Volume reduction - doe-hdbk-1106-97

DOE-HDBK-1106-97

Lesson Plan

Instructor's Notes

a. Liquid scintillation counting (LSC) media:

Discuss concerns of LSC

sewer disposal (clog drains,

Liquid scintillation counting media containing 0.05

exposure to LSC fluid). Need

microcuries or less per gram of medium of H-3 or

to follow facility-specific

C-14.

procedures. Encourage use of

b. Animal carcasses: Animal carcasses containing 0.05

non-tolulene-based LSC.

microcuries or less per gram of animal tissue

(averaged over the weight of the entire animal) of

Animal carcasses can't be

H-3 or C-14.

used for human food or

animal feed.

5. Volume reduction

a. Compaction: May produce reduction factors of up to

Reference: Woehr (1994)

5 to 1.

b. Shredding: May produce reduction factors of up to

12 to 1.

c. Incineration: Difficult under present regulations and

political climate; allowed under 10 CFR 20.2004.

Currently, scintillation fluids are incinerated by

commercially licensed vendors.