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Report No. 141 - Managing Potentially Radioactive Scrap Metal (2002)  Price: $50 PDF (AAPM Members FREE) Category: Reports NCRP Report No. 141 (2002) contains the following eight recommendations: (1) Comprehensive and consistent national and international risk-based policies for managing PRSM need to be developed; (2) A set of uniform clearance standards to address national and international concerns needs to be developed; (3) The standards should include NORM and TENORM; (4) Regulatory control over orphan sources must be improved; (5) The processes of clearance and intervention/interception should be harmonized; (6) The use of licensed mills/brokerages as "clearing houses" for recycling should be encouraged; (7) New technologies and/or plant designs to reduce metal contamination should be developed; and (8) Steps should be taken to enhance public understanding of the clearance process. View the latest Book Review of this Report. Scientific Committee: S. Y. Chen, Chairman William P. Dornsife H. Robert Meyer Anthony LaMastra Dade W. Moeller Daniel J. Strom James G. Yusko Joel O. Lubenau, Advisor Michael T. Ryan, Advisor |
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