Re: Radioactive Metals

[qkv@ornl.gov (Kevin Meyer)]

Otto,
I suspect that the concern is about the prospect of recycled radioactive
metals finding their way into consumer products. The EPA is looking into
the issue of promulgating release standards for volumetrically contaminated
materials; see
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/scrap/
Also see the September newsletter of the East Tennessee Chapter of the
Health Physics Society (http://www.serversolutions.com/etchps/) for a
summary of a talk given by Val Loeselle of the Association of Radioactive
Metal Recyclers (ARMR).

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 At 10:34 AM 1/21/1998 -0600, you wrote:
>January 21, 1998
>Davis, CA
>
>Dear RadSafers:
>
>Local activists are concerned about the use of "radioactive metals" in
>consumer products and household items such as "belt buckles, bed frames,
>strollers and appliances." They reference an activist group called Public
>Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project, 215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE,
>Washington, DC 20003. They have asked for letters to be sent to John
>Karnak, U.S. EPA Cleanup and Reuse Center, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC
>20460 by a deadline of January 31.
>
>Can anyone enlighten me about this issue? 
>
>Thanks...
>
>Otto
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