uite AW: [ RadSafe ] Depleted Uranium as Ballast?

[Franz Schönhofer]

I remember that my good friend John McKlveen told me in 1988, when I had the
privilege to stay at his institute at Arizona State University (ASU) for
several weeks, that he had a request to calculate the dose to persons being
on the boat using a DU keel. He ended up with (how surprising!) that the
additional dose was below anything detectable.

So much about the hazards, but I think that acquiring a DU-keel should go
through the official channels. I would believe that DU cannot be bought in
any country (and how should it be shaped into a part of the keel?), so the
cost has to be asked from the boat builder. 

Quite a funny question!

Franz

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Franz Schoenhofer
PhD, MR iR
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Vienna
AUSTRIA
phone -43-0699-1168-1319


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im
> Auftrag von Leo M. Lowe
> Gesendet: Freitag, 07. April 2006 20:49
> An: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Betreff: [ RadSafe ] Depleted Uranium as Ballast?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is a question from an acquaintance who is a recreational sailor.
> 
> Does anyone know of any regulations that prohibit the use of depleted
> uranium (DU) as ballast (because of its high density) in a sailboat keel,
> or in any boat?   If possible to use, where could the DU be obtained and
> what would be the approximate cost ?
> 
> Regards,
> Leo M. Lowe, Ph.D., P.Phys.
> 
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