Re: Americum [sic] check source offered for sale on eBay online a

[BLHamrick@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/6/99 6:53:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Hans.B.Honerlah@nab02.usace.army.mil writes:

<< There is no exempt quantity listed for Am-241.  We were seeking to use an
 Am-241 source on a remediation site, and asked for interpretation of the
 above and this was the call:  a general license will only be issued if those
 persons hold a specific license.
 
 The person selling this does not know what they are doing.  10 CFR also has
 some labeling and transfer requirements in this section.  If the seller
 ships this he must also comply with 49 CFR.  
 
 Who has the authority to do something/inform the seller of the laws >>

There is one exemption given in 30.15(a)(9)(iii) for a 0.05 microcurie source
of americium-241, which is "in" an ionizing radiation measuring
instrument...I'm presuming they mean something like a permanently installed
calibration source...But, the site that's auctioning this source didn't say
anything about an instrument, just the source.

It looked as though the seller was located in Charlottesville, VA...Are they
Agreement or NRC?

Barbara Hamrick
BLHamrick@aol.com
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