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Science ASSIST Information Sheet: Radioactive isotopes and minerals

Posted by labsupport on Wed, 2022-09-14 15:26

This information sheet is an updated review of the answers to the following questions, and replaces the previously published Q&As:

  • Are we still able/allowed to buy radioisotopes?
  • What are the requirements to keep radioactive sources?
  • Some of the old radioactive materials we have in a lead box are leaking and I have been told not to open/touch it. Where or who do we contact for disposal of these old radioactive materials?
  • Our school recently found a cardboard box of radioactive minerals which have been stored at the back of the cupboard. Do these minerals need to be stored in a metal container or glass jar like our radioactive samples or is the original box still okay? Will these samples also produce Radon gas? One of the minerals from what I can see is Uraninite.
Tags: 
AIS
Radioactive
Radiation
ionising radiation
disposal
radioisotopes
radioactive sources
rocks
minerals
radon gas
uranium
ores
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Publication Date: 
September, 2022
Radioactivity

Source URL:https://assist.asta.edu.au/resource/4803/science-assist-information-sheet-radioactive-isotopes-and-minerals