Creating Radioactive Packages with ISIP
A radioactive package is defined as radioactive material or waste components in combination with a container. There is no limit on the number of components that can be introduced into a single package. Separate databases are maintained for components and packages. When a component is selected into a package its record is marked with the package number so that each component placed into a package can be retrieved in association with the package. This approach is taken to assure that compatible materials are assembled in a package, to allow for a breakdown of materials on the shipping form, and to provide a
mechanism for demonstrating compliance with rules restricting averaging for material classification for disposal. The program maintains a library of containers that can be selected for any given material or combination of materials.
The program does not limit the breakdown of components that can go into a package. There can be a single component or up to hundreds of components. How many you define really depends on the amount of effort that is put into the process. A large package can always be characterized by assuming some homogeneity of the waste form and performing dose to curie analysis. The important consideration is that the program doesn’t prescribe or limit the detail applied to waste tracking. Rather, the user can make a knowledgeable and conscious determination of how much detail (or how little) will be put in. You can have as many (or as few) waste/package combinations as you wish. Package templates may be defined to accelerate the definition of routine packages such as laundry boxes.