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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,

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