Re: calibration and compaction

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Reply-to: Johnny.Brandon@p0.f13.n233.z1.fidonet.org (Johnny Brandon)
Fido-To: romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu!vmd.cso.uiuc.e

 r> On the subject of Compaction:  Since the early 1980's to January
 r> of 1994 one of our satellite facilities had operated a standard
 r> kitchen compactor for disposal of radioactive solid waste, C-14,
 r> H-3, and P-32.  As mentioned in one response the "cubes" were
 r> convenient to handle and did amount to some small compaction of
 r> waste.  However, the State Agency inspectors cited our license for
 r> a violation to " Specific Terms and Conditions of License" regarding
 r> the use of the compactor.  Our state license did not " authorize "
 r> the use of such a device by any " users " under the license.
 r> 
 r> As of January of this year the device was put out of action by this
 r> citation, and shall not be used again.
 
if you found compaction to be of value (we don't compact, we incinerate) 
why don't you request an amendment to your license???   
 
j. brandon
UIUC radsafety office
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