TY - JOUR
AU - Lubenau, J. O.
AB - Control, accounting and proper disposal of radioactive sources and devices are essential elements of an operational health physics pro- gram for using radioactive materials. U”TED RADIOACTWE SOURCES IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE J. 0. Lubenau* the public domain as a result of inadequate con- The minerals were converted into EARLY EXPERIENCES trol and disposal of these items with attendant the rarest of all elements-radium- WITH RADIUM risk of environmental contamination and radi- so that the equivalent of a billion dol- ation exposure. As a result of concern over these The potential medical benefits lars in gold could be placed in a developments there have been calls for increased of radium were recognized shortly receptacle no bigger than a cigar regulatory oversight of general licensees. It is after its discovery in 1898 and ironic that the present problems are the result box.. . .He kept a notebook in cipher of a program that was established about the resulted in a demand for radium in which he set down the approximate time that States were increasing regulatory sources (Landa 1993). Radium, quantity of radium in each of the oversight over radium to address similar however, was difficult to extract 
TI - Unwanted Radioactive Sources in the Public Domain A Historical Perspective
JF - Health Physics
DA - 1999-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/unwanted-radioactive-sources-in-the-public-domain-a-historical-c8IIdWPri4
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VL - 76
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DP - DeepDyve
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