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Multihazardous waste

Do not generate multihazardous waste (combinations of radioactive, biological, and chemical waste) without first consulting with the designated radiation and chemical safety officers. [Pg.99]

Multihazardous waste is waste that contains any combination of chemical, radioactive, or biological hazards. The combinations of these hazards are illustrated in Figure 7.2. Although many of the principles discussed for chemically hazardous waste earlier in this... [Pg.152]

Multihazardous waste, (a) Chemical-radioactive waste, or mixed waste," (b) chemical-biological waste, (c) radioactive biological waste, and (d) chemical-radioactive biological waste. [Pg.152]

Management of multihazardous waste is complicated further by local or state requirements that may be inconsistent with the relative risk of each hazard and with sound waste management practices. Chemically hazardous waste that contains short-half-life radionuclides may, for example, be best managed by holding the waste in storage for decay, which may require up to 2 years. However, the EPA and state rules usually limit storage of chemically hazardous waste to 90 days. [Pg.153]

Commercial treatment or disposal facilities for multihazardous waste from laboratories are scarce. Many of these waste types are unique to laboratories and are generated in such small volumes that there is little incentive for the development of a commercial market for their management. [Pg.153]

Minimize the waste s hazards. Waste minimization methods specific to chemical, radioactive, or biological waste can be applied to multihazardous waste to mitigate or eliminate one hazard, which wOl then allow it to be managed as a single-hazard waste. For example, the substitution of nonignitable liquid scintillation fluid (LSF) for toluene-based LSF reduces a chemical-radioactive waste to a radioactive waste. [Pg.154]

When possible, select a single management option. Some waste management methods are appropriate for more than one waste hazard. Low-level radioactive animal tissue (a radioactive-biological waste) can often be incinerated on-site, which may be a satisfactory disposal option for both the radioactive and the biological characteristics of the waste. Some multihazardous waste can be disposed of safely in the sanitary sewer when allowed by the local publicly owned treatment works (POTW). [Pg.154]

Multihazardous waste is a by-product of various kinds of critically important work in, for example, clinical and environmental laboratories. With the help of several experts as part of a special subcommittee, the committee studied the disposal of various combinations of chemical, radioactive, and biological waste. Few disposal facilities exist for multihazardous waste, and some waste materials are so unique and occur in such small quantities that there is no commercial incentive for developing special legal means for handling them. [Pg.447]

For disposal of a multihazardous waste, the goal may be reduction to a waste that presents a single hazard, which can then be managed as a chemical. [Pg.447]

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