Re: Uranium/Thorium Exempt?

[Wes Van Pelt <vanpeltw@idt.net>]

Hi Radsafers,

I believe Erik's licensing theory to be entirely false.

Regardless of any other licenses a person may have, he/she/it may have
generally licensed material and exempt material without placing these materials
under the "umbrella" of, say, a specific license.

The ONLY crossover between a specific license and additional exempt or
generally licensed material is that an individual's dose must include dose from
all sources, not just the the specifically licensed sources.

regards,
Wes
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Wesley R. Van Pelt, Ph.D., CIH, CHP            KF2LG
President, Van Pelt Associates
Radiation Safety and Environmental Radioactivity
mailto:vanpeltw@idt.net    http://idt.net/~vanpeltw/

"Erik C. Nielsen" wrote:

> The interpetation that I have been operating under is that a someone that
> does not have a radioactive material license is allowed to possess this
> material under a "general license" but when you have a rad material license
> the material is no longer generally licensed and is part of your
> radioactive inventory with all associated controls.
>
> A very similar situation occurs with Ni-63 sources in ECD's.  The license
> is held by the manufacturer, you must do wipe tests but the sources are
> considered generally licensed.  Get a radioactive material license and
> these items get "captured" by the license.  There are other similar exempt
> source situations where the controls needed depend on your license status.
>
> Erik
>
> Erik C. Nielsen
> mailto: enielsen@stl-inc.com
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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