Re:Specific Activity of Uranium

["Rodney Bauman"<rodney_bauman@wssrap-host.wssrap.com>]

Yes, there's a typo.  The table units should be dpm/microgram

Rodney Bauman, CHP, RRPT
Weldon Spring Site

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Subject:    Specific Activity of Uranium 
Author: <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date:       3/24/99 6:44 PM

Good afternoon, everyone:

While working with HPS N13.22-1995 (Bioassay Programs 
for Uranium), I noticed that Table C.1 lists the specific 
activites of various uranium enrichments as 
dpm/m(milli)g.  Some matchbook calculations suggest 
that the Table caption should be dpm/u(micro)g.

Specifically, the specific activity of 93% enriched U 
shows an activity of 144.52 dpm/mg for U-234.  That seems  
a bit low.

Is there a typo in this table?

Jim Barnes, CHP
Radiation Safety Officer
Rocketdyne / Boeing

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