Radioactive Waste Management - doe-hdbk-1106-97

DOE-HDBK-1106-97

Lesson Plan

Instructor's Notes

EO10: IDENTIFY methods

V. RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

for reducing radioactive

A. Segregation

waste.

Segregate waste by waste stream category and half-life to

facilitate storage, minimization, and disposal.

Waste Stream Segregation

B. Waste Storage

includes maintaining

separation between hazardous

Each laboratory should have a designated location for storing

and radioactive wastes.

waste. Radioactive waste should be stored separately from

hazardous waste. This location should be out of the way of

normal lab activities, but easily accessible, recognizable, and

properly labeled and shielded.

Liquid waste materials should be kept in secondary

containers and segregated by hazard class. Secondary

containers may be lab trays or any device that will contain

110 percent of the largest container.

C. Sharps

Contaminated syringes, glass pipettes, and other sharp items

must be placed in a specifically designed, rigid container.