a
to dispose of any raterlals containinglevels
of activity that may have adverse effects on
Andustry or on public health,
Ag Merril just stated, there had
been a vast accumulation of ferrous steels
during the course of years and due to some
of the studies made by HAEL.
The policy
of the A.F.C. was set to allow for the die-
posal of these ferrous steels providing cere
tain restrictions in material = uranium
material content were met.
Also, a3 Merril stated, we have
accumulated many millions of dollars worth
of non-ferrous material, such as atainless
steel, copper, nickel, aluminum.
It is
our belief with restriction, the A.F.C.
policy to cover dicposel of non-ferrous metals
and also contamination of other than uranium,
and equipment for re-use as well as sevnp, the
purpose of our study was to obtain information
which may lead to the liberalization of dis-
posal rerculations,
A study was made on copper, nickel,
aluminum and stainless steel scrap and the
purpose of the study was to determine the
anount of uranium picked up by these various
metals during service; the effect of