Re: Beer as a chelating agent for uranium

[Scott D Kniffin <Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Drew,

One of my professors at the University of Maryland told us this in class.
He worked with HEU and had to do this himself once.  Evidently you are
given a case of beer and told to drink it very, very fast.  His CO told him
he didn't expect to see him the next morning.  (I wonder why.)  

I have absolutely no reason to doubt the veracity of his story.  Very cool
guy.  

Scott Kniffin
RSO Unisys Federal Systems, Lanham, MD
CHO Radiation Effects Facility, GSFC, NASA
mailto:Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov

The opinions expressed here are my own. They do not necessarily represent
the views of Unisys or NASA.  This material has not been reviewed by my
manager or NASA.  


At 00:01 04/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Some time ago a friend who used to work at a uranium processing site
>informed me that, when working at the site, whenever one suspected that they
>received an intake of uranium (for whatever reason), that beer serves as a
>chelating agent.  I'm not sure whether this was a simple excuse to drink or
>he was actually informed of beer's chelating properties for uranium.
>
>Can anyone provide any information or references to support this claim as
>the subject of uranium intake came up recently and it would be nice to know
>if there were any veracity to the story.
>
>In the interest of preventing a thread of discussion that runs quickly off
>topic, please limit replies to those that seriously discuss the topic.
>
>Thanks,
>Drew Thatcher
>thatcher.drew@home.com
>
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