NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS HEALTH PHYSICS RADIOACTIVE MATERAL SHIPMENT SURVEY, PACKAGING, AND LABELLING PROGRAM UNDER ICAO/IATA AND DOT REGULATIONS

The National Bureau of Standards routinely ships, both domestically and internationally, many isotopes in small to moderate activities. These shipments are divided about evenly between Limited Quantity and Type-A shipments, with many containing mixtures of isotopes in a variety of combinations. The ICAO/IATA shipping regulations (and the new DOT regulations on their model) specify individual shipping parameters for every isotope, with limited quantity limits that are additionally a function of physical state. The resulting parametric permutations have become so complex that quality control in the shipment of these radioactive packages has become difficult to maintain. The authors have developed a computer program that will guide a person with minimal training in transportation regulations through package surveys and give exact packaging and labelling instructions. The program is a 27K-byte, user-friendly, BASIC program that runs on the Epson-HX20 notebook computer with microcassette drive and 16K memory expansion unit. This small computer is more manageable than the regulation books for which it will be substituted and will be used in our routine radioactive shipments.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was published in the Proceedings of the Health Physics Society Midyear Topical Symposium (17th), Pasco, Washington, February 5-9, 1984. Not available from NTIS.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Bureau of Standards

  Occupational Health and Safety Division
  Gaithersburg, MD  United States  20760
• Authors:
  • Sharp, D R
  • Slaback, L A
• Publication Date: 1984-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Freight transportation; Hazardous materials; Isotopes; Labeling; Laws and legislation; Microcomputers; Packaging; Radioactive materials; Transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457473
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1986 12:00AM