[ RadSafe ] What Are Radionuclear Materials?

[Doug Aitken]

I don't see a problem with the term.
Radioactive isotopes are often called radionuclides, so why not radionuclear
materials? Is seems a self-evident term, certainly more meaningful than the
common nuclear material, that really does not mean anything....

Regards
Doug

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Doug Aitken
QHSE Advisor
D&M Operations Support
jdaitken at sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com
Mail: c/o Therese Wigzell,
Schlumberger,
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From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
Of Scott, Bobby
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 6:39 PM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] What Are Radionuclear Materials?

Colleagues:

 

The terminology "radionuclear material" appears in some recent
publications that relate to possible future food supply contamination
carried out by terrorist (e.g., WHO 2002; Mohtadi and Murshid 2009).
Can someone define or explain what is meant by radionuclear material?
Isn't this improper terminology?

 

Bobby R. Scott

Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute

2425 Ridgecrest Drive SE

Albuquerque, NM 87108 USA

 

References

 

Mohtadi H, Murshid AP. 2009. Risk analysis of chemical, biological, or
radionuclear threats: Implications for food security. Risk Analysis Vol.
29(9):1317-1335.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/risk/2009/00000029/00000009/ar
t00013

 

WHO. 2002. Food Safety Issues: Terrorist Threats to Food. Guidance for
Establishing and Strengthening Prevention and Response Systems. World
Health Organization. Available at:

http://www.vet.utk.edu/cafsp/resources/pdf/WHO%20Food%20Safety%20Issues%
20-%20Terrorist%20Threats%20to%20Food.pdf 

 

 

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