RE:

["E. Hochheiser" <hochheis@u.arizona.edu>]

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From:	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu [mailto:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu] On
Behalf Of dpharrison@aep.com
Sent:	Friday, April 07, 2000 8:23 AM
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Subject:



1.  I'm putting together a list of items which may contain radioactive
material
(naturally occurring) and are headed for the Restricted Area (Aux Bldg.)
which
our RP Techs will be on the look for in order to establish a baseline so
that we
can demonstrate that the item's radioactive component is not a result of
systems/processes in place at our plant.  Thus, I'm soliciting your
assistance
with the list.

For example, CRT screens - tungsten weld rods - .....
Watch our for ceramics and other glazed products. Not only is the
radioactive red (which is really orange), made with Uranium, some of the
Ivory and Brown colors contain small amounts of Uranium.  Of course you
should check all colored glass.  I am wary of items in the orange to warm
brown range.
It is not just the ceramics.  I have some metal which is glazed in brown and
radioactive.
Ellen
2.  Our SAM-11 is a lot more sensitive than the TCM-2 we've been counting
items
on for free-release.  If you have this instrument, do you have an increase
in
radwaste as a result?  We've been getting a lot of "catches" at the SAM vs.
the
TCM and it's holding many people up, items such as batteries, grinding
discs,
vibration monitors, etc.

Thanks!

David Harrison
dpharrison@aep.com


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