os
75
It contains a very small amount
of radioactivity.
DR. FAILLA$
The thing that I
have in mind, @ small amount in one place
ie one thing, but a small amount all over
the United Ststes 1s another thing.
So
thet there is a limit as to how far you
can go with this.
Eventually, if there 1s a trenend-
ous increase in the use of radioactive
material, thet would-be something to consider.
cea,
MR. EISENBUD:
This is not a pansae
Well, now it isn't generally realized,
but the A.E.C. was well on its way to corner=
ing all of the serap metal in the country bee
cause of the policy that we had of not ever
diecharging through normal chennels of trade
any piece of mete] wnich is contaminated with
radioactivity.
This oan obviously only go
on for a oertain period of time until finally
you've got a corner on all of the used metal
in the country.
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To give you an idea of the magnitude
in the problem at Oak Ridge,which has, ZI think
the largest pile, h=d@ six million dollars of
steel piled up by 1953,