Journal
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
Volume 61, Issue 4, Pages 562-569Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2018.1495238
Keywords
Hazardous materials; geological collections; asbestos; asbestiform minerals; radioactive rocks; New Zealand
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- GNS Science
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New Zealand's National Petrology Reference Collection at GNS Science includes samples of radioactive and asbestiform minerals and rocks. The legislative requirements for managing these potentially hazardous samples have recently changed because the Radiation Safety Act, Radiation Safety Regulations and Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations were revised in 2016-2017. Steps have been taken at GNS Science to ensure legislative requirements are met, and procedures put in place to safely store and manage radioactive and asbestiform-bearing samples within the collection. These procedures may have application to other curated geological collections at New Zealand universities and museums involving potentially hazardous materials.
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