[ RadSafe ] More radioactive debris turning up in garbage

[Marty.Bourquin at grace.com]

The issue really isnt whether or not the waste is exempted.  If it sets 
off the montiors at the landfill it will not be accepted by the landfill 
operator. Once that alarm goes off most facilities want nothing to do 
with it.  They will typically just call in someone (regulator) to take 
care of the problem - often by making the truck sit till it decays.

Education, Education Education

Marty Bourquin
Manager EHS, RSO
W.R. Grace
Chattanooga, TN

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From: crispy_bird at yahoo.com [mailto:crispy_bird at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:57 AM
To: joseroze at netvision.net.il; radsafe at radlab.nl
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.

--- Jose Julio Rozental <joseroze at netvision.net.il>
wrote:
> 
>
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050426/NEWS02/504260336/1018/NEWS02
> More radioactive debris turning up in garbage
> By ROB RYSER
> THE JOURNAL NEWS
>      
> Original publication: April 26, 2005
> Low levels of a radioactive substance used to treat
> thyroid cancer, known as iodine-131, are tripping
> alarms at garbage collection plants in Westchester
> County about twice as often as they did last year,
> officials said yesterday. 
> 
> There have been 11 cases in 2005, compared to 10
> cases in all of 2004, according to County Executive
> Andrew Spano, who is calling on physicians to leave
> better instructions with patients about throwing out
> personal-care products once they go home.
> 
>
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>   
> 
> Jose Julio Rozental
> joseroze at netvision.net.il
> Israel
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