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Answer to Question #5646 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Industrial Radiation — Industrial Applications

The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:

Q

I need to give some radiation safety talks to an aluminum recycling plant. I am looking for a Web site that may have a listing of radiation contamination incidents in metal recycling plants.

A
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have some reports of sealed sources that went to, or were going to, a metal recycling facility.

The IAEA's Web site pages of interest are:

The IAEA reports (very large pdf files) of interest are:

A DOE report of interest is:

John P. Hageman, MS, CHP
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