[Nhcoll-l] Fossil collections and radioactivity

[Guillaume BILLET]

Hello everyone,

in the fossil mammal collection of the MNHN Paris, we are currently 
dealing with issues of high level radioactivity for a number of 
specimens (>usual background radiation) and we are trying to set up an 
action plan. For this reason, we would love to hear about the policy in 
other Museums concerning radioactive fossils.
Do you systematically measure specimens for radioactivity in your fossil 
collection?  Does your institution have a strict policy about 
radioactive fossils? Most particularly, how do you cope with the risk of 
inhaling radioactive dust due to such specimens?

Many thanks and best wishes
Guillaume


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Guillaume BILLET
Assistant Professor & Curator (MNHN)
Maître de conférences & Chargé de conservation (MNHN)

Centre de Recherches sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P)
UMR CNRS 7207
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
8, rue Buffon
75231 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE
Phone + 33 (0)1 40 79 38 14

Email address: guillaume.billet at mnhn.fr


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