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<br /> FEH 3'97 16:34 FR NORDION INTERNATIONgL 13 592 0440 TO 12018871476 P:02i19 <br /> 2 <br /> Shtppia$ k~ntaittets ate dGSigaed [O inlet type tegmrcments of the International <br /> Atomtc ~ ~y "Regulation fCr' Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials", <br /> Safety Sextet 6. Type 8 category is ntservld for subctartrial quantities of radioactive <br /> matatals, SS Opposed to Type A which is meant foc small, often hand-catzied packages, <br /> mnraming small amounts a~f radioactive matedals. <br /> Atypical shipping contaitier is Shawn iti flgore ~3. [t conforms to IAFA Type B(U) <br /> spedfication and it is certified by the Atomic Fmgy Control Board (~4ECB) in Canada, as <br /> well. it is a sted enkated,lead 511ed container which weighs appsnaomately 50001kg and <br /> is liorased to carry 200,000 Ci of mbalr 60. It is shielded by approumatdSr 27 am of lead. <br /> To qualify for Celhfieailon, each model of a shipping oonraiaer mttsi undergo desnvcrive <br /> tesciag, as follows <br /> a. Pierce Test consisting of a free fall frartt 3 feet high (1 m) alto a 6 ittch <br /> (15.25 km) steel pin. <br /> b. $qps~ ~ of a free fall from 30 feet (9.14 m) onto an essentially <br /> unyielding surface. <br /> c- fine Test gang of eltposure to tempesatures of 1472°F (800°C) fair a <br /> pemod Of 30 *ninurwe <br /> ~II t:G1IIpl![lOII Of these rigorrika destskictive 1eSi5, the Sample container must st~l rnamtain <br /> a ~ percentage of lts aagtnal Sh]l3dtng kapacsty IdeotiBed by the apphcable Standards. <br /> Since the begimaag of the cobalt 60 shipping activities in 1955, them have only been a <br /> few inadmts involving Nardion hztetaationaPs i~usuial cobalt 60 shipments. Not one <br /> of them rrsulted is the release of atry radioactive materials or presented any radiation <br /> hazard to the public ar the eavironmeru. <br /> <br />