[ RadSafe ] LAT Article: Floridapawnshop'sradioactivesurprise("Yellow cake")

Tue Mar 13 15:04:41 CDT 2007

Jerry

I don't know if this is the evidence you want but I found this on the www.

AHA Recommendation
Potassium is an element (and an electrolyte) that's essential for the body's 
growth and maintenance. It's necessary to keep a normal water balance 
between the cells and body fluids. Potassium also plays an essential role in 
the response of nerves to stimulation and in the contraction of muscles. 
Cellular enzymes need potassium to work properly.

I think they are saying that a body does not work correctly unless potassium 
is present.

John

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To: "Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)" <Jim.Muckerheide at state.ma.us>; "John R Johnson" 
<idias at interchange.ubc.ca>; "Jeff Terry" <terryj at iit.edu>; "radsafe" 
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] LAT Article: 
Floridapawnshop'sradioactivesurprise("Yellow cake")

> Jim,
>    Several years ago, Don Luckey tried to obtain research funding  to
> determine the effects of raising animals on K-40 free diets (i.e. all
> potassium consumed bring K-139).  As I recall, he did not receive support
> from DoE or any other agency for the purpose. What's the evidence showing
> indicating adverse effects from K-40 deficiency?
> Jerry
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)" <Jim.Muckerheide at state.ma.us>
> To: "John R Johnson" <idias at interchange.ubc.ca>; "Jeff Terry"
> <terryj at iit.edu>; "radsafe" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 11:45 PM
> Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] LAT Article:
> Floridapawnshop'sradioactivesurprise("Yellow cake")
>
>
> Amen John,
>
> Not only would you die without potassium, it is fairly well 
> homeostatically
> controlled.
>
> We even know that with just K-39, removing the K-40, and shielding from
> external radiation, cells and organisms cease to function.
>
> Regards, Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl on behalf of John R Johnson
> Sent: Mon 3/12/2007 10:30 PM
> To: Jeff Terry; radsafe
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] LAT Article: Florida
> pawnshop'sradioactivesurprise("Yellow cake")
>
> Jerry et al
>
> K-40 is one of the isotopes always seen in whole body counting, and I used
> it to insure may counter was working properly. If the peack at 1.46 MeV 
> was
> not present, the counter was assumed to be not working correctly.
>
> John
> ***************
> John R Johnson
> CEO, IDIAS, Inc.
> Vancouver, B. C.
> Canada
> (604) 222-9840
> idias at interchange.ubc.ca
>
>
> .
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Terry" <terryj at iit.edu>
> To: "radsafe" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] LAT Article: Florida pawnshop's
> radioactivesurprise("Yellow cake")
>
>
>> Reminds me of an experiment that I did in a class that I taught a few
>> years ago.
>>
>> We ashed 100 pounds (45 kg) of bananas to isolate the potassium. Did  the
>> store clerk every give us a dirty look when we were checking out.  I 
>> think
>
>> that she thought we were a bit disjointed.
>>
>> Anyway, we isolated 200 g of potassium from the 45 kg of bananas so 
>> about
>> 24 mg was K-40.
>>
>> We counted it with a low energy Ge detector, low efficiency but could
>> observe a peak.
>>
>> The students really liked that experiment. You need to be careful  with
>> those "hot" bananas.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2007, at 11:44 AM, Conklin, Al (DOH) wrote:
>>
>>> It's a good thing they don't know what I've got buried around my 
>>> office;
>>> "deadly" red fiesta ware, several "nuclear" autonite crystals, about
>>> three dozen "dangerous" lantern mantles, a "life threatening" radium
>>> dial clock and a compass, a can of "horrifying" salt substitute.  When I
>>> go out to do training, and take along my props, I'm a walking nuclear
>>> nightmare. I might even take a "hot" banana for my lunch.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
>>> Behalf Of John Jacobus
>>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 9:15 AM
>>> To: radsafe; know_nukes at yahoogroups.com
>>> Subject: [ RadSafe ] LAT Article: Florida pawnshop's radioactive
>>> surprise("Yellow cake")
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na- 
>>> uranium12mar12,1
>>> ,2145801.story?coll=la-news-a_section
>>>
>>> Florida pawnshop's radioactive surprise
>>>
>>> A small amount of yellowcake uranium is discovered among rocks from an
>>> estate sale.
>>>
>>> By Stephen Hudak
>>> Orlando Sentinel
>>>
>>> March 12, 2007
>>>
>>> BELLEVIEW, FLA. - Every blue moon or so, collectibles dealer and
>>> pawnshop owner Frank Cafaro stumbles upon a buried gem among an 
>>> estate's
>>> junk and tchotchkes.
>>>
>>> His latest find was so alarming he called firefighters.
>>>
>>> "We were in the warehouse and we pulled out this box of rocks from an
>>> estate sale," Cafaro said.
>>> "Everything was individually labeled. Amethyst. Topaz.
>>> Uranium. The guy I'm working with says, 'What's that last one?  Uranium?
>>> I think that's illegal.' "
>>>
>>> Within an hour, Gold Mine Pawn was swarming last week with about three
>>> dozen emergency workers, including Geiger-counter-waving members of a
>>> hazardous materials team and the Marion County Sheriff's Office 
>>> domestic
>>> security task force.
>>>
>>> They focused on a container the size of a soup can.
>>> Labeled with radioactive markings, the container protected a vial that
>>> held about an ounce of yellowcake uranium, a processed mineral  that, in
>>> larger quantities, could be used to make fuel for nuclear reactors or
>>> enriched for weapons.
>>>
>>> In 2003, President Bush justified the decision to invade Iraq, in  part,
>>> on a now-discredited intelligence report that claimed former Iraqi
>>> President Saddam Hussein had tried to buy tons of yellowcake, 
>>> presumably
>>> to manufacture weapons of mass destruction.
>>>
>>> "It was kind of scary when I heard how terrible this stuff was,"  Cafaro
>>> said.
>>>
>>> The mineral, which Cafaro traced to an estate sale in Miami about 10
>>> years ago, was turned over to the Florida Department of Health for
>>> disposal.
>>>
>>> Yellowcake, also known as uranium oxide, is far from being a
>>> weapons-grade material, said Talat Rahman, chairman of the physics
>>> department at the University of Central Florida. She said it did not
>>> pose a serious threat in small quantities.
>>>
>>> "Yellowcake by itself is not dangerous," Rahman said.
>>> "It has to be processed to be converted into something dangerous."
>>>
>>> Sharon Gogerty, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Law
>>> Enforcement, said small amounts of yellowcake were reported to the
>>> agency "on a regular basis" and were not considered especially
>>> dangerous.
>>>
>>>
>>> +++++++++++++++++++
>>> "We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent or
>>> omniscient - that we are only 6 percent of the world's population;  that
>>> we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind;  that we
>>> cannot right every wrong or reverse each adversity; and therefore  there
>
>>> cannot be an American solution to every world problem."
>>> -- John F. Kennedy
>>> -- John
>>> John Jacobus, MS
>>> Certified Health Physicist
>>> e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com
>>>
>>>
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