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

["Nardi, A. Joseph" <nardiaj@westinghouse.com>]

I just checked the eBay listing for the item and noted that there is now a
statement that no license is required to possess the source because "This
item is an internal component from an industrial smoke detector. It does not
require a license to own."
Pretty nice price.  It is now up to $97 for a component of a part of a smoke
detector.  My question relates to whether it is still a valid "exempt item"
once the source has been removed from the detector.  I remeber trying to
dispose of an Amercium source at Barnwell that someone had removed from the
detector housing.  The Barnwell site required special approval because it
was no longer an intact detector which they were authorized to receive.
A. Joseph Nardi
Westinghouse Electric Company
P.O. Box 355
Pittsburgh, PA 15230
Phone: 412-374-4652
Fax: 412-374-3357
email: nardiaj@westinghouse.com

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> From: 	BLHamrick@aol.com[SMTP:BLHamrick@aol.com]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Monday, March 08, 1999 12:16 PM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	Re: Americum [sic] check source offered for sale on eBay
> 
> In a message dated 3/8/99 8:56:28 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> rjolley@mail.state.tn.us writes:
> 
> << Does this mean I can't TRANSFER, RECEIVE, POSSESS, USE.....etc my smoke
> detector, which contains a special form Americium-241 source?
>  
>  Or my tritium illuminated watch and compass? >>
> 
> No, because other regulations exempt you from the requirement to have a
> specific license to possess and transfer these items (10 CFR 30.20 and 10
> CFR
> 30.15, or comparable Agreement State regulations).
> 
> Barbara Hamrick
> BLHamrick@aol.com
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