
The company fabricating the target has advised him that he
must supply his own DOT approved shipping container.  They
described it as basically a six-inch long, three-inch diameter
pipe which has been DOT approved.  I would appreciate any
leads for vendors of such devices.
 
Thanks,
 
Tracy Tipping
tipping@phys.ksu.edu