Bill Aycock on fri 2 oct 98
OK- so there is a small sample of Uranium Oxide in a laboratory sample jar,
stored in the barn. (Part of a set of samples from a laboratory in the
ceramics dept of a Southeastern Univ.)- This stuff is just sitting there,
where the only living things to be bothered are spiders and mice.
The question- How do I dispose of it?.
This question was asked once before, and Karl told us to send all of any
such samples to him. --??-- (In south America, I assume, because he was
doing glass work there, at the time)
I have a full-sized- 24 bit color depth, 1280x1024 pixel (or thereabout)
picture of the havoc this would cause in the Postal service when the
package goes through screening at the airport.
Just next to that picture is the one of the face of a local EPA
representative when I ask him what to do.
Any suggestions ( real or facetious) ?
Bill- on Persimmon Hill- wondering if he should check on those mice (well
armed at the time, of course)
Bill Aycock --- Persimmon Hill
Woodville, Alabama, US 35776
(in the N.E. corner of the State)
W4BSG -- Grid EM64vr
baycock@HiWAAY.net
Tom Buck on sat 3 oct 98
Bill A:
One little stated fact about uranium is that it is quite common
throughout the Earth's crust (and in the oceans). The occurrence, however,
is below the readily detected level...in seawater, eg, Uranium may run at
100 mg per cubic metre (? 10 parts per billion?). There are just a handful
of deposits worldwide that yield 1%+ uranium ore, a mineable amount. Yet,
scientists believe most of the Earth's internal heat comes from
radioactive decay of uranium occurring in the iron-nickel core (molten).
So, with this data as background, I suggest you take the uranium
oxide powder, mix 1 part U oxide to 100 parts silica sand, and cast the
mix into the air closeby the Oak Ridge nuclear facilities; when it settles
no one would ever notice the difference. OK?
Tom Buck ) tel: 905-389-2339
& snailmail: 373 East 43rd St. Hamilton ON L8T 3E1 Canada
(westend Lake Ontario, province of Ontario, Canada).
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