>>> <rodney_bauman@wssrap-host.wssrap.com> 02/16 2:16 PM >>>
>... "For example, load a truck with radwaste (LSA, exclusive use shipment). The truck's external dose rates are >5 mrem/hr at 30 cm, yet less than 200 mrem/hr on contact and less than 10 mrem/hr at 2 meters - OK to ship. Until the shipment is in progress, 10 CFR 20 and 835 requires the immediate area to be posted and controlled as a "Radiation Area" " ... <
Is the exception in 10 CFR 20.1903(a) [ less than 8 hours, licensee controlled area, someone continuously present] any help? If not, what changes to the rule would be necessary to make it useful in your example?
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