[ RadSafe ] RE tellowcake

Thu Jul 10 11:13:39 CDT 2008

My kids went to camp this summer and came back with a touch of rash, as well as some 
peeling skin on their toes.

Obviously, that camp is contaminated with DU, or yellowcake, but perhaps both.  They must 
have walked on it, and absorbed the deadly radiation right thru their shoes.

While I wait to hear back from my lawyer, I'll work on the title of my BSNBC exposee.

"Are Your Kids Mutating?"
"Camp Big Glow"
"A Father's Agony"
"The Atomic Family"

Let me know if you think of something better.
Thanks,
-Gary 

On 10 Jul 2008 at 8:57, Doug Aitken wrote:

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Interesting set of photos!
Lots of "yellow"....

I trolled through them and liked this one:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/photos/a-frighten
ed-vil lager-brings-t?mode=send

I wonder if incidents like this are casually being (mis)used to boost
the problems caused by DU....

Regards
Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Jim Muckerheide Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:02 AM To:
radsafe Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] RE tellowcake

See, e.g.:
http://flickr.com/photos/marusia/146050780/
And
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=yellowcake&btnG=Search+Images

Regards, Jim
==============

on 7/9/08 10:00 AM, Geo>K0FF at GEOelectronics at netscape.com wrote:

> Yellowcake can be yellow, green, orange or other colors
> http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/yellowcake.html It
> is a mixture of uranium oxides and other chemicals. My inquiries to
> the Uranium section of NRC disclosed that the firing (dehydration)
> temperature had more to do with the color than the uranium content.
> U3O8 is also
called
> yellowcake and it is pretty much black to my eyes. It is supplied
chemically
> pure. I have samples of  yellow, orange and black.
> 
> 
> This display at the Uranium Mining Museum at Grants New Mexico USA,
> was originally real yellowcake:
>
http://www.qsl.net/k0ff/Grants%20NM%20Field%20Trip/Uranium%20Mining%20
Museum /M > VC-004S.JPG > > They were asked to substitute another
chemical after 9/11 ( so they tell > visitors). There is a LOT of
radon in the museum, from the ore > displays. Same at the National
Mining Hall of Fame Museum at Leadville > Colorado USA. ( search:
Walker Field, Calibration Pads) > > More pictures from Grants NM: >
http://www.qsl.net/k0ff/Grants%20NM%20Field%20Trip/Uranium%20Mining%20
Museum / > > The file inside that link marked DOE TEST PADS are some
radioactive concrete > slabs maintained by the US Government for
periodic calibration of geological > and other gamma spectroscopy
equipment. There are other, larger  pads > located in Grand Junction
Colorado. > > On the subject of mining museums, the one in Colorado
Springs had a uranium > mining exhibit this last March (2008) as well
as a very nice theatrical > presentation of Madame Curie's life. After
the play, I had the actress pose > with one of my PM1703M pocket
ratemeters: > http://www.qsl.net/k0ff/Field%20Trip%20March%202008/ > 
The link also shows pictures of various aircraft museums and some >
radioactive finds in them. Pictures of the wing weights are NOT DU,
but I > had them posed for a picture to illustrate the need for
counterweights in > aircraft control surfaces. In another picture, a
helicopter jet engine is > shown to contain high amounts of thorium
alloy, one of the few jet engines I > have discovered made so. > > > >
My area of expertise is nucleonics, that is, detectors and
instrumentation, > but naturally I have an interest in other radiation
related areas. > > George Dowell > > > ----- Original Message ----- >
From: "NIXON, Grant" <Grant.NIXON at mdsinc.com> > To: "Dan W McCarn"
<hotgreenchile at gmail.com>; "Radsafe (E-mail)" > <radsafe at radlab.nl> >
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:32 PM > Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] RE:
Cameco > > > > 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 > > >
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