AW: [ RadSafe ] transfer factors

[James Salsman]

Franz,

Thank you for your kind words.  I studied mathematics at Carnegie
Mellon University in the 1980s, did some ultimately unmatriculated
engineering study at Northwestern in the early '90s, and did some
lab work for Stanford in 1997-8.  Most of my recent studies and
work involve statistics, primarily.

What do you think a transfer factor is?  My impression was that
Khalid was asking about the heavy metal uptake rates of various
organisms.

Are you able to suggest a better way of how Khalid might learn them?

Sincerely,
James Salsman

> I imagine, that Khalid will be extremely satisfied with this Salsman
> comment, a comment from an obviously well experienced radioecology
> expert. BTW I know quite a few of the people who have compiled the IAEA
> publication. This publication does not contain anything on transfer
> factors, which Khalid could use. Neither does the second link provide
> anything usable. What the recommendation of DOE to wash radish before
> consumption has to do with Khalids request must be some mystical ritual.
> Anybody who eats radish or potatoes without having washed them and
> removed adhering soil? 
> 
> I recognize that James Salsman, who did not reveal his scientific
> background yet, is not only an expert on uranium-high-temperature
> chemistry and DU, but also an expert in radioecology!
> 
> James, your postings are really funny and I start to enjoy them!
> 
> Franz
> 
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> Franz Schoenhofer
> PhD, MR iR
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>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im
>>Auftrag von James Salsman
>>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. April 2005 23:07
>>An: kaleissa at kacst.edu.sa
>>Cc: radsafe at radlab.nl
>>Betreff: [ RadSafe ] transfer factors
>>
>>Khalid Aleissa wrote:
>>
>> >... where can I find a comprehensive document about transfer
>> > factors of radionuclides from water to different parts
>> > of different plants species and micro organisms.
>>
>>Please see page 20 (pdf page 30) of "Radiological Conditions
>>in Areas of Kuwait with Residues of Depleted Uranium," by the
>>IAEA (2003):
>>   http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1164_web.pdf
>>
>>C. van Netten and D.R. Morley in Arch. Environ. Health., vol. 38,
>>no. 3 (1983), pp. 172-175, will also be of interest:
>>
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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&lis
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>>uids=6870355&dopt=Abstract
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>>Note that there are official U.S. Dept. of Energy recommendations
>>suggesting that washing radishes removes uranium from them.  I
>>believe that to be false, for both radishes and potatoes.
>>
>>Kathy Delucas, email duke at lanl.gov; phone +1.505.667.5225, has
>>more information about evaluating plant uptake.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>James Salsman
>>
>>
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