See below for related topics or Click here to go to Are the HASP and training requirements applicable to regulated disposal of low level medical wastes The TSD facility has a disposal shaft for low level radioactive wastes. Trucks transport lined casks, size 30 gallons or less, containing these wastes to the shaft, where the casks are unloaded and rolled down the shaft for disposal. Monitoring has demonstrated no worker exposures above allowable levels and no surface contamination of personnel or clothing. When casks are being unloaded, a 100 foot exclusion zone is created around the shaft to keep out all unauthorized personnel. Fall protection is recognized as the major safety issue for the driver and the radcon technician, who are the only workers involved in this operation page


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See below for related topics or Click here to go to Are the HASP and training requirements applicable to regulated disposal of low level medical wastes The TSD facility has a disposal shaft for low level radioactive wastes. Trucks transport lined casks, size 30 gallons or less, containing these wastes to the shaft, where the casks are unloaded and rolled down the shaft for disposal. Monitoring has demonstrated no worker exposures above allowable levels and no surface contamination of personnel or clothing. When casks are being unloaded, a 100 foot exclusion zone is created around the shaft to keep out all unauthorized personnel. Fall protection is recognized as the major safety issue for the driver and the radcon technician, who are the only workers involved in this operation page

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