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|  DOE-HDBK-1106-97
Lesson Plan
Instructor's Notes
a.
Liquid scintillation counting (LSC) media:
Discuss concerns of LSC
Liquid scintillation counting media
sewer disposal (clog drains,
containing 0.05 microcuries or less per
exposure to LSC fluid). Need
gram of medium of H-3 or
to follow facility-specific
C-14.
procedures. Encourage use of
non-tolulene-based LSC.
Animal carcasses: Animal carcasses
b.
containing 0.05 microcuries or less per
gram of animal tissue (averaged over the
Animal carcasses can't be
weight of the entire animal) of H-3 or
used for human food or
C-14.
animal feed.
Reference: Woehr (1994)
5.
Volume reduction
Compaction: May produce reduction
a.
factors of up to 5 to 1.
Shredding: May produce reduction
b.
factors of up to 12 to 1.
Incineration: Difficult under present
c.
regulations and political climate; allowed
under 10 CFR 20.2004. Currently,
scintillation fluids are incinerated by
commercially licensed vendors.
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