Health Rating - NFPA

[larisa@mailbox.neosoft.com (Larisa Streeter)]

Greetings!

Our local Fire Marshall wants us to post, in addition to the "Radiation"
warning 
signs already up, NFPA diamonds with the "radioactivity" symbol in the white
section
*and* a health hazard rating in the blue section. These are licensed sealed
sources
that are being stored in a small bunkered building.

Initially, he wanted a "4" rating under health, which I told him
(diplomatically ;-) 
was absurd and would mislead any emergency responders into thinking we had 
something equivalent to cyanide gas in there! Now he's saying a "3" would be 
in order. I think it should be a "1".

I haven't found any ratings for "radioactivity" in my NFPA booklet. Perhaps
someone
here can provide me with a reference for this? Thanks in advance.

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Larisa Streeter
    Corporate Environmental Scientist
      Western Atlas International, Inc.
        Houston, Texas
          larisa@neosoft.com

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