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Request for expertise on Uranium fire safety

Dear Radsafers -



Can anyone recommend an expert on fire safety considerations 

(no flame mail jokes, please) of uranium stored in bulk from a 

colleague based at CERN? His name is Charles Nuttall, and 

here is his inquiry to us at SLAC:



Gentlemen,



We have a few hundred tons of uranium at CERN which is in storage, 

awaiting disposal. It is mainly depleted Uranium but there is also a 

significant quantity  of natural Uranium. I have been using my 

knowledge of Hazard and Risk Analysis Techniques to help our 

Radioprotection Group (RP) to do an audit of the storage facilities 

and the problem of fighting a fire in the vicinity of a Ur storage 

area came up. RP have to prepare intervention plans for the storage 

areas, for our Fire Brigade (and that of Geneva) and although we have 

some ideas and information I was wondering if you had any experience 

of such matters. If you have, I should be grateful for any 

information you can give me will be gratefully received.



If you can be of help or know of someone who can be, please respond 

directly to Mr. Nuttall at:



Charles.Nuttall@cern.ch



Thanks

Steve

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Steven R. Frey,

Radiological Control Manager

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)

Room 211, Building 24, Mail Stop 84

2575 Sand Hill Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Phone: (650) 926-3839

email address: sfreyohp@SLAC.Stanford.EDU 

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