[ RadSafe ] More radioactive debris turning up in garbage

[farbersa at optonline.net]

Whether patient waste is exempted or not by any regulatory framework  isn't the issue. Monitors will still be tripped by I-131 and other hospital related radioactive material showing up in patient waste, and a great deal of effort must be expended investingating what is the source of the trip.

Stewart Farber
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:56 am
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] More radioactive debris turning up in garbage

> Maybe the laws need to be changed so that patient
> waste is exempted.  See
> http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/part020-
> 2003.html
> 10 CFR 20.2003(b)Excreta from individuals undergoing
> medical diagnosis or therapy with radioactive material
> are not subject to the limitations contained in
> paragraph (a) of this section.