Re: News of Neutron Products' Status

[GAMMATRON <GAMMAT@swbell.net>]

Mrtgoldman@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Further news on the outcome of the court hearing on an injunction shutting
> down NP's operations.   
> 
>" Oberdorfer noted that Neutron is still barred from performing cobalt melts,
> as a result of a judge's order in a 1996 lawsuit. Neutron is under orders to
> build a structure to enclose the courtyard where it has conducted these melts
> -- the process that generates the most radioactive waste of any activity at
> the facility."

Can someone on RADSAFE explain what is meant by "cobalt melts"?
Is this some kind of process that is routine to this licensee?
It sounds more like an accidental release.

Thanks in advance.

Charlie Gallagher
Gammat@swbell.net
>
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