Re: Transportation of General Licensed Instrument

[Debby Steva <dps3c@virginia.edu>]

Bruce Bugg wrote:

> Since the RQ for H-3 is 3.7 TBq (100 Ci), it's not a hazardous
> substance.
>
> The RQ value does not determine if a substance is hazardous for
> transportation purposes.  It specifies what quantities of hazardous
> materials must be reported if the material is spilled or discharged during
> transportation.  The H-3 is radioactive material which is considered a
> hardous material and must be transported as such.  The quantity of
> material allows you to ship it as limited quantity, no shipping paper
> required but certain packaging criteria and labeling requirements must be
> met..

D. Steva

>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mr Jo [SMTP:mjo@scs.unr.edu]
> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 16:54
> > To:   Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject:      Transportation of General Licensed Instrument
> >
> > We need to transport our EC Detector (which contains 300 mCi H-3) to
> > Pennsylvania
> > to use it there for two weeks and bring it back. This EC is a general
> > licensed
> > item.
> >
> > I am preparing a shipping document as an excepted package UN2910. We
> > plan to use
> > our own personnel and a rental vehicle to transport.
> >
> > Does this type of shipment require shipping documents? Thanks. M. Jo
> > ========================================================
> > Myung Chul Jo, MS, CHP
> > EH&S, Mail Stop 328
> > University of Nevada, Reno
> > Reno, Nevada 89557
> > (702)784-4540
> > (702)784-4553 fax
> > mjo@scs.unr.edu
> >
> >
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