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Technical Report · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:6587968

The bibliography contains citations concerning the treatment and disposal of medical wastes, including radioactive materials. Studies of incineration of hazardous and toxic medical wastes, hazardous emission of incinerators, and radioactive wastewater measurements are included. Separation and clean-up techniques for radioactive wastes, energy recovery from the combustion of hospital wastes, management of radioactive medical wastes, and government policies concerning medical wastes are also discussed. Medical facility designs that reduce generated wastes and reduce exposure to radiation in waste handling are included. (Contains 250 citations and includes a subject term index and title list.)

• Research Organization: NERAC, Inc., Tolland, CT (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6587968
• Report Number(s): PB-93-868263/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BIBLIOGRAPHIES
BUILDINGS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DESIGN
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY RECOVERY
GASEOUS WASTES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HOSPITALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INCINERATORS
LABORATORIES
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOXIC MATERIALS
TOXICITY
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER