[ RadSafe ] Nuclear gauges, DU, Th, Radium watch hands- Ownership issues.

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Nuclear gauges, DU, Th, Radium watch hands- Ownership issues.

Anyone in business that has $1200 can get an NRC materials license.
It will all ANY number of gauges to be held. Verified by a long
telephone conversation with Barb Brown at NRC HQ just last week.
Gauges can be purchased on eBay legally, for as low as $10.00 as
long as you have that license. 10 units were recently sold there by
the state of Oregon at prices ranging form $10.00 to $500.00, all
with NRC approval (I know, I called NRC Allegations office to be sure). 

A recent news article attempts to scare the public by capitalizing on " Undercover Investigators Obtain Nuclear License" and 
claims that once exposed by their crack investigation the government has "Fixed the problem" ?? 
First of all there is no problem, these 
are the same rules we have always had.
See:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/eric_lipton/index.html?inline=nyt-per>ERIC

Another "investigator" brought a small quantity of DU across the US border and wrote a scathing article. In reality, there were no laws broken. 
I have even seen DU penetrators from M1 Abrams Tank rounds ( real, not training rounds) for sale on eBay, again, no legal problem with that.

DU metal  is actually considered an insignificant radiological material, its Pyrophoricity ( it burns easily), and heavy metal 
toxicity are of far more concern.



Any business or educational entity can hold up to 15 pounds
of "source material", that is, yellowcake, DU etc. Anyone can hold
any amount of natural U or Th ore. And yes, even 40 pounds of Radium
watch hands is OK. There is NO LIMIT on the number of thorium
mantles one can own.

These are the rules, newsfolks etc. can make a big deal out of it if
they want to. No one is breaking the law.

SEE:
http://www.qsl.net/k0ff/Nucleonics/




Yes we may suffer "dirty bombs" in the USA in future. Some might even be
radiological in nature, but those will be of little concern compared to other
dangerous materials that are accessible.






George Dowell
NLNL
New London Nucleonics Lab
56791 Rivere Au Sel Pl.
New London, MO 63459

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