Re: Tritium, .1 uCi

["ROB FORREST" <ROB_FORREST.RSO#u#MAILROOM@rsomacserver.rso.upenn.edu>]

                      RE>Tritium, .1 uCi                           1/24/95
Whether the tritium is detectable or not depends on what the waste is and how
hard you're looking.  As to considering it non-radioactive, 10 CFR 20.2005
specifies disposal of specific wastes.  0.05 uCI of H-3 and C-14 per gram of
medium used for liquid scintillation counting and 0.05 uCi H-3 and C-14 per
gram of animal tissue averaged over the weight of the entire animal.  Sorry,
your waste doesn't fit either of these categories.

Rob Forrest


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   From:  Leroy Scribner                             Dept:  Environmental
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Subject:  Tritium, .1 uCi


    Greetings, 
    
    Is waste that contains less than .1 uCi/gm tritium non-detectable?  Can 
    you consider it to be non-radioactive?  
    
    



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