Re: Sewer Disposal -Reply

[gfeldman@uci.edu (Gerald Feldman)]

We too are not allowed to discharge radioactive materials to the sanitary 
sewer. However, we did reach an agreement with the sanitation district to 
allow us to discharge human waste containing radionuclides (as allowed under 
federal and state regs) as it would create more of a hazard if we had to 
collect the wastes from all patients who have had nuclear medicine scans or 
are undergoing treatment with 131-Iodine.

With the exception of the iodine, most of the other radionuclides used in 
nuclear medicine have decayed away by the time they reach the treatment 
plant and are therefore not a problem.






>
>Ah! But now you get into the pesky domain of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Dringking Water
>Standards, and such issues.
>
>We are waiting to see what the City rules for our sewer disposal.  
Currently, they don't care what the
>state or the Feds say, no radioactive material should enter their sewers.  
Could be a serious problem
>for us.
>
>I, too, did not get to go to Boston.
>
>
>
>
>H. Merrick Harrison, Ph.D.
>Radiation Protection Officer
>(919) 515-5208
>Merrick_Harrison@ncsu.edu
>
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  Gerald Feldman, M.S.
  Radiation Safety Officer
  UCI Medical Center
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