Radioisotope Dispenser

["Sue M. Dupre" <dupre@arundel.Princeton.EDU>]

Good Afternoon!  I'm told that Amersham sells a dispensing device for 
radioactive stock solutions such that you could buy a large amount of 
of some standard P-32 solution, say, and then dispense it out to the 
users at your institution in smaller aliquots (I'm not sure of the name
of the device).  One of our large departments is looking into this as a 
way to cut down on radioisotope shipping charges.   

Have any of you had experience, good or bad, with a dispensing device 
like this?  We, of course, have concerns about contamination control 
and ALARA considerations (I understand that this device would hold a 
few hundred millicuries of P-32; dispensing would probably be under 
the control of a single staff member).  Please feel free to reply publicly 
or separately to me at dupre@princeton.edu.  Thanks for your input!