Re: That pesky plutonium.

["John DeLaHunt" <jdelahunt@cc.colorado.edu>]

>> Hypothetically, let us presume that a series of alpha detector
>>  calibration standards were uncovered, consisting of several (less than
>>  12) metal foils doped somehow with plutonium-239.  The total activity
>>  of these foils is less than 2 microcuries.  The facility at which the
>> foils were discovered has no further use for them.
>>
>>  In the interest of cost-saving, as well as resource conservation, one
>>  wonders what the potential _legal_ market for these foils might be.
>
> The potential _legal_ market for these items is spelled out in 10 CFR
> 70.19, a beacon of relative sanity among the restrictive regulations
> we've come to know and love.  Best of luck, and don't forget the
> documentation!

Allow me to sully that hypothetical waters a little more.  Let us say, for
the sake of argument, that the calibration standards were home-made in the
fifties, and, as such, have no documentation whatsoever.

John

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