[ RadSafe ] Example of Non-Regulated Materials

[blreider at aol.com]

Sebastian, the EPA has been looking at the owners of this facility  for a long time, but as far as I know charges have not yet been produced.  I woud have thought 20 years of investigation would be enough...






-----Original Message-----
From: sebastian at matralab.com
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Sent: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:04 am
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Example of Non-Regulated Materials


Hello. 
who will pay for this? ("pay" in the sense of "go to jail for life" or something like this). Well, I tell you: no one (because no one will assume his responsibility) 
 
 
blreider at aol.com ha escrito: 
 
> 
> Hey RadSafe Group: 
> 
> I know we all at times get caught up in LNT discussions, but there > is a reason that radiation professionals are needed and rules and > regs need to be evaluated by professionals and reasonable written > plans for radiation safety put into place and implemented. I thought > you might like to see an example of what happens when regulations > are ignored. 
> 
> I believe this talk was by the EPA or USACE following the removal of > sources from the Gulf Nuclear Inc. (GNI) Webster site. This was the > number one potential dirty bomb site following 9-11. The > remediation was performed under CERCLA by the EPA. To my knowledge, > GNI made well logging sources and also made check and calibration > sources under the name "The Source". Gulf Nuclear went bankrupt in > 1990. At some point the state put a fence up around the site which > is between a medical center and an oncology building. 
> 
> http://www.ttemidev.com/oscAdmin2008/conference/materials/180/02_stranded.pdf 
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> In case you didn't read the zeros correctly the presentation states > there were up to 200 million dpm per 100cm2 finely powdered Am-241 > on the surfaces.* Dose rates ranged up to 1000 rem per hour. 
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> 
> Barbara Reider, CHP 
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> * NRC recommended free release level is 20dpm/100cm2 removable > transuranics per RG 1.86. 
> The State of TX uses 200dpm/100cm2. 
> http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/power-reactors/active/01-086/01-086.pdf) 
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