Re: Radium packaging & storage

["Charles Meyer" <cmeyer@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us>]

Date:          Thu, 30 May 96 22:48:08 -0500
Reply-to:      radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
From:          Jeff Eichorst <jeffe@flash.net>
To:            Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Subject:       Radium packaging & storage

Greetings!
Does anyone out there have any experience, or know of any guidance, on 
storing, or packaging for storage, radium.  Does it need to be in some 
solution like storage of U tailings, or just in drums with pressure 
relief?

I may be dealing with millicurie quantities or more.

Thanks,
Jeff Eichorst
jeffe@flash.net


Jeff,
    If the activity is a millicurie or so, shield the source to what 
ever dose rate you can live with and then put the shielded source ina 
paint can( readily obtainable from any hardware store) and seal the 
lid with a good silicone or other type of gasketing material.  This 
will pretty much contain any radon gas generated.  The daughters will 
plate out on the inside of the can, but better there than on the 
walls of the storage area.

 Good Luck,

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