RADSAFE Rock Collectors

["Sue M. Dupre" <dupre@arundel.Princeton.EDU>]

Good afternoon!

A number of you have responded to my message about disposing of 
radioactive rocks by offering to take some or all of them off our 
hands.  Glad to hear from you all!  We're in the process of getting 
an inventory of these rocks from the Geosciences Department though it 
may be a couple of weeks before we have the full inventory.  Assuming 
that the powers-who-be are interested in getting rid of the rocks by 
donating them to you all and that it won't take excessive effort on 
my part, once I have an inventory,  I can respond to those of you who
are interested and let you know where things stand and what we've got 
available.

By the way, I got one specific suggestion for  disposing of the 
rocks, which came from someone who'd had the same problem. 
If I understand correctly, my contact consulted an NRC representative 
who suggested throwing the rocks into a lake - which returned the 
rocks to nature but isolated them from unwary members of the general 
public and provided all that water shielding besides.

I'm still interested in hearing from any of you who've had to deal 
with this before.   Thanks to all of you who took the time to 
respond!

Sue Dupre

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Sue M. Dupre, Health Physicist

Office of Environmental Health and Safety       
Chemical Sciences Building/Forrestal Campus    
Princeton University                           
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E-mail: dupre@princeton.edu
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