[ RadSafe ] IAEA DACs

[Mccormick, Luke I]

There is a branch of Safety called Industrial Hygiene which looks out for
chemical hazards of all chamicals, including radioactive ones. Chemical
hazards are regulated under OSHA subpart Z which also incorporates by
reference the NCGIH/NIOSH guides. Go find an IH web site and bother them.
Luke

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Subject:    Re: [ RadSafe ] IAEA DACs
Author:     radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
Date:       2/8/2006 6:22 PM




       Julian Ginniver wrote:

       >... employers in the US are required to comply with the OSHA
       > standards.  If this is the case and reproductive,
       developmental,
       > immuniological and neurotoxicities are address by these then
       it
       > doesn't make sense (to me at least) for the NRC to regulate
       these.

       There are no differences between OSHA and NRC exposure limits
       for
       Uranium-238(VI) compounds such as uranyl oxide and uranyl
       nitrate,
       for example.  Both allow 0.2 mg/m^3.  The OSHA guidelines don't
       mention the reproductive, developmental, immunological or
       neurotoxicities at all.  United States Code, Title 42, Section
       2114, requires the NRC to "protect the public health and safety
       and the environment from radiological and non-radiological
       hazards"
       of Uranium-238 produced as a byproduct of isotopic refinement.

       http://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/data/CH_274900.html

       http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/appb/
       footnotes.html#3

       Sincerely,
       James Salsman

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