Re: DU in a fire

["tom_dixie" <tom_dixie@email.msn.com>]

Hi Mike,

No DU concerns except it will get spread around if the trees aren't there
any more.

The firefighters concern: fighting the fire.

Tom O'Dou.
tom_dixie@msn.com


> Dear RadSafers
>
> Are there any concerns about DU shrapnel in a fire? At some outdoor areas
> of Los Alamos National Lab., there is DU shrapnel on the ground and
> embedded in trees, as a result of 50 years of tests. In a brush or forest
> fire, what should a firefighter be concerned about?
>
> Thank you, mike
>
> Mike McNaughton
> email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov
> phone: (505)667-6130




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