[ RadSafe ] Mules Contribute to Cleanup of CaliforniaRadiation Site

[franz.schoenhofer at chello.at]

---- "Glenn R. Marshall" <GRMarshall at philotechnics.com> schrieb:
> Of course, a better photo would be of a mule wearing Tyvek.......
> 
> Glenn Marshall, CHP
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Dan W McCarn
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:09 PM
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> Cc: Nielsen.Erik at epamail.epa.gov
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Mules Contribute to Cleanup of California Radiation Site
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> Great photo!  
> 
> And a great reason to use an equine in difficult terrain.  I covered several hundred kilometers in Northern Austria on my old horse, Boo, following Chernobyl, scintillation counter in my saddlebags.  I learned a great deal about dry and wet deposition of radionuclides (R/Ns) and about how R/Ns coat the leaves in the forest providing significantly more radiation than in grassy fields or farmed land.  Altogether, a valuable experience.
> 
> I have a project in mind for one of my horses next spring riding fields in the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado with a 3x3" NaI(Tl) crystal and
> 1024 channel spectrometer (if the sample rate is high enough, or the horse is slow enough).  I'll be collecting data with an ADC and GPS on a laptop.
> The intent is to study radium deposition in soils proximal to a uranium feature (regional redox-controlled, roll-front).  Hopefully, this will inform my soil-sampling plan. And, of course, I will be looking in detail at the mineralogy of the soils involved...
> 
> I suspect that uranium / radium was redistributed from high-volume irrigation wells near the redox front over the last 100 years of irrigated farming.  And, of course, I'll be looking to contract for 500 bales of good horse hay!
> 
> http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_1396_web.pdf
> pp.289-315
> 
> Dan ii
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Stewart Farber
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 08:03
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> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Mules Contribute to Cleanup of California Radiation Site
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> The procedure described isn't all that unusual. They're simply using a modified Geiger-muler [GM] detector. 
> 
> Stewart Farber
> SAFarber at optonline.net
> www.farber-medical.com
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Nielsen.Erik at epamail.epa.gov
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 9:17 AM
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> Sometimes you got to think outside the box!  Creative solution to a difficult situation.
> 
> http://www.westernmulemagazine.com/image/webimage/MULES%20CONTRIBUTE%20BY%20
> GREGG%20DEMPSEY.pdf
> 
> Erik C. Nielsen
> Health Physicist
> USEPA, National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory
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