Re[2]: Advice to teachers (reply)

[Mike.Ashland@gsbsc.gensig.com]

   The Am-241 used in modern commercial ionization smoke detectors is
nonsoluble in water and will not become airborne if the detectors are disposed
of through incineration.
   
   Detectors manufactured more than 10 years ago should probably NOT be
disposed of through incineration without checking with the manufacturer.
   
   For more info, please contact:
   
          Mike Ashland
          RSO
          EST
          5 North Main St.
          Pittsfield, Maine, 04967
          207-487-2055
          mike.ashland@gsbsc.gensig.com
          
   The opinions expressed above are strictly my own.
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Subject: RE: Advice to teachers (reply)
From:    radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet2
Date:    3/5/97  11:26 AM

I guess we should ask ourselves the question: What do we recommend to
our neighbor who wants to discard 3 smoke detectors (ionizing chamber
with 0.9 uCi of Am-241) and replace them with 3, new and improved (?)
"photoelectric" models ?

The answer is not easy and in this world, nothing is free (quite the
opposite with ANY "radioactive waste").

Stephane Jean Francois Phys. eng
RSO
Merck Frosst Canada
stephane_jeanfrancois@merck.com
This is my opinion and do not involve my employer.
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From: Brian Rees
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Advice to teachers (reply)
Date:  March 4, 1997 11:54

Is there anybody in a position to ask a commercial disposer to accept HS
waste w/o charge as a public service?  That would send a responsible
message from "our industry" to students.

Opinions are my own
Brian Rees
brees@lanl.gov