Re; [ RadSafe ] "Radioactive cocktail: Blending waste won't lessen thedanger"

[WILLIAM LIPTON]

The EPA agrees with you.  See 40 CFR 266 
Subpart N--CONDITIONAL EXEMPTION FOR LOW-LEVEL MIXED WASTE STORAGE, TREATMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL.
These conditional exemptions allow low level mixed waste to be managed as radioactive waste.  
CAUTION:  If you generate mixed waste in a state with its own RCRA program, this provision must be adopted in state regulations before a conditional exemption can be claimed.
Bill Lipton
It's not about dose it's about trust.
Perception is reality.


----- Original Message ----
From: "Brennan, Mike (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
To: radsafelist <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2008 6:32:15 PM
Subject: RE: Re; [ RadSafe ] "Radioactive cocktail: Blending waste won't lessen thedanger"

...  If the main hazard of a material is it radiological
properties, then that should drive the way it is handled.  If the main
hazard is its toxic hazard, then that should drive its handling.  

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of James Salsman
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:49 PM
To: radsafelist
Subject: Re; [ RadSafe ] "Radioactive cocktail: Blending waste won't
lessen thedanger"

Dear Dr. Cohen,

I thought you would know the answer to your question, "If the of
concentration of radioactivity in waste is not indicative of its
potential  danger, then what is?"

The chemical toxicity, which is very often much worse,  According to
Alexandria C. Miller's experiments published in 2004, about one million
times worse for U238.

Do you agree with that assessment?

James Salsman
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