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RE: Americum [sic] check source offered for sale on eBay online a
It is my understanding that ANYONE or ANY COMPANY may OWN radioactive
materials and should be able to sell them to anyone or any company who has
a license to possess them. It this not true?
At 09:00 AM 3/6/99 -0600, you wrote:
>I also find this strange. 10 CFR states ? 31.8 Americium-241 in the form of
>calibration or reference sources.(a) A general license is hereby issued to
>those persons listed below to own, receive, acquire, possess, use and
>transfer, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of
>this section, americium-241 in the form of calibration or reference sources:
>(1) Any person in a non-Agreement State who holds a specific license issued
>pursuant to this chapter which authorizes him to receive, possess, use and
>transfer byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material;
>and (2) Any Government agency, as defined in ? 30.4(g) of this chapter,
>which holds a specific license issued pursuant to this chapter which
>authorizes it to receive, possess, use and transfer by-product material,
>source material, or special nuclear material.
>
>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
>
>Hans Honerlah
>USACE, Baltimore
>HTRW Branch
>
>Standard Disclaimers (bla,bla, yak,yak)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RADPROJECT@aol.com [mailto:RADPROJECT@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 10:33 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Americum [sic] check source offered for sale
>on eBay online auction? Thoughts??
>
> I'd be interested in what radsafe members think about the
>following item being
> offered for sale by someone on the internet on-line auction
>eBay. See:
>
> <A
>HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=73991903";>
> Click here: eBay item 73991903 (Ends 03/11/99 09:28:52 PST)
>- Radioactive
> Check Source: Americum, 2.0mr/hr</A>
>
> As described by the seller:
> "Radioactive Check Source consisting of a 1/2 inch bar-bell
>shaped metal
> container. This container holds a small piece of radioactive
>Americum which
> registers 2.0mr/hr on a Civil Defense CD V-700 geiger
>counter. It is an
> excellent check source to calibrate your geiger counter or
>verify the accuracy
> of your milliroentgen dosimeter. These check sources are
>hard to find. Good
> luck bidding. Winner pays $3.20 priority mail postage."
>
> The misspelling of the above isotope is the seller's error,
>since the
> description was simply copied over.
>
> NOTE: I've got nothing to do with this item and just
>happened to chance upon
> it in looking to see what might be for sale related to
>radium.
>
> I just find it interesting an Americium source is being
>offered for sale to
> anyone who wants it, although the opening bid requested at
>$35 is likely to
> limit bidders.
>
> Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
> Director - Radium Experiment Assessment Project
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