Re: Uranium Toning

Peter Marshall (petermarshall@cix.compulink.co.uk)
Wed, 11 Dec 96 18:06 GMT0

In-Reply-To: <01ICUYRM0NFMG8CFB3@wvnvms.wvnet.edu>

>
> Judy,
>
> If you have a bag of uranium glaze, you might want to have someone
> put a GM counter on it. I know uranium was used in glass to give it a
> deep red color but was abandoned because the glass was fairly "hot."
> Not trying to scare you, just urging caution.
>
> Bob Schramm

A sensible suggestion Bob, but possibly we shouldn't get too worried; most of
the uranium compounds I have handled have had pretty low levels of
radioactivity (I think they were often made from material that has had the
more radioactive isotopes removed.)

I think when we used to test ours the glass bottle was pretty efficient at
stopping the emissions - you had to actually put the probe inside the bottle
to get readings above background.

Of course there would still be a danger if such materials were ingested.

Peter Marshall

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