ML20132D411

License 50-23509-01 for R&M Engineering,Inc,Authorizing Use of 10-mCi Cs-137 Sealed Sources & 50-mCi Am-241 Sealed Neutron Sources in Troxler 3400 Series Moisture/Density Gauges

ML20132D411
Person / Time
Site:	03022284
Issue date:	05/08/1985
From:	Thomas R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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Shared Package
ML20132D415	List: ML20132D411 ML20132D441
References
50-23509-01, 50-23509-1, NUDOCS 8507170121
Download: ML20132D411 (3)

See also: IR 05000235/2009001

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Pursua';t to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93 --438), and Title

Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations

heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, l

l source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s)

l deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receise it in accordance with the regulations of the appheable Part(s). This j

l license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is :

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devices and have been designated by Joseph L. Connolly, Radiation Protection F

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f 14. Maintenance or repair of portable devices involving removal of the scaled

sources from the devices or removal or dismantling of shielding may be performed j

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