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INFORMATION
NOTICE 99-01
TO: All
Authorized Users
of Radioactive
Materials
FROM: Assistant
Director for Environmental
Management and
the Radiation
Safety Officer
SUBJECT: Proper
Segregation
and Labeling
of Radioactive
Waste
Containers
The
purpose of this
Information Notice
is to establish
standards and
provide instructions
for the proper
segregation and
labeling of radioactive
waste containers.
All Authorized
Users/Generators
of radioactive
waste must satisfy
these requirements
when generating
of radioactive
waste.
Waste
Segregation
All
radioactive waste
should be segregated
according to
isotope (except 14C
and 3H)
and waste form
(i.e. dry solid
waste, sharps,
organic scintillation
fluid and its
associated liquid
scintillation
vials, biodegradable
scintillation
vials and it
associated liquid
scintillation
vials, aqueous
solutions, organic
solutions, and
animal/pathological
waste) into radioactive
waste containers
provided and/or
approved by EHS.
"Caution
- Radioactive
Material" Labels
Each
waste container
should be accompanied
by a "Caution
- Radioactive
Material" label.
This label should
be used to annotate
the isotope,
total activity
in the container
and the date
of the last addition
to the container
or the assay
date once the
container is
full. In addition,
liquid or scintillation
vial waste containers
must have the
identity and
concentration
of the solvents
that the nuclides
are in. NOTE: The
label should not be
used as a log
sheet to annotate
multiple additions
of waste to the
container.
Radioactive
Waste Disposal
Log Sheet
Each
waste container
should be accompanied
by a "Radioactive
Waste Disposal
Log Sheet".
The log sheet
is a tool for
the Authorized
User to keep
track of a cumulative,
running total
of the activity
in the container
while the container
is being filled.
An entry on the
Radioactive Waste
Disposal Log
Sheet noting
the isotope,
activity, and
date should be
annotated each
and every time
radioactive waste
is placed into
any container.
The
Radioactive Waste
Disposal Log
Sheet must be
physically attached
to the waste
container in
order to satisfy
the regulatory
requirement for
labeling the
container. If
the log sheet
is not physically
attached to the
waste container,
annotate the
isotope, the
maximum activity
that will be
in the container
when it is full
and the date
on the "Caution
- Radioactive
Material" label
attached to the
container, use
the Radioactive
Waste Disposal
Log Sheet to
keep track of
the actual activity,
and transfer
the actual activity
and date onto
the Caution -
Radioactive Material" label
when the radioactive
waste container
is full.
For more information or if
you have any questions please
contact the Environmental
Management Division at
6-7207. |
