Re: Govt. Ends Radioactive Metal Sales

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

>WASHINGTON (AP) - The Energy Department took steps Thursday to ensure
>that radioactive metals are no longer recycled into braces, zippers,
>toys and other consumer products, ordering a halt to sales of
>thousands of tons of scrap metal left at nuclear weapons facilities.

Why "no longer recycled..."? When we recycle metals from say nuclear 
installations they are classified as non-radioactive according to specified 
definitions (regulations by the Radiation Protection Institute (SSI) 
relating to content (Bq of various kinds - alfa, beta, gamma). If anything 
radioactive couldn't be recycled essentially nothing could be recycled 
(people who have died whould be nuclear waste).

My own reflection and opinion only,

Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/bjorn_cedervall/



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