[ RadSafe ] Treating Coal-fired plant waste as TENORM

JPreisig at aol.com JPreisig at aol.com
Mon Dec 15 19:32:55 CST 2014


Radsafe,
 
     That is one book.  The book I sort of  remember was called Controlled 
Test Atmospheres and it was published by the  University of Michigan???
 
     Joe Preisig
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/15/2014 8:22:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
bsdnuke at gmail.com writes:

The book  was Particle Size Analysis and Industrial Hygiene.  I believe it
was  edited by Mel First. (sorry if I misspelled names).

On Mon, Dec 15,  2014 at 4:48 PM, Franz Schönhofer <
franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>  wrote:
>
> RADSAFErs,
>
> I enjoyed this thread,  because it reminds me on the good old times of
> RADSAFE with its lively  discussions, with all the pros and  cons on
> scientific (!!!)  topics ...... I enjoyed it especially because it -
> hopefully - ends  the forwarding of messages of clearly mentally ill
> persons. I also see  from the contributions the knowledge on those topics
> which had been  rather new several decades ago. Nice to see the progress!
> Forgive me  if I forward old fashioned opinions in the future (some might
> not be  all to old fashioned.)
>
> Franz
>
>  -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: JPreisig at aol.com
> Sent:  Tuesday, December 09, 2014 10:28 PM
> To:  radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Treating  Coal-fired plant waste as TENORM
>
> Mike  Brennan,
>
>     I don't do stack  measurements  professionally.  I expect such
> measurements  are done across the top of a  stack, at various distances
> across  the
> stack.  I believe there are also  places along the stack  where sampling
> ports
> can be opened and more sampling can   be done.  Various computer codes
> (Airdose, CAP-88 etc.) can be  gotten from  RSICC (Radiation Shielding 
Info
> Center)
> at  Oak Ridge.  See their  website.  Coal, Oil, Natural Gas etc.  will
> eventually diminish.  If  there are not enough Nuclear  Fission plants,
> life will
> not be good.
> I enjoy your  posts, Mike.
>
>     Regards,   Joe  Preisig
>
>
> In a message dated 12/9/2014 1:16:15 P.M.  Eastern Standard Time,
>
> Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV  writes:
>
> I've had  some classes on air sampling, and have  been involved in
> environmental air  sampling and radon for some  years.  I admit that I am
> not highly
> confident that  sampling from the edge of a stack meters is truly
> representative,  especially concerning a noble gas.  I also admit to
> having doubts  as
> to how well most dispersion models handle such a gas.    In any event,
> pulling the contribution from a particular stack to  outdoor  radon would
> be a
> challenge, given the flux of  radon coming out of the ground  (a flux that
> varies
>  nonlinearly both over time and across locations).   Knowing that it  
happens
> is useful for pointing out the inconsistencies of the   anti-nuke side, 
but
> should a coal-burning plant ever reach the point  where  radon is the
> biggest
> risk factor in its emissions,  they would truly be "clean  coal".
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From:  radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
>  [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of
>  JPreisig at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 5:07 PM
>  To:  radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ]  Treating Coal-fired  plant waste as TENORM
>
>  Radsafe,
>
> Ever hear of  a Pitot tube???  Find books  on  Air Sampling and Analysis.
> Man, this takes me back to my Air  Sampling and  Analysis course with Ray
> Manganelli and Jill Lipoti  at Rutgers.  Can't even  remember what  the 
book
> was  called, but it was good reading.  Frank Haughey  made  me take  Air
> Sampling instead of Mathematical Physics.
>
> EPA  documents must be loaded with information (see  their  websites  
also)
> on how to measure Radon and how to grab samples.    The  carbon absorber
> test
> kits were around New Jersey  Department of  Environmental  Protection.  
The
> Reading  Prong (geologically  speaking) is right next to New  Jersey.
>  People
> in Pennsylvania  still test for Radon in their homes  and  need to.  You 
can
> measure  stack effluents with a  pitot tube, provided you  make the
> measurements   correctly.  Search the internet, baby.  It is  all out
>  there.
>
> Regards,   Joe Preisig
>
>  PS   Perhaps also check the New Jersey Department of  Environmental
> Protection  (Radiation Protection Programs) website  and the archives 
there.
> NJDEP RPP still has a Radon group, I think,  and you could call or email
> them,
> if needed.  NJDEP RPP  was a nice place to work.  Some NJDEP RPP  folks
>  lurk
> on Radsafe, I think.  Hi  Herb!!!!
>
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