Re: How long do we keep records

["J. J. Rozental" <josrozen@netmedia.net.il>]

To give you an ideia out of USA, In Brazil:

Waste Disposal Records, indefinitely 
Worker Health Record 50 years
Radiaton Dose Record 50 years
Reports of abnormal ocurrences (result or could result) in abormal radiation
50 years
Sources Records 2 years
Instrument Record 2 years
Survey Records 2 years

J. J. Rozental <josrozen@netmedia.net.il>
Israel

At 10:39 PM 6/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
>All,
>
>According to 10CFR20.2106(f) "The licensee shall retain the 
>required form or record until the Commission terminates each 
>pertinent license requiring this record."
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>According to 29CFR1910.1020(d) (paraphrase because I don't have it 
>in front of me) exposure records from physical agents shall be 
>kept for 30 years.
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>My boss (Director of EH&S) contends that I need to live by the 
>OSHA requirement and not the NRC requirement, because he considers 
>the OSHA requirement more restrictive.  He says that if I follow 
>the NRC requirement, then I open my employer to liability if we 
>terminate our licenses and dispose of our exposure records.
>
>1. Is this true?
>
>2. Has this scenerio been tested in the courts? (my bosses 
>question)
>
>3. What agency has jurisdiction?  I have a copy of the MOU between 
>the NRC and OSHA dated 
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>Denis J. Rinkacs, Jr.
>Radiation Safety Officer
>Carnegie Mellon University
>412-268-3221
>412-268-6976 Fax
>dr4i@MAIL1.andrew.cmu.edu
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