[ RadSafe ] If You Are Near Salt Lake

[bobcherry at satx.rr.com]

They are referring to the return to secular equilibrium of the entire U-238 and U-235 decay chains. It takes at least 20,000 years to even get close to it.

Bob Cherry

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From: RadSafe <radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu> On Behalf Of Chris Alston
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 7:26 AM
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P.S.  I’m not sure what they mean when they say that "the radioactive material gets hotter over time”.  Maybe they’re referring to the ingrowth of Pa-234 + Th-234 after centrifugation?

Cheers
ca

> On Aug 31, 2018, at 8:16 AM, Chris Alston <achris1999 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, it *does* have less U-235 than it had when they loaded it.  Maybe that’s the source of their confusion.
> 

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