Re: chemical question; a different angle.

[jgbarnes@ix.netcom.com (JAMES BARNES)]

I have another angle on this I'd like an answer to.

Would these compounds constitute mixed hazardous waste?  They're 
radioactive and hazardous; just not man-made radioactivity.

What regulations would apply to their disposal?

Thanks,

Jim Barnes, CHP
RSO
Rockwell International, Rocketdyne Division

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>Radnetters:
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>I received a call from one of the chemical stores on campus regarding 
the 
>disposal of :
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>thorium nitrate  ~1 lb
>uranol (spelling?) nitrate   ~600 g
>uranol acetate  ~700 g
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>does anyone know which isotopes of uranium and thorium are in these 
>chemicals and what their specific activity is?
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>thanks in advance...
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>University of British Columbia,
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>aenns@unixg.ubc.ca
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