May 2002 Operational Radiation Safety

On the cover: Students are developing an understanding of radiation safety needs in Costa Rica. See article on page S87 for more information.

Contents of Vol. 82, No. 5, May 2002

EDITORIAL

Kenneth L. Miller

CURRENT EVENTS

Sean M. Austin

ASK THE EXPERT

Kelly Classic

RSO INTERVIEW

Peter G. Vernig

RSO INTERVIEW

Victor N. Evdokimoff

ARTICLES—OPERATIONAL TOPICS

Handling, Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Mixed Wastes at Medical Facilities and Academic Institutions — John P. Hageman

Managing A Low-Level Mixed Waste Storage Facility: A Checklist for Compliance To 40 CFR 266 — Kenyon D. Yoder

The Reactor Facility that was Built at Columbia University but Never Used — George Hamawy

Lead Equivalence in Glass: The Default Value vs. A Defined Value — Robert J. Barish and Mary E. Moore

An Initial Radiation Safety Needs Assessment of Costa Rica — Robert J.Emery, and S.A. Felknor

Health Physics Technician Injury Reduction — Stephen Bump, Dianne Whitten, Marta Caballero, Judy Banaszynski, Kathy Keelean, and John Miller

Mobilization of State Program Resources for a Steel Mill Accident — Jerry Eakins, Harlan Keaton, William Passetti and Walter Cofer

Timer to Shut Off Portable Air Samplers — Brian Rees, G. Sundby and E. Peterson

Preliminary Measurements of Surface Removable NORM Activity in the WIPP Underground — Robert Hayes, Casey Gadbury, and Tom Goff

Radioactive Waste Minimization at a Large Academic Medical Facility — Kenneth Krieger, Mary Van Baalen and Christopher Walters

AUTHOR PROFILE

George Hamawy