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Re: Radium (was: Fernald Leak)



At 09:21 AM 1/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Help! I've done something wrong here:
>
>(roughly) 20,000,000 lb x 500 g/lb = 10 x 10^9 g ?
>4.5 x 10^9 uCi / 10 x 10^9 g = .45 uCi/g ?  lower than dirt?


Now I'm confused.  Dirt has more than .45 uCi/g radium?


Keith Welch
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Newport News VA
welch@cebaf.gov