From: Pomije, Brian D. (LCDR)
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:08 AM
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Subject: [Navrho] NRMP - New Regulations for the Transportation of Radioactive Mate rials
To all Radiation Safety Officers and other members of the Rad Health Community: 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations in 49 CFR and 10 CFR respectively, have recently undergone a major revision.  It is highly recommended that Radiation Health/Safety Officers and other representatives download these regulations and thoroughly review them for compliance.  Note that changes to your standard operating procedures (SOP) may be indicated.
These new regulations have just recently become available to the public, and are now posted on NEHC's Website via the below links.
Below are the links to the Navy Radioactive Material Permit (NRMP) webpage and RAM Transportation webpage: 
  
        NRMP web homepage 
        http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/occmed/nrmp.htm 
        Radioactive Material Transportation webpage (accessible from previous webpage link) 
        http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/occmed/rad_rmt_frn.htm 
Below are the direct links to the new DOT Transportation documents that have just been posted on NEHC's internet website:
        New NRC Transportation of RAM Guide and Appendices (accessible from previous webpage link) 
        http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/occmed/FederalRegisterNotices/NRCFinalCFRTransportationOfRAMGuide_lessApp.pdf
        http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/occmed/FederalRegisterNotices/NRCTransportationGuidanceSummary_APP.pdf 
Note that the NRC highly recommends that the 6 pages of Appendices be laminated for convenience of use.  They even refer to them in the Guide as "Laminated Sheets".  Ensure that previous versions of these Appendices are destroyed.
Very Respectfully, 
LCDR Pomije 
Brian D. Pomije, MS, DABR 
Lieutenant Commander, Medical Service Corps, USN 
Radiation Health Team Leader 
Navy Environmental Health Center 
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