The University at Albany and
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium
Series
Environmental
issues related to depleted uranium (DU) use at the National Lead
Industries site
in Colonie, NY
Guest Speaker:
Leonard Dietz , retired
physicist, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL)
with an introduction by
John Arnason , Department of
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany
Topics will include:
Description of KAPL electron multiplier and ion pulse-counting in
mass spectrometry.
The accidental discovery of DU particles in air filters at KAPL and
its significance for atmospheric transport and deposition.
The ceramic nature of DU from the National Lead Industries plant
The Battelle experiment to measure dissolution half-life of ceramic
DU oxide particles.
A critique of Oak Ridge National Laboratories cleanup level of 35
pCi/g of U-238 at the National Lead Industries site for unrestricted
public use.
The Seminar will take place on the uptown University at Albany
campus, Earth Science Building, Room 232 at 4:00 pm Wednesday, Nov.
19, 2003
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