Re: Laboratory Eating/Drinking Policy

[Steve Eckberg <eckstevr@wsu.edu>]

William Lorenzen:

1. No we do not permit eating and drinking in the radioactive work space.

2.  N/A

3.  Agreement State

Steve








>          We are in the process of designing a new research building and in
>          recent meeting where the lab space was being discussed several PI's
>          have mentioned the desire to allow eating/drinking at desk spaces
>          which would be located inside laboratories.  Their justification is
>          weak, however they bring up the fact that Stanford University
>          allows it so why can't we do it (let's not get into that issue).
>
>          I have discussed this with the RSO at Stanford U and have all the
>          information about their policy, it's history and it's
>          conditions/limitations.  I wanted to know if anyone else has such
>          a policy.
>
>          Here are my specific questions...
>
>          1.Does your radiation safety program allow eating/drinking of any
>          kind within laboratory spaces which are designated for radioactive
>          material use?
>
>          2.If so, what are the specifics of your policy and do the other
>          EH&S programs support/conform to the radiation safety policy?
>
>          3.Do you operate in an NRC or Agreement State?
>
>          Please no responses about why we should NOT allow this or how the
>          regulators will not allow it.  This is simply a query of others
>          policies.
>
>          Please e-mail me directly and I can summarize the responses for a
>          later posting to RADSAFE.
>
>          William A. Lorenzen
>          Children's Hospital
>          Boston, MA 02115
>
>          lorenzen_w@a1.tch.harvard.edu
>
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Steve Eckberg
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Radiation Safety Office
Washington State University 99164-1302
e-mail: eckstevr@wsu.edu
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