Re: I131 Hospital Waste

["Wesley M. Dunn" <WDUNN@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us>]

Peter is correct.  

Note, however, that the sanitary sewer exemption only applies to 
licensees.  A patient released under 10 CFR 35 (or equivalent) is not 
a licensee.  Texas has promulgated a policy to clarify that waste 
from a released patient (such as a contaminated diaper) is not 
regulated as radioactive material.

Wes

> Date sent:      Wed, 2 Apr 97 08:14:54 -0600
> Send reply to:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> From:           fearp@VAX.CS.HSCSYR.EDU (Peter Fear)
> To:             Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject:        Re: I131 Hospital Waste

> I believe that the exemption is _only_ for sanitary sewer disposal and not
> at all sewage systems. Some sewage systems have local regulations which do
> not allow that.
> 

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Wesley M. Dunn, CHP                        512-834-6688
Deputy Director, Licensing                 512-834-6690 (fax)
(Texas) Bureau of Radiation Control        wdunn@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us
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