SECTION II STORAGE AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

SB 740-95-20

SECTION II

STORAGE AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Radioactive Front Sight-Promethium-147

2-1. References. The following publications form a part

BML 12-00722-09 Tritium Illumination for Muzzle

of this bulletin to the extent specified.

Reference Sensor (M68 family of cannons)

AR 380-5

Information Security Program

Regulation

AR 700-64

Radioactive Commodities in

NOTE

the DOD Supply System

(DSAM 4145.8)

Additional references peculiar to a given

AR 700-82

Joint Regulation Governing the

group of shelf-life items will be cited in the

use and Application of Uniform

appendix for the group of items.

Source

Maintenance

and

Recoverability Codes

2-2. Safety. During surveillance and normal handling

AR 700-89

Identification, Control, and

(TM 743-200-1) of shelf-life items inspection personnel

Utilization of Shelf-Life Items

shall observe the safety precautions prescribed for the

AR 708-1

Cataloging

and

Supply

operations

personnel,

the

Standard

Operating

Management Data

Procedures (SOPs), the safety requirements cited in

AR 725-50

Requisitioning, Receipt, and

applicable regulations, the safety guidance in applicable

Issue System

technical manuals, and the special safety precautions

AR 740-1

Storage and Supply Activity

cited in the applicable appendix of this bulletin.

Operations

AR 740-3

Care of Supplies in Storage

2-3. Lotting. a. Type of Lotting Permitted. The

(COSIS)

applicable appendix of this bulletin specifies the type of

AR 750-25

Army Metrology and Calibration

lotting permitted consistent with prescribed surveillance

System

directives, when conducting surveillance of the shelf-life

DARCOM-R

Safety Manual 385-100

items.

DARCOM-R

Depot Quality Assurance Sys

b. Depot Lot. A depot lot is formed by combining

702-7

tem

lots regardless of manufacturer or age into a large single

DARCOM-R

Depot Stock Location Systems

lot. Actual formation is a paper transaction; regrouping

740-19

and marking of the materiel is not required. A depot lot,

MIL-STD-105

Sampling

Procedures

and

as such, cannot be declared unserviceable. When,

Tables for Inspection by

through surveillance, a lot within the depot lot appears

Attributes

unserviceable, withdraw the lot concerned and take

MIL-STD-109

Quality Assurance Terms and

additional samples utilizing the sampling plan provided in

Definitions

this bulletin. If the suspect lot is found serviceable, it

MIL-STD-129

Marking for Shipment and

remains a part of the depot lot. If the suspect lot is found

Storage

unserviceable, the lot is eligible for rework or disposal in

MIL-STD-1188

Commercial

Packaging

accordance with existing regulations. When 20 percent

Supplies and Equipment

of the lots within the depot lot have become

TB 9-1100-814-40

Nuclear

Weapons

unserviceable, the depot lot shall be dissolved and the

Expendables

individual lots therein tested on a lot-by-lot basis. A

TM 38-750

The

Army

Maintenance

depot lot must meet criteria as follows:

Management

System

(TAMMS)

(1) Kind, type, and model. All items must be

TM 743-200-1

Storage and Materials Handling

the same kind, type, and model.

SB 740-1

Storage and Supply Activities

(2) Storage. All items must be stored under

Covered and Open Storage

similar conditions at the same depot.

(3) Serviceability status.

All lots must

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) License:

possess the same serviceability status, i.e., serviceability

BML 12-00722-04 M16A1 Radioactive Rifle Sights

known (based upon prior surveillance) or serviceability

BML 12-00722-96 Radio Luminous Tritium Devices

BML 12-00722-07 Light Anti-Tank Weapon

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