truly interesting. this is semi-tongue-in-cheek, but is there also a sort of paranoia about the tramp uranium? to either nuclear engineers or public perceptions of radioactive molecules "on the loose?" how much of this domain transfers over?
i mean, if someone told me i was sitting on radioactive materials, i might scream in horror at the sight of such a vagrant tramp uranium, run home and wait for my husband ... wait, that didn't come out right.
:) Yes, another Tramp Scare! Actually, the folks that get *perturbed* about trace or tramp elements are the steel manufacturers; just a bit of sulfur or phosphorus in the wrong steel run and presto! One fallen bridge or what have you (bad form, you know). Like the tramp stories, they are potentially useful chemicals in the wrong place. Thus, the specifications for these types of steels demand testing for a 'not to exceed' amount of sulfur and phosphorus. No Tramps, please...
truly interesting. this is semi-tongue-in-cheek, but is there also a sort of paranoia about the tramp uranium? to either nuclear engineers or public perceptions of radioactive molecules "on the loose?" how much of this domain transfers over?
i mean, if someone told me i was sitting on radioactive materials, i might scream in horror at the sight of such a vagrant tramp uranium, run home and wait for my husband ... wait, that didn't come out right.
/tongue-in-cheek
Posted by: Teh Greg | February 8, 2007 04:42 AM
:) Yes, another Tramp Scare! Actually, the folks that get *perturbed* about trace or tramp elements are the steel manufacturers; just a bit of sulfur or phosphorus in the wrong steel run and presto! One fallen bridge or what have you (bad form, you know). Like the tramp stories, they are potentially useful chemicals in the wrong place. Thus, the specifications for these types of steels demand testing for a 'not to exceed' amount of sulfur and phosphorus. No Tramps, please...
Posted by: Tom Herring | February 8, 2007 05:13 AM