Gulf Nuclear & Nuclear Chicago

[Herrold@uwyo.edu (Jim F. Herrold)]

Radsafers:

Whatever happened to Gulf Nuclear, Inc. and/or Nuclear Chicago? We have a 
number of old neutron sources from these companies that we want to get rid 
of. There are both Am-Be and Ra-Be sources ranging from 5 mCi to 3 curies. 
Most of them are old soil moisture/density gauges.

I talked to Los Alamos and got on their list, but their proposed program to 
take Am-Be sources probably won't happen for another 2 to 8 years. Troxler 
can help us with their own instruments, and I sent the list out to other 
disposal companies for estimates.

I want to explore all options in order  to put together a proposal to 
dispose /  transfer these sources. I'm tired of using our skimpy budget as 
an excuse to stockpile radioactive materials which will never be used. It 
all depends on one's interpretation of the "R" in ALARA, I guess.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Jim Herrold, RSO
University of Wyoming
herrold@uwyo.edu