Re: Short lived waste

[Anthony Barber <a.barber@qut.edu.au>]

At 08:42 27/07/98 -0500, you wrote:
>All Radsafers:
>
>Would someone offer me some information about what is the best way to deal
>with short lived radioactive waste (32P, 35S, 125I,...)  in University
>setting?
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>Shirley
>
>
Shirley,
we primarily use delay and decay, you just need to ensure that the non
radiological problems with the waste are looked at carefully. This can lead
to a requirement in one lab to have 2 or even 3 bins for 32P (as an
example) where one bin gets 32P contaminated pathology waste with heavy
metal content, another bin gets 32P contaminated gloves and tubes and the
third bin gets 32P contaminated human products.

Make sure the area staff keep good simple records of stored bags of waste
so you can be sure you have kept them for 10 half lives, and most important
of all ensure the bags are labelled with good detail of radiological and
non radiological interest and the labels will not fade or fall off.

Regards
Ant


Anthony Barber
RSO - Queensland University of Technology
ph  61 7 3864 3566
fax 61 7 3864 3993
a.barber@qut.edu.au
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