[ RadSafe ] Fwd: Fwd: [New post] Radiation emitters Mixing Apples (External) and Oranges (Internal)

[Dean Crouch]

On the plus side:
"But internal emitters steadily and continuously emit radiation for as
longas the particle remains radioactive, or until the person dies –
*whichever occurs first*. As such, they are much more dangerous."

So I've got 130 Cubic metres of oil & gas NORM (~1000Bq/g) from a client to
get rid off. If we could marry that disposal operation with a friendly
state that still has the death penalty I could "neutralise" the
Radium-226/228 by inserting into a deathrow-er and then waiting for it to
stop emitting when the person expires. Perhaps the same argument would work
for all the nuclear fuel waste that Greenpeace keeps calling "intractable".

This is quite a boon for the industry, we owe him a beer at the very least.

Dean Crouch

BSc (Applied Physics), MARPS, Dip OHS

All Class Hazardous Materials Services Pty Ltd

Mobile: +61 410 637 994

Email: d.crouch at allclasshazmat.com.au


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:40 AM, John R Johnson <idiasjrj at gmail.com> wrote:

> CJA
>
> And K-40 is a naturally occurring radionuclide and mammals need potassium
> to live!
>
> JRJ
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Chris Alston <achris1999 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Roger
> >
> > I suspect that he simply does not understand the issues, and/or the
> > facts.  He, himself, basically makes the point that K-40 is in most
> > everything we eat, but then shoots himself in the foot in thinking
> > that Cs-137 (a K-analogue) is more dangerous, even though the t1/2 is
> > orders of magnitude shorter than that of K-40, and the gamma emissions
> > are much lower energy.
> >
> > Cheers
> > cja
> >
> > P.S.  In no sense does Cs-137 have a longer t1/2 than radium (Ra-226,
> > physical t1/2 ~= 1600 y).
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Roger Helbig <rwhelbig at gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:07 AM
> > Subject: [ RadSafe ] Fwd: [New post] Radiation emitters Mixing Apples
> > (External) and Oranges (Internal)
> > To: RADSAFE <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>But the cesium which was
> > scattered all over the place by above-ground
> > nuclear tests and the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents has a much
> > longer half life, and can easily contaminate food and water supplies.
> > As the New York Times notes:
> > Over the long term, the big threat to human health is cesium-137,
> > which has a half-life of 30 years.
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