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specific operation where there might be more
volatile stuff --
MR. EISENBUD?:
You have to know
what you are doing; you've got to know what you've
got in the waste.
MR, HARRIS:
If there were a particular operation that had a particularly dsenger~
ous, particularly volatile material, you have
to be concerned about it, but a normal waste
rial. of this tyne could be taken oure of,
MR. EISENBUD:
mate=
KHere'’s a radiological
laboratory which for many years has been baling
waste paper at the cost of €250. a bale, shipping
it 300 miles for vermanent storage whatever that
is supposed to be and we acked them to do this
experiment on trial, and they said, no, they
had public relations problems and they wouldn't
even discuss it with us,
And so we did.it,
In burning these eight tons, it
cost them $2000, to package thie and the cost
of the experiment was very much less than
packing this material if they took care of
the burhing and storing and this is the kind
of thing where you see the opportunity to do something
where you are concerned, both with the health
hazard and also at the same time, the economics