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Re: Workers May Have Tasted Uranium



>During the 1950s, middle managers at the former Feed Materials Production
>Center at Fernald, 18 miles northwest of Cincinnati, would put a granular
>uranium hexafluoride substance called ``green salt'' on their tongues to check
>for the telltale metallic taste of a good sample.

Is "green salt" UF6 or UF4?


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