AW: [ RadSafe ] nuclear weapons impact thread

[Susan Gawarecki]

The electromagnetic urnaium enrichment process at Oak Ridge used all of 
the US silver reserves during WWII for wiring.  After the war, the 
silver was returned to government vaults.  It's not inconceivable that 
some was activated or otherwise contaminated with radionuclides.  The US 
government ultimately sold its precious metal reserves.

Susan Gawarecki

Franz Schönhofer wrote:

>John, Susan, RADSAFErs,
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>>From several sources and even projects I have been working with I know
>that film companies had severe problems with radioactivity of silver
>used in film-emulsions. The problem arose, because in nuclear power
>plants silver is used in the form of a seal to certain components of the
>NPP and becomes activated to Ag-110m and the long-lived Ag-110. Then
>they are recycled.  
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