[ RadSafe ] It's Fear-mongering, but at least it's poorly written -- another article

[Brennan, Mike (DOH)]

I like the line: "In one case, Alcan Recycling of Shelbyville, Tenn.,
inadvertently melted material containing the isotope Thorium, which can
be used as nuclear-reactor fuel, into a batch of aluminum in 1991,
according to Yusko's barebones report."

Thorium can, in theory, be used as a reactor fuel, though I am not aware
of any actual reactors currently using thorium.  A much more likely
source was welding rods.  Yet another example of the a reporter whose
research didn't include reading all of the Wikipedia article.

I do acknowledge, however, that the other incident in that paragraph, in
which a Cs137 source got melted, can ruin your day.    

-----Original Message-----
From: Cary Renquist [mailto:cary.renquist at ezag.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 11:13 AM
To: Brennan, Mike (DOH); radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] It's Fear-mongering, but at least it's poorly
written -- another article

A colleague just forwarded another scripps radioactive metal article:

Radioactive materials surface in Tennessee scrap yards | ScrippsNews
<http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/43585>

Best regards,
Cary

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Cary Renquist
cary.renquist at ezag.com


-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Brennan, Mike (DOH)
Sent: Thursday, 04 June 2009 09:25
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] It's Fear-mongering, but at least it's poorly
written

"Recycled radioactive metal contaminates consumer products"
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/43577

Don't fear the grater
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