I had the same question - I always thought that's what general licenses were for, so we could own nominal amounts of it without violating a requirement for specific licensing - can one of the NRC regulatory gurus straighten me out on that, It's never been clear to me .... but -
I don't think your smoke detector source is Special Form - somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
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?
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Keith Welch
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Newport News VA
welch@jlab.org
Ph: (757)269-7212
FAX:(757)269-5048
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