Disposal of Liquid Scintillation Cocktails or LSC`s

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Disposal of Liquid Scintillation Cocktails or LSC’s
The disposal of liquid scintillation cocktails (LSC’s) are coming under scrutiny of the EPA for several reasons.
Many LSC’s are flammable, only marginally soluble or insoluble in water, and incorporate high percentages of
non-ionic surfactants. Many LSC’s are now considered hazardous waste and fall under EPA regulations.
All LSC’s that fall into the hazardous waste classification (non-sink disposal types) must be disposed of through
the UAA RSO until it has been determined that any LSC hazardous waste is considered not radioactive and then
will be handled through normal hazardous waste channels.
Why change to less hazardous and safer LSC alternatives?
1.
Many are EPA regulated and as such are hazardous waste.
2.
EPA regulated LSC’s should not be disposed of via the sanitary sewer system.
3.
Many LSC’s have high levels of non-ionic surfactants and are bad for the environment.
4.
Disposal of EPA regulated LSC materials is becoming more expensive.
Sink Disposable
100 % water soluble
non-flammable
(< 10 %) of non-ionic surfactants
small volumes
Guidelines for LSC Disposal
NOT Sink Disposable
< 100 % water soluble
corrosive
flammable
(> 10 %) of non-ionic surfactants
toxic for the environment
On the next page is a listing of LSC’s and their properties that pertain to sink disposal and a link to SDS’s for each
LSC.
For further information contact EHSRMS at uaa_ehsrms@uaa.alaska.edu.
Liquid Scintillation Cocktail (LSC’s) NON-SINKABLE Listing
LSC Name
Manufacturer
SafeScint
SafeScint Ultra Gold
American Bioanalytical
American Bioanalytical
Ready Cap
Ready Safe
Beckman Coulter
Beckman Coulter
Flow Safe 2
Flow Plus
Berthold Technologies
ScintiSafe Econo F
ScintiSafe Econo 1
ScintiSafe Gel
ScintiSafe 30
ScintiSafe Plus 50 %
Scintiverse BD
Scintiverse TM-LC
Fisher S
BCS
BCS-NA
GE Healthcare
FlowLogic
FlowLogic
FlowLogic
FlowLogic
FlowLogic
FlowLogic
ScintLogic
ScintLogic
ScintLogic
ScintLogic
ScintLogic
ScintLogic
ScintLogic
Lablogic Systems
Betamax Es
BetaPlate Scint
CytoScint ES
Ecolite (+)
Ecolume
Universol ES
MP Biomedicals B
MP Biomedicals B
MP Biomedicals C
MP Biomedicals E
MP Biomedicals E
MP Biomedicals U
BetaFluor
Bioscint
Ecoscint
National Diagnostics
Properties
Insoluble Water, Emulsifies
Insoluble Water, Emulsifies
Opti-Fluor
OptiPhase HiSafe 2
OptiPhase HiSafe 3
OptiPhase SuperMix
Ultima-Flo AF
Ultima-Flo AP
Ultima-Flo M
Ultima Gold
Ultima Gold LLT
Ultima Gold MV
Ultima Gold uLLT
Ultima Gold XR
Perkin Elmer
Bio-Safe II
Bio-Safe NA
Econo-Safe
Research Products Inter Corp
Maury Riner, CHO
afmer@uaa.alaska.edu
fax: (907) -786-1267
phone: (907) -786-1279
LAST UPDATE
4/10/2015 12:33:34 PM