RE: Energy Dept. Halts Contaminated Nickel Sale

["Carroll,Raymond" <carrollrg@pgdp.usec.com>]

At a time long, long, time ago in a regulatory environment far, far, removed
from the current one much of the nickel was processed.  I don't have any
hard figures but the concern seems to be that contamination, at levels
greater than permitted by today's standards, may be mixed in with the metal.
And probably, as our society goes, in the long run public opinion (often the
minority opinion) will probably triumph.  (But with the other freedoms we
enjoy, maybe that isn't as bad as we sometimes think.  And it is better to
be safe than sorry.  After all, it's only $money$.)

I think prudence would dictate that an investigation against new standards
would be in order.

The preceding are simply the personal musings of the author and should not
be confused with intelligent thought.

Ray Carroll
carrollrg@pgdp.usec.com

-----Original Message-----
I thought the nickel was decontaminated and that the nickel itself had never
been radioactive.  Did Reuters make an error?

Don Kosloff mailto:dkosloff@ncweb.com
Perry OH


---- Original Message -----
From: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 5:01 PM
Subject: Energy Dept. Halts Contaminated Nickel Sale


> Wednesday January 12 4:23 PM ET
>
> Energy Dept. Halts Contaminated Nickel Sale
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson on
> Wednesday halted plans to sell radioactive nickel that would be
> melted into scrap metal and could find its way into a range of
> consumer products.
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