RE: Radiation Units

[Bruce Bugg <BRUCEB@psc.state.ga.us>]

Except of course when you offer the material for transportation, in which
case 49 CFR 172.203(d)(4), and 172.403(g)(2) require the use of SI units, or
allow the use of SI followed by "customary" units (Ci).

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Capt. Bruce Bugg
HazMat Specialist - Enforcement Officer
Ga. Public Service Commission
1007 Virginia Avenue, Suite 310
Hapeville, GA  30354-1325
voice:	404.559.6627
fax: 	404.559.4972
e-mail:	bruceb@psc.state.ga.us
or:	75720.1177@compuserve.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Stephen Frantz [SMTP:sfrantz@aone.com]
> Sent:	Monday, September 06, 1999 15:53
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Re: Radiation Units
> 
> A few years back I was going to convert our facility entirely to SI units,
> including paste-on meter faces. Then I stumbled across this paragraph in
> Title 10
> of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 20:
> 
> 
> §20.2101 General provisions.
> 
> (a) Each licensee shall use the units: curie, rad, rem, including
> multiples and
> subdivisions, and shall clearly indicate the units of all quantities on
> records
> required by this part.
> 
> 
> A phone call to our friendly regulator verified that it meant exactly what
> it
> said. We had to use the traditional units. The state regulations have an
> identical clause.
> 
> I would love to conver to SI but am prohibited by federal and state
> regulations.
> 
> Stephen Frantz
> Reed College Reactor
> 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
> Portland, Oregon 97202
> 503 777-7222
> fax: 503 777-7274
> mailto: sfrantz@reed.edu
> 
> 
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