SDSU Brochure makes tonight show’s “Headlines”
I was just watching Leno for “Headlines,” and apparently someone sent in a SDSU brochure on chemical spills.
Let’s just say, in case of a spill of radioactive materials, the audience concurred that something more than “absorbent towels” might be considered.
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Didn’t see headlines and don’t know the particulars of SDSU’s radiation licenses, but I assume they use radioactive materials for labeling things like DNA. The max in any tube would be something like 1/4 ml so a towel seems like a reasonable solution to absorb and then toss in the rad waste container. Check with Geiger to see if anything more needs to be done.
I am also unfamiliar with SDSU’s rad licenses, but I think poster denature is pretty much on the mark. Most radioactive substances used in university settings (even research labs) are pretty tame.
In my youth I worked as an engineer in the commercial nuclear power industry. Our field techs who traveled to power plants always swore that the best way to clean up spills was to use sanitary napkins – they always made sure there was a case of them at hand!
I MUST suggest the “absorbent towel plan” to our Nuclear Medicine Department!