Re: RAM Shipping Container

[LIPTONW@detroitedison.com]

While I have had problems obtaining documentation for Type A packages, it
can 
usually be obtained if you have a common use for the packaging.  For Type B 
packages, the documentation is virtually always available, as the "cask
book", 
which includes the Certificate of Compliance, drawings, and procedures.  The 
vendor is required to maintain this documentation as part of the packaging 
approval.  You must register with the NRC as a user of a Type B package. 
You 
should also obtain a certification that the vendor has maintained the cask
in 
accordance with an approved QA program, and you must have a 10CFR71 QA
program 
of your own.  
 
There is a lot of Type A documentation available on the Web, at 
 
http://www.hanford.gov/pss/t&p/dot7a/pdot7a.htm 
 
Information on vendors and "primary users" is also included. 
 
Also, if you ship by air, IATA specification packagings, with documentation, 
are generally available - see the advertisements in the IATA rules book. 
 
The opinions expressed are strictly mine. 
It's not about dose, it's about trust. 
 
Bill Lipton 
liptonw@detroitedison.com 
 
You wrote: 
 
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