feacetech
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EPA cleans up radioactive material in Boise apartment
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/10/13/3426153_epa-cleans-...
I know it was one of you guys :p
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careysub
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This is an interesting case.
The report says the initial NRC investigation was due to a tip and was concerned with "buying and selling radioactive material on eBay" (they don't
monitor this themselves?). The NRC's focal responsibility and staffing is concerned regulating businesses handling radioactive material, so perhaps
the "selling" part got their interest?
I haven't seen any uranium moving on eBay recently.
Apparently no actual unsafe conditions were encountered (but probably violations of safety codes, a different thing), no criminal law violations
found, and no charges filed.
Not the best idea to do this in an APARTMENT, owned by someone else, and with adjoining other tenants.
[Edited on 14-10-2014 by careysub]
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Ooohh, this is going to be expensive. Just wait til they get the bill!
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DEQ found containers with powders, residues and/or liquids throughout the apartment, some in unlabeled and/or open containers. It also documented
equipment that could be used for chemical processing such as glassware and mixing containers. NRC said the tenant had in his possession a variety of
radioactive materials that included suspected uranium, uranium salts and equipment associated with handling radioactive materials. Radiation levels in
the apartment were low — reported to range from 0.5 millirem, the level in an airplane, to 1.5 millirem, the level outside of the Three Mile Island
Reactor after its 1979 accident. |
I understand the business of trying to extract Uranium & other elements from their ores. Home chemistry, element collection, etc. A poor idea to
do on someone else's property and near others not involved, it sounds like improper storage too.
But the smoke detector radiation sources? THAT sounds like someone with intent to create a radiation source for transmutations- More "radioactive
boyscouts"?!
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Weigel said the two apartment occupants were. for unknown reasons, trying to separate radioactive material from store-bought goods such as smoke
detectors. Boise police reported there wasn't enough material for a criminal violation and it was not deemed to pose an immediate public health or
safety threat. When police and Boise Fire Haz Mat arrived, they found the substance isolated and contained to a single upstairs apartment, police
said. For several hours, residents of adjacent apartments that shared a stairwell with the apartment were asked to remain outside while the substance
was investigated. The residents of the apartment were on scene and cooperative, police said.
Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/10/13/3426153_epa-cleans-...
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