When you say you have to deal with the safe disposal of radioactive items, do you have to directly handle the

Question: When you say you have to deal with the safe disposal of radioactive items, do you have to directly handle the radioactive things??? (whilst wearing a hazmat suit, obviously)
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  disposal,
  radioactive,
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Asked by Josie (0_0) to Kate on 11 Nov 2015.
- Kate Wright answered on 11 Nov 2015:
  
  No, fortunately that’s not my job!
  There are lots of different kinds of radioactive waste and they can be handled quite differently. Sometimes it’s OK for someone to just pick up a container of waste (even without a suit and respirator). On the other hand, some things are so radioactive that people can’t go near them at all – they’re moved around by machines and kept underwater.
  The main thing in the nuclear industry is minimising the amount of radiation people are exposed to so if there’s something really radioactive they don’t let people near it, and everybody has little devices which work out how much radiation you’re being exposed to, so if it gets too high you have to leave the area.

Question: When you say you have to deal with the safe disposal of radioactive items, do you have to directly handle the radioactive things??? (whilst wearing a hazmat suit, obviously)