Documents and Publications

OSRP Forms & Documents

Printable OSRP Sealed Source Recovery Registration Form

Online OSRP Registration Form - this is the preferred method of source registration

Standard Notice to All New Registrants

Necessary documentation (While all documentation is not required for recovery, it is important to provide OSRP with as much information as possible.)

Special Form Certificates

Special Form Container Reports and Information

OSRP Staff Publications

Papers

• Transportation safety risk for source recovery versus consequence of leaving radioactive sources in place and vulnerable due to limited transport options or denial of shipment - Justin Griffin; Packaging, Transport, Storage and Security of Radioactive Material (formerly the International Journal of Radioactive Materials Transport), Volume 21, Number 3, pp. 147-151 (2010)
• 10 YEARS AND 20,000 SOURCES: THE GTRI OFFSITE SOURCE RECOVERY PROJECT - Julia Whitwoth, Charles Streeper, and Abigal Cuthbertson (2009)
• U.S.-CHINA RADIOLOGICAL SOURCE SECURITY PROJECT: CONTINUING AND EXPANDING BILATERAL COOPERATION - Zhu Zhixuan, Zhou Qifu, Yang Yaoyun, Huang Chaoyun, James Lloyd, Adam Williams, Alexander Feldman, Charles Streeper, Noah Pope, Mark Hawk, Rick Rawl, Randy Howell, and Catherine Kennedy (2009)
• U.S. CHINA RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY COOPERATION IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES - Daniel Chong, Zhu Zhixuan, Zhou Qifu, Yang Yaoyun, Jerry McAlpin, Noah Pope, Jim Matzke, Charles Streeper, James Lloyd, Janice Leach, Gene Hauser, Charles Nickerson, Rick Rawl, and Mark Hawk (2008)
• Triborder Radioactive Material Trafficking and Threat Environment - Charles Streeper (2008)
• Lack of international consensus on the disposition and storage of disused sealed sources - Charles Streeper, Julia Whitworth, and J. Andrew Tompkins; Progress in Nuclear Energy, 51 (2009) 258-267.
• GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION SOURCE RECOVERY EFFORTS IN LATIN AMERICA - Ray Greenberg, Julia Whitworth, Cristy Abeyta, Charles Streeper, Jan-Marie Potier, and Shelby Leonard (2008)
• Diversions of radioactive material and the difficulties in case tracking - Charles Streeper, Marcie Lombardi, and Dr. Lee Cantrell (2007)
• Continued Federal and State Action Is Needed for Better Control of Radioactive Sources - Position statement of the Health Physics Society (Jan. 2006)
• Actions Needed to Better Secure Vulnerable Radioactive Sources: A Contemporary Report - HPS Working Group report (Sept. 2005)
• Control and Disposition of Sealed Sources: Relative to a Campus Setting - Andrew Tompkins (2003)
• RTG Mixed Waste Determination - Susan Carson, Lee Leonard, Jere Millard, and Jene Vance (2003)
• Development and Certification of a Special Form Capsule for Sealed Sources to Facilitate Transportation and Storage as Special Form Material - Danny Martinez, Cristy Abeyta, Leroy Leonard, Andrew Tompkins, and Shelby Leonard (2002)
• Engineering Evaluation of Nuclear Powered Pacemakers as Special Form Radioactive Material - Andrew Tompkins (2000)

Other References and Resources

Sealed Source Disposal and National Security: Problem Statement and Solution Set - Deliverable (Part 1) of the Removal and Disposition of Disused Sources Focus Group of the Radioisotopes Subcouncil of the Nuclear Government and Sector Coordinating Councils

Sealed Source Disposal and National Security: Recommendations and Messaging Strategy - Deliverable (Part 2) of the Removal and Disposition of Disused Sources Focus Group of the Radioisotopes Subcouncil of the Nuclear Government and Sector Coordinating Councils