[ RadSafe ] Sealed Source Disposal

[Jimsradco at aol.com]

Hello Radsafers,
 
Here's a topic that hasn't been discussed too much and one that we're very 
curious about. Now that the Barnwell disposal site has been closed to almost 
the entire country for over a year, what is happening to all the sealed 
radioactive sources that used to be shipped there on a regular basis? We, and 
I'm sure the other radioactive waste handlers,  processed and shipped 
thousands of them a year to Barnwell and now virtually no sources are sent there, 
to our knowledge. I realize some of them are being returned to the 
manufacturers and some can go to Los Alamos or Richland, but what about the thousands 
of small ones that aren't being sent to those facilities? I once heard that 
there are in excess of 200,000 sealed sources in use around the US and most 
have fairly short half-lives, relatively speaking. Makes one wonder where 
they are all going. Comments?
 
Jim Bell
ADCO Services, Inc.
Tinley Park, IL
_jimsradco at aol.com_ (mailto:jimsradco at aol.com) 
 
 
 
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