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Re: 38,222CPM
Why dispose of it at all? Put it in the garage, or anyplace safe, and use
it as a check source for your Geiger counter. It has collector value if it
is indeed natural (or I suppose even if it is not). As someone pointed out,
you can find similar material for sale on eBay most any time you care to
look.
Wait a few decades to see if you eventually die. If you do, then you will
know the cause (either the unethical disposal of radwaste at Niagara, or
that rock on the shelf in the garage). If you live to be 110, we might have
to conclude it is a relatively weak effect, however. Keep us posted...
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Andrews" <andrewsjp@chartertn.net>
To: <NiagaraNet@AOL.COM>
Cc: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: 38,222CPM
> NiagaraNet@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> >Hey folks:
> >
> >Just a quick question; What type of rock would exhibit 38,222CPM?
> >
> Sounds like you have a chunk of U or Th ore to me.
>
> >Could this be a rock with a vein of ore such as Uranium (any variety)?
> >
> Could be... Do you have a picture? What color is it? How big is
> it? How much does it weigh?
>
> >Could this rock be from Western New York State?
> >
>
> Maybe. Why do you think it might be from New York at all?
>
> >Would this "rock" be considered radioactively "hot" and would it present
a
> >danger say if handled and then went to lunch without washing ones hands?
> >
> This rock appears to be radioactive. It is more so than your
> normal granite. Is it "hot?" No. It is hard to say without much
> information on the type of detector used, the size and shape and weight
> of the rock, and the geometry of the measurement.
>
>
> >How would I properly dispose of this specimen? Me? I would throw it away
in the trash, then wash my hands. I would not go to the local regulators,
especially not in Tennessee. They tend to have an expensive method of
disposal of anything above the normal background radiation levels. They
once told me that a load of granite gravel would have to be disposed of as
radioactive waste because it was 5 micro R/hr above the local background
level.
> >
> >Thanks for your opinions/expertise.
> >
>
> Your welcome. and it is free.
>
> >
> >LR (now I'm "masking" my identity:*)
> >
>
> John Andrews
> Knoxville, Tennessee
> (Now I have the Tenn DRH agents all upset...)
>
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