Macalaster Scientific Corp. "Radioactive Materials Kit"

[Erick Lindstrom <avrel@gemini.oscs.montana.edu>]

Radsafers,

Back in May 1997 there were a couple of posts that discussed a
"Radioactive Materials Kit."  The Kit was described as
follows:

Macalaster Scientific Corp.
Radioactive Materials Kit
30145 (a product or catalog number I would presume)

Contents: Six (approximately 1/2 inch clear plastic cube) containers
labeled - A, B, C, D, E, F.  There is a solid material in each
cube.  A - Yellow/Green (radioactive), B - White, C - Yellow
(radioactive), D - White, E - White (radioactive), F - Pale Yellow.

Vince Chase responded to the original post with the following
information:

". . .Those kits are school demonstration projects meant for
advanced high school or college level courses.  Macalaster
Scientific was bought out by Raytheon around 1973.  If memory serves
me,  those kits contained uranium and thorium compounds in natural
abundance. . ."

A local high school just "gave" our Hazwaste Manager eleven of
those kits.  Does anybody out there have anything more
specific regarding the compounds found in the those kits.

Any help would be appreciated. . .

Regards,

-Erick Lindstrom







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