Re: clarification re unknowm waste

[chatho@lanl.gov (Charles Thomas)]

>     When I worked at the Naval Medical Research Institute, any and all 
>     waste being afforded to me had to be accompanied with a manifest 
>     (radionuclide, radioactivity) before it would be processed for burial. 
>     This included dry solids, liquids and animal carcasses.  That was the 
>     responsibility of the principal investigator.  It was the same system  
>     of accountability for radioisotope possession and use.  You receive a 
>     certain amount and therefore you are required to tell me what you did 
>     with each micorcurie.  It worked for me.  Accountability.  That is the 
>     key....mike coogen  
>

This is the method we used at SUNY/Buffalo when I was there in the
'70s....Charles Thomas
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>Subject: clarification re unknowm waste
>Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at hq2ccgw
>Date:    9/13/95 3:32 PM
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>I need to clarify the fact  that we know the items in the drum, namely 
>gloves, paper towels, irradiated sample holders, etc.
>What we need to characterise is just the isotopes and activities. 
>Obviously the activity is very low. It is not practical to put down an 
>exact activity when these kind of items are thrown into rad trash by the 
>researchers.
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> Ninni Jacob
>Radiation Safety Officer
>University of Rhode Island
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