Can lead that is used for radioactive shielding become radioactive?
Harry Gordon
>Bill - whatever you do, be sure to wear appropriate respiratory protection
>and work in a well ventilated area. Lead is pretty nasty stuff. I have
>never had occasion to use a plasma cutter on a sheat of lead, but it has a
>pretty low melting temperature and you may have to work really fast. If
>you cut it, take care that you don't wind up with a bunch of toxic dust
>around. - Eric
>
>Eric E. Zilbert
>Agricultural & Environmental Education Program
>Dept. of Agronomy and Range Science, UCD
>Davis, CA 95616 (530) 752-5943
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