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RE: Experts trying to identify radioactive substance from Manila

To: <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Subject: RE: Experts trying to identify radioactive substance from Manila
From: "Mark Settles" <msettles@cswnet.com>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:03:24 -0500
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Sorry,  Email at msettles@cswnet.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> [mailto:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu]On Behalf Of Mark Settles
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:55 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: Experts trying to identify radioactive substance from
> Manila
> 
> 
> Please accept my apologie up front, because I do understand 
> this is not a
> forum for advertisement!  However,  If there is an emergent need for
> equipment in the field of Radiation Protection, this is a 
> quick avenue to
> inform those in need.  If there is a need or the GammaCam to 
> identify source
> material, please contact me, not on the list, but privately!
> 
> Mark A. Settles
> AIL Systems, Inc.
> GammaCam
> (501) 967-7204
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> > [mailto:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu]On Behalf Of Pollan, Paul B.
> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:39 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: RE: Experts trying to identify radioactive substance from
> > Manila
> >
> >
> > Perhaps the people trying to identify the constituent 
> isotopes in the
> > container should consider a "gamma cam" which is a pretty
> > good "field GELI"
> > for just such an occasion.  We have used such a device here
> > at my plant to
> > characterize the type and quantity of radionuclides adhering
> > to the inside
> > of the reactor coolant piping without breaching the system.
> > The radiation
> > levels being emitted from the container are lower than those
> > of the main
> > coolant piping here.  I would believe an accurate study could be
> > accomplished.
> >
> > Note that the opinions expressed are my own and do not
> > necessarily reflect
> > those of my employer.
> >
> > Paul B. Pollan, RRPT
> > Southern Nuclear Operating Co.
> > Farley Nuclear Plant
> > pbpollan@southernco.com
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Sandy Perle [SMTP:sandyfl@earthlink.net]
> > > Sent:	Monday, May 01, 2000 9:22 AM
> > > To:	Multiple recipients of list
> > > Subject:	Experts trying to identify radioactive
> > substance from Manila
> > >
> > > Experts trying to identify radioactive substance from Manila
> > >
> > > WAKAYAMA, Japan, May 1 (Kyodo) - Nuclear experts were trying to
> > > identify the radioactive substance inside a sealed
> > container imported
> > > from the Philippines, without opening it, Science and Technology
> > > Agency officials said Monday.
> > >
> > > The agency dispatched four experts from the Japan Atomic Energy
> > > Research Institute in Tokyo to check the container at a Sumitomo
> > > Metal Industries Ltd. steelworks in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.
> > >
> > > Sumitomo Metal and the central, prefectural and municipal
> > governments
> > > have been at odds over what to do with the 6-meter-long, 
> 2.6-meter-
> > > high container, with the steelmaker and the local
> > governments wanted
> > > the agency to cart it away before it is opened.
> > >
> > > The agency officials said the four experts carefully examined the
> > > radiation levels of the container Monday morning from a
> > scaffold set
> > > up surrounding it, and were discussing the results.
> > >
> > > The container, carrying 19 tons of stainless steel waste
> > from cutlery
> > > factories in the Philippines, was unloaded at Osaka South Port on
> > > Thursday and transported to Wakayama.
> > >
> > > The waste was to be melted and processed at the Wakayama plant,
> > > Sumitomo Metal officials said.
> > >
> > > When the container was trucked Friday to the steelworks in
> > Wakayama,
> > > south of Osaka, a radiation detector at the gate alerted 
> workers to
> > > the presence of radioactive material inside, the officials said.
> > >
> > > When inspectors from the Science and Technology Agency 
> measured the
> > > radiation Friday night, they detected gamma rays of up to 75
> > > microsieverts per hour as well as neutron rays of up to 6
> > > microsieverts per hour emanating from the container's surface, the
> > > agency said. One microsievert is one-millionth of a sievert.
> > >
> > > The detected levels of radiation are deemed very low and
> > are unlikely
> > > to cause health damage, according to the agency.
> > >
> > > Officials at Mitsui Bussan Raw Materials Development Corp., which
> > > imported the container, said the company had recently imported two
> > > separate containers of steel waste from Manila to the
> > Wakayama plant,
> > > but no radiation was detected from those containers.
> > >
> > > The company, which sells scrap metal, is a wholly owned
> > subsidiary of
> > > Mitsui & Co.
> > >
> > > Representatives from Sumitomo Metal, Mitsui Bussan Raw
> > Materials, the
> > > prefecture, the city and the agency will discuss how to dispose of
> > > the container as soon as the experts reach a conclusion on exactly
> > > what is inside it, the agency officials said.
> > >
> > > Sumitomo Metal, and the Wakayama prefectural and city governments
> > > demanded that the agency remove the container from the company's
> > > premises and from Wakayama as quickly as possible.
> > >
> > > Sumitomo Metal asked the agency to obtain the consent of the
> > > prefectural and city governments before opening the container.
> > >
> > > But the local governments are demanding that the agency take
> > > responsibility for any consequences arising from opening the
> > > container, local government officials said.
> > >
> > >
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