Low-level nuclear waste
Low-level nuclear waste
Quiz. What piece of low-level nuclear waste, that is also drinking apparatus, am I using Churchill’s White Porto to attempt to make safer? And how?
Err, no.
Err, no.
But you haven’t explained the ‟low-level nuclear waste”
Progress. But you haven’t explained the ‟low-level nuclear waste”.Jay P wrote:Your ! decanter, which you have white port in, leaching out the metals?
Uranium glass
The answer: I own a ½-bottle size decanter made of Uranium glass. Art Deco, quite possibly Czech. Legally, in the UK, Uranium glass is handled for disposal purposes at least as low-level nuclear waste.
Is it safe to drink liquid that has been in such a decanter? Well, I have left some cheap porto in it, and am now trying to persuade a local university to compare the liquids in the decanter and the bottle. There will, eventually, be a progress report.
Is it safe to drink liquid that has been in such a decanter? Well, I have left some cheap porto in it, and am now trying to persuade a local university to compare the liquids in the decanter and the bottle. There will, eventually, be a progress report.
If there is any U close to the surface, !
If there is any U close to the surface, I would rather it leached into the white porto (which is to be discarded) than into decent vintage port (that is to be drunk).
OK - I get the theory.
But, even 'though my knowledge of radioactive substances only extends to what I learned at the age of 17 during my Physics and Chemistry classes at High School, I can't help thinking that would take a very long time. If the radiation from the surface of the galss leached out into the white port would it not be replaced by more radiation from within the glass?
Would it not be more effective to by a decanter that wasn't radioactive?
Derek
But, even 'though my knowledge of radioactive substances only extends to what I learned at the age of 17 during my Physics and Chemistry classes at High School, I can't help thinking that would take a very long time. If the radiation from the surface of the galss leached out into the white port would it not be replaced by more radiation from within the glass?
Would it not be more effective to by a decanter that wasn't radioactive?
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
trying to leach out the Uranium itself
Uranium decays slowly, yes, agreed. But we aren’t collecting alpha particles: we’re trying to leach out the Uranium itself, so that none leaches when the decanter is used.