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

[BLHamrick@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/8/99 5:31:42 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Tad.M.Blanchard.1@gsfc.nasa.gov writes:

<< 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? >>

Yes, anyone may own material under the general license in 10 CFR 31.9:
"A general license is hereby issued to own byproduct material without regard
to quantity...a general licensee under this paragraph is NOT authorized to
manufacture, produce, TRANSFER, receive, posses, use, import or
export...except as authorized in a specific license."

Barbara Hamrick
BLHamrick@aol.com
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