Re: release of patient based on NRCREG 35.75

[psr@po.cwru.edu (P S Rao)]

In an earlier posting I had said:

" Regulators are in an excellent position to guide radiation-related
activities along the paths of reason and science, but instead seem compelled
by public pressure to fall back on emotional and irrational tracks."

I was corrected by an Ohio regulator, who wrote in a private communication:

" Landfills fall under a completely different set of rules and regulations
than hospitals.  They're beholden to the Environmental Protection Agency,
which mandates that landfills shall not accept or bury  any radioactive
materials period.  The landfills all have radiation monitors, to prevent
this from happening, because they will be fined for burying it."

So it is the EPA that should be leading the way.  I know how that goes.

-psrao.
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P. Sridhar Rao, Mailstop BSH5056, Univ Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
Tel: 216-844-1295.   Fax: 216-844-3300.   E-mail: psr@po.cwru.edu

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