Re: RAMP Rumors

["Hans Richter" <HRICHTER@engr-serv.usc.edu>]

   So  who's  responsible  for  sorting  out  waste  if  the  gone-out -of 
-business  vendor  had  combined  waste  from  several generators  
into  the  same  drum and compacted it?   Does  each  generator  pick 
what  they  think  is  theirs  and  leave  the  rest?  

Hans  Richter
USC     go Trojans
Murphys Law:  The bright light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight 
of an oncoming train.

Standard disclaimer.

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> If the vendor goes out of business, then the regulators go back to 
the
> waste generator and gets them to retrieve and properly dispose of 
their
> waste.
> 
> Donald P. Mercado, O/47-20, B/106      PROFS Nickname: DMERCADO
> Radiation Safety Officer        Internet: Don@LMSC.Lockheed.com
> Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space            Tel. (408) 742-0759
> Sunnyvale, Ca 94089                         Fax. (408) 742-0611

>  From: coogen_michael@hq2ccgw.hq.dla.mil
>  To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
>  Subject: Re[4]: RAMP Rumors
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> 
>  Correct me if I'm wrong; If a generator surrenders radioactive waste 
ready for
>  burial, the vendor is responsible to complete the contract by 
transporting it
> to
>  the burial site.  If the vendor processes the your waste by combining 
with
> other
>  like waste or volume reduction, then the liability belongs to the 
vendor.
>  Although you are the generator, you may be liable to that portion of 
the waste
>  in the event of an accident or incident, the vendor has treated or 
changed the
>  intergity of the waste that was surrender in its original form for
> burial...mike
>  coogen sends