Re: Uranotypes (uranium prints)

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From: Robert W. Schramm (schrammrus@hotmail.com)
Date: 05/07/01-10:49:39 PM Z

Dave,

Probably no more toxic than many other processes. Well, you gotta keep your fingers out of the uranium nitrate, but the same is true for potassium oxalate and a few others. The image is composed of uranium metal but there is so little present it would take a very sensitive scintillation counter to detect any radiation. I have attempted to measure the radiation with a good geiger counter. No reading.

My graduate degree is in nuclear physics so I have an interest in this process. Also I have the expertise to evaluate the dangers.

Are you anywhere in the vicinity of the old testing sites. I expect that they are still somewhat radioactive.

Best W.Va. wishes,

Bob Schramm

>From: Dave Rose
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: Uranotypes (uranium prints)
>Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 22:38:36 -0600
>
>Years ago, while living in Grand Junction, Colorado, many homes were being torn apart because uranium mine tailings had been used in formulating the concrete used for foundations, doorsteps, etc....
>
>Uranotypes??!! Do they glow in the dark? Do they cause cancer? Sounds pretty nasty. Is this stuff safe?
>
>Cactus Cowboy..... just another nuclear boy in a digital world
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert W. Schramm
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 7:53 PM
> Subject: Uranotypes (uranium prints)
>
>
> I am doing a one-person show this June in a local art gallery which will feature daguerreotypes, platinotypes, chrysotypes and uranotypes. The gallery people wanted to know if there was anyone else doing uranotypes. I had to say that I did not know. Therefore,
> I am asking if there is anyone on this list who is activlely making uranotypes, has made a uranotype in the last two years or known someone who is making uranotypes.
>
> I am also looking for a source of uranium nitrate. If you have some and would like to sell it or know of a company selling it, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Schramm
>
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