RE: Metal Recycling in the news

[Craig Reed <CReed@novoste.com>]

All speculation aside, as the HP/Radiological Control Engineer for the
Small Scale Metals Recycle Project at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, I can say
(definitively) that many nuclides, in addition to uranium and Tc-99,
exist in GDP metals.  As you might imagine, concentrations vary and Mr.
Goldsmith's statement about any particular lot of metal can be accurate.


For an exhaustive report on the nuclides expected and encountered in GDP
metals recycling, as well as the means by which such nuclides have been
adequately identified, quantified, and controlled for pilot GDP
dismantlement, transport, transfer and recycling, I recommend the
following document:

"Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, K/ER-316, Report on the Small Scale
Metals Recycle Project at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee."  (Released to the public on Dec 4, 1996) Volume 2 is the
Technical Summary.  
 
(It would be nice if DOE would put it on the WEB!)

Craig Reed
creed@novoste.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill_Goldsmith@radian.com [mailto:Bill_Goldsmith@radian.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 2:40 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: RE: Metal Recycling in the news


As a long-time Oak Ridge resident, I would like to clarify two points in
this discussion.  First, the contamination in the Ni ingots is not
activation.  The internal contamination is uranium and Tc-99 that were
surface contaminants before the metal was smelted for declassification.
Second, PACE (the union) and BNFL (the contractor trying to recycle the
metal) have had horrible labor relations that have included reported
fist
fights between representatives of each side.  The PACE representative
was
one of the anti-recyclers interviewed by ABC.  ABC presented a generally
alarmist, biased approach to the issue.  The "pots and pans" would
undoubtedly be less radioactive than certain orange glazed plates, etc.
Bill Goldsmith
Radian International LLC
423-220-8265
FAX 423-483-9061
Bill_goldsmith@radian.com <mailto:Bill_goldsmith@radian.com> 

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