Re: Hoods and radioactive contaminants

["Don_Jordan" <Don_Jordan@fpm.uchicago.edu>]

NIH published a study of laboratory fume hoods in 1996.  The executive
summary can be obtained at http://des.od.nih.gov/farhad/execsummary.htm.
The whole report should be there as well in html & pdf formats. 

Hope this helps,  Don



At 01:56 PM 9/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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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