Re: Lab Coats

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

Bob,

You won't find specific NRC regulations requiring lab coats when 
working with radioactive materials. It's likely to be handled in a 
variety of ways, depending on what each institution has said to the 
NRC or its agreement state licensing body.  For instance, my institution 
submitted its Radiation Safety Guide as part of its license application, 
and our Guide specifies under what conditions protective clothing, 
including lab coats, will be worn by researchers using RAM.  
Consequently those lab coat requirements are part of our license 
conditions.  

No matter how you provide the information, the NRC expects a license 
application to spell out details about an institution's radiation safety 
program, including the use of protective clothing.  See Reg Guide 10.5 
(even more explicitly spelled out in proposed Revision 2 to Reg Guide 
10.5).  

Sue Dupre


> Date:          Mon, 18 May 1998 12:24:51 -0500 (CDT)
> Reply-to:      radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> From:          Bob Dunn <rso.gscancer@worldnet.att.net>
> To:            Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject:       Lab Coats

> Hello everyone,
>     Can anyone point me towards the specific regulation(s) regarding
> wearing Lab coats in areas where radioactive materials are used/stored?
> Any help will be appreciated greatly. Thanks in advance.
> Bob Dunn
> rso.gscancer@worldnet.att.net
> 
> 
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