Surf these sites: 625,000 Tons of Depleted Uranium (DU) -- U.S. Department of Energy wishes to sell DU onto the open market to be smelted, refabricated, and then reused in a wide array of consumer products including items pregnant women and children could unwittingly contact. Clean Metals Prrogram -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiatives to avoid problems with radioactive contamination in the metals supply. Information about the problem, strategies being used to address it, and U.S. and international standards. Federal foot-dragging on radioactive scrap -- From "New Steel". Handbook for Controlling Release for Reuse or Recycle of Property Containing Residual Radioactive Material -- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) protocol to ensure that radiological doses to the public from recycle or reuse of residual radioactive material meet applicable regulatory standards. National Center of Excellence for Metals Recycle -- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) technologies and strategies for dealing with DOE surplus metals, including contaminated metals. Nuclear Spoons -- The Progressive magazine article on The Department of Energy plans to dispose of millions of tons of radioactive metal. Reprocessing and recycling radioactive scrap metal which could end up in your silverware, your pots and pans, and your eyeglasses and cause 92,000 cancer deaths. Some Like It Hot -- By David Case (reporter for TomPaine.common sense journal) on U.S. Department of Energy plans to recycle decontaminated radioactive metal.
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