Re: Drum Containing Mystery RAM

[wsnell@bcm.tmc.edu (Warren Snell )]

>Radsafers:
>
>We are tearing down our old Engineering Laboratory here at Montana State,
>and we've stumbled opon an old drum containing something radioactive.  The
>exposure rate on the surface of the drum is between 50 and 100 microR/hr
>
>        VANADIUM PENTOXIDE
>
>        URAVAN
>
>        Contract At 05-1-36
>
>        Lot 127 Drum 79 
>
>
>We're well aware of the properties of the vanadium compound, and what
>vandium could have been used for.  As for URAVAN, the only thing that comes
>to mind is Uranium/Vanadium.
>
Uravan was one of the old uranium mills in Colorado.  I believe that they
processed ore for uranium and vanadium.  Best bet to contact the DOE's
Uranium Mill Remedial Action Program (UMTRAP) in Albuquerque.

Warren Snell, RSO
Baylor College of Medicine
wsnell@bcm.tmc.edu
(713)798-6622