Re: Decontamination of wood

["Alan R. Marchand" <radarm@accessnv.com>]

Wood is porous. The contamination can go deep into the wood. By the time
you decontaminate the wood you might have a tooth pick. Only sealed wood
should be used around contamination.
This is just from my experiences.

Alan R. Marchand
radarm@accessnv.com

At 11:39 AM 2/4/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Howdy, I have a minor problem with contamination (probably MFP) of a piece
>of framing lumber used in one our lab areas.  Does anyone have any ideas
>as to what might be used to remove this contamination short of disposal, 
>or sealing in. 
>
>Larry Krisanits
>Senior Health Physicist
>Texas A & M University
>Nuclear Science Center
>larry@nscsun.tamu.edu
>(409)845-7552
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