RE: Hospital Radwaste in the News

[Marty.Bourquin@grace.com]

It seems to me that there are regulatory issues present regardless of 
whether or not an incident takes place.  Ignoring momentarily the issue 
of the city having a storage for decay license, the DOT implications 
are at best confusing.  This material can be transported without 
manifesting it as radioactive material (assuming it is greater than 
.002 uCi/gm) IF the cognizant regulatory agency issues an exemption 
document for each shipment.  It could also be interpreted that the 
driver must have a CDL with a HazMat certification.   

This is of course my interpretation of the regs (although I have 
discussed it with DOT in the past).  I hope the city has done its 
homework and checked with state regulators, NRC and DOT.

-----Original Message-----
From: mrichar@iupui.edu [mailto:mrichar@iupui.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 8:52 AM
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Subject: Hospital Radwaste in the News



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