Re: Molten Uranium

["Franz Schoenhofer" <schoenho@via.at>]

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Von: Mike McNaughton <mcnaught@lanl.gov>
An: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Datum: Donnerstag, 22. Jänner 1998 20:56
Betreff: Molten Uranium


>Does anyone know of actual measurements of the dose rate at the surface of
>molten uranium. It is said that the Th and Pa daughters concentrate on the
>surface, thus increasing the dose rate. However, the thermal energy of an
>atom is so much greater than the gravitational potential energy that the
>thermal motion (Brownian motion) will counteract this, to some extent. Are
>there any actual measurements of how large this effect is?
>
>Thanks, mike
>
>"Shlala gashle" (Zulu greeting, meaning "Stay safe")
>mike (mcnaught@LANL.GOV)
>
>
>
I suppose that you can only have molten uranium after having it isolated.
This will remove the daughter products and they simply will not be present.

There was a similar thread a few weeks ago on the question of daughter
products of uranium.

Franz