Re: High natural background radiation areas

["J. J. Rozental" <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

The subject is not about "highly radioactive metal", however rather High
natural background radiation areas, two different things. If you look at any
nuclear search you will find this expression.

Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze@netvision.net.il
Israel



----- Original Message -----
From: dkosloff1 <dkosloff1@email.msn.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: High natural background radiation areas


The phrase "highly radioactive" seems to be popular in the press.  I do not
recall ever seeing the same phrase used by professionals who study
radioactivity.  Classifying thorium metal as being highly radioactive
strikes me as incorrect.  When I hear about a "highly radioactive metal", I
immediately think of Cobalt-60 or Cesium-137.  If something can be "highly
radioactive" then that implies that other things may be "mildly
radioactive,"  "weakly radioactive" or just "radioactiveDon Kosloff
dkosloff1@msn.com
2910 Main St.
Perry OH 44081


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