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<br /> FROM: MDS NORDI ON FAX NO.: 613 592 9246 05-14-97 15: So ?~`J2 <br /> 2 i\'fD5'.~ordien has supplied cobalt 60 to Isomcdix lacilit~cs in Canada and the <br /> United States since 197 i <br /> 3, ~','e have installed 100 commercial irradiators in more than X70 countries around the <br /> globe. They have been operating for millions of hour's and the public has never <br /> been endangered nor accidentally e>;posed to radiation by these facilities- <br /> 4 The transportation of cobalt CO used in our irradiators is carried out using <br /> thoroughly tested, licensed and shielded containers. Stnct handling and safer} <br /> procedures are follos~zd Our shipping containers meet thz safety standards and <br /> regulations of the International Atomic Energy' Agency- and are accepted for <br /> transport by common carrier throuuhout the ~~orld O~~er the nears, MDS iAbrdion <br /> has shipped more than 300 million curies of cobalt 60 to its customers world-wide. <br /> There has nz~er been an occasion ..her, our cobalt 60 shipn:znts posed any' <br /> radiation hazards to the public or to the em ironnlent <br /> Please feet free to contact me if require additional infnnnr+tion on amp of these matters. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Ian Mumford <br /> Vice-President <br /> Corporate Communications <br /> <br />