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ABSTRACT
Tests were conducted on a laboratory and semi-plant scale
to determine the effect of permitting scrap grossly contaminated
with uranium to be used in steel manufacture. It was found that
most of the uranium is removed with the slag. Steel made with
this scrap would have a uranium constituent so little above that
made with uncontaminated scrap as to be hardly significant. The
slag itself would not present any hazard in handling or normal use.
It is recommended, therefore, that in the future steel with
only surface uranium contamination be released through normal scrap
channels.
Note: All references to uranium in this report are to natural
uranium only.
WASTE DISPOSAL
Reproduced direct from copy
as submitted to this office.AEC,Oak Ridge,Tem.,9-28-51--146-W5469
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Blatz, Hanson; Harley, John H. & Eisenbud, Merril. Investigation of the Potential Hazard in Releasing Scrap Steel Contaminated with Uranium to Commercial Channels, report, June 15, 1951; New York, New York. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc926592/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.