Sample shipments to/from Argonne have separate requirements according to their status as hazardous or non-hazardous.

Non-Hazardous Materials
Non-hazardous samples -including dry shippers without liquid-, materials and tools may be shipped to Argonne, or transported by the user. Please contact your local Safety Office for assistance with proper shipping methods.

Shipping dewar addresses:

Monday - Friday (except Holidays)
    N. Sukumar
    NE-CAT, Building 436
    9700 South Cass Avenue
    Argonne, IL 60439

Weekends and Holidays
Let your NE-CAT contact staff person know your dewar will arrive on the weekend or holiday so that a gate pass can be arranged for the delivery person. The shipment has to be sent to the Argonne Guest House, addressed to the user.
    Name of PI or User (who has a room reservation at AGH)
     c/o Argonne Guest House, Building 460
     9700 South Cass Avenue
    Argonne, Illinois 60439

Hazardous Materials
Users are NOT allowed to bring/ship hazardous or infectious substances -substances identified as hazardous by DOT or IATA such as liquid nitrogen, propane, feon or ethane and biological samples that are identified as hazardous by DOT or CDC- directly to NE-CAT. These substances have to be shipped to the address given below.

The shipment of samples frozen in propane must abide with all DOT and IATA regulations, the failure to do so may result in a delay or loss of your shipment along with possible fines. Argonne National Laboratory has obtained a letter of competent authority from the US DOT for the legal shipment via air transport of macromolecules frozen in propane, freon, and other flammable and nonflammable gases when packaged in a dry shipper. Please refer to APS Technical Updates on the shipment of samples frozen in propane for shipping instructions. (Technical Publication TUD-25)

For shippments of small quantities of hazardous materials - Click here -.

Under no circumstances may users transport a nonexempt hazardous or bio-hazardous material to the APS in their own vehicle. To have a hazardous material shipped to NE-CAT, please inform the NE-CAT staff user contact of shipment and address the package to:
    NE-CAT Staff Person Name
    NE-CAT , Building 436
    c/o HazMat Receiving, Building 46
    9700 South Cass Avenue
    Argonne, IL 60439