[ RadSafe ] RE: Cameco

[NIXON, Grant]

I agree with Dan. This is not enriched uranium (i.e., enriched
isotopically with U-235) but, rather, processed ore / uranium
concentrate that preserves the natural abundance of U-235 (0.71% by wt).
No critical mass would be possible with yellow cake (which is actually
black or brown in colour).

Grant

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Dan W McCarn
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:59 PM
To: 'Radsafe (E-mail)'
Subject: [ RadSafe ] RE: Cameco

George:

I hate to bust your bubble, but I think that has nothing to do with
criticality whatsoever.  The loads are simply placed over the axles.
I've seen this configuration frequently when quite heavy objects are
loaded onto flatbeds.  It significantly reduces the flex and bounce of
the flatbed itself.  Some truckers prefer this kind of loading
arrangement.

But correct me if I'm wrong!

Dan ii

Dan W. McCarn, Geologist; 3118 Pebble Lake Drive; Sugar Land, TX 77479;
USA 
HotGreenChile at gmail.com   mccarn at unileoben.ac.at
UConcentrate at gmail.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Geo>K0FF [mailto:GEOelectronics at netscape.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:35 AM
To: 'Radsafe (E-mail)'; Dan W McCarn
Subject: Cameco

Notice how the fissile material is transported, the two canisters are
far 
apart, compared to less enriched material, which is stacked close
together 
on the truck.


I took all these pictures.Since this trip my mobile lab also includes 
neutron detection.
http://www.qsl.net/k0ff/Road%20Rad%20Finds/In%20KY/


George Dowell
NLNL
New London Nucleonics Lab


Message ----- 
From: "Dan W McCarn" <hotgreenchile at gmail.com>
To: "'Radsafe (E-mail)'" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Iraqi Uranium


Hi:

That's where Cameco processes the yellowcake into purified UO3 at Blind 
River and converted to UF6 at Port Hope. 

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