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RE: Hoods and radioactive contaminants
Hello Richard:
Some good reference books you may want to check on fumehoods (and other
lab design issues):
Guidelines for Laboratory Design (2nd edition) by DiBerardins et al.
published 1993 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-55463-4. The
authors are from the the Boston area (MIT, Harvard, Massachussetts
General Hospital), so the text reflects current American standards.
Technical Guide No. 10: Laboratory Design Issues published 1992 by Cook
et al for the British Occupational Hygiene Society. ISBN 0 948237 11 2.
Available from H & H Scientific Consultants in the U.K. (Obvious British
flavour) Their website address is http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/hhsc/
Occupational Hygiene Monograph No. 4: A Literature Survey and Design
Study of Fumecupboards and Fume-Dispersal Systems, by D. Hughes 1980
(reprinted 1987). ISBN 0-905927-50-8. UK publication .Also available
from H& H (see above).
Good luck!
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>From: Edwards, Richard W[SMTP:Richard.Edwards@pss.boeing.com]
>Sent: September 29, 1998 1:54 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: Hoods and radioactive contaminants
>
>We're trying to prepare some "What would we do if we had to..."
>scenarios. One that is giving us some grief is trying to figure out when
>we would want to utilize a HEPA filtered hood and the potential impact
>of doing so on system maintenance and radiological control. As you may
>correctly infer, working with radioactive contaminants is not routine
>for us. Our HVAC engineers turned up a standard they go by which spends
>a whole page talking about radioactives lumped in with chemical hazards.
>This particular standard seems to be better as a sales tool for
>expensive ventilation equipment than a useful reference for designing
>appropriate radiological controls.
>
>Can anyone direct me to written guidance, standards or regulations
>regarding the use, maintenance and/or control of ventilation systems,
>airborne activity and processes involving either?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Rick Edwards, Analyst
>The Boeing Company
>richard.w.edwards@boeing.com
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