Re: Shipment of Radioactive Material

["declark" <declark@gateway.net>]

Mitch Belanger:  This sounds like a pretty general statement.  Are you
talking about negation of the standard coverage (e.g., collision, liability,
theft, etc.) of most private automobile insurance policies?   With this
reference (to "radioactive materials" or to "'hazardous' materials") being
something in the fine print of such a policy?  If available, I'd like to see
specific example of the language used for such an exclusion.   If terms such
as "radioactive" are used, they ought to be defined (e.g., as per the NRC).
This really makes no sense to me (except as a calculated legal loophole for
benefit of the insurer only); it appears to be just another example of the
widespread phobia/misunderstanding that exists about radiation and other
scary things.



Donald E. Clark, Consultant
Richland, Washington
declark@gateway.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Mitch J. Belanger <mbelanger@gsu.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Friday, December 18, 1998 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Shipment of Radioactive Material


>Dennis,
>
>Anyone interested in shipping radioactive materials in their personal
automobile should carefully examine their automobile insurance policy before
they proceed.  An associate told me that most car insurance policies will
not cover accidents where the driver was transporting hazardous materials in
their personal vehicle.
>
>I have not verified this statement myself but you may want to be aware of
this possibility.
>
>
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>Mitch Belanger
>Radiation Safety Officer
>GaState University
>safmjb@panther.gsu.edu
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