Radioactive Waste Management - hdbk110697

DOE-HDBK-1106-97

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EO10: IDENTIFY methods

V. RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

Segregation

for reducing radioactive

waste.

Segregate waste by waste stream category and half-life

to facilitate storage, minimization, and disposal.

Waste Storage

Waste Stream Segregation

includes maintaining

Each laboratory should have a designated location for

separation between hazardous

storing waste. Radioactive waste should be stored

and radioactive wastes.

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.

Sharps

Contaminated syringes, glass pipettes, and other sharp

items must be placed in a specifically designed, rigid

container.