Re: Pu in Soil

["Tom Johnson" <tjohnson@radtrain.com>]

If it is greater than 70 Bq/g, and exceeds the excepted quantity limits,
you may want to see if it meets the limits for LSA (if it is being shipped
in the USA).
Tom Johnson
tjohnson@radtrain.com

>>I am in the process of shipping some soil contaminated with Pu-239. What
>>is the concentration limit in soil that determines how it has to be
>>shipped? I have determined that it does not need to be shipped as a
>>fissile material, that the activity is above the limited quantity and
>>below the A2 value.


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