I just checked my leave balances on the State's online site. It appears that I have to take tomorrow off, else I will forfeit 12 hours of annual leave. This is what happens when one carries close to the maximum allocated leave time for the State ( Read more... )

The fumes from (mostly) boiling concentrated nitric acid (HNO3) can not only turn my purple neoprene gloves weird shades, but can cause them to fail (rip, tear). At least was quick to notice the failure - esp. around my left hand's wrist area.

Avoiding corrosive acid burns is a good thing..

Fun with Radio-Chemistry

Today I've been working /training on a uranium procedure. It involves running a number of different solutions and acid washes (8 N HCL) through resin columns. This procedure is almost painfully slowwww to watch - it literally goes drip..drip...drip ...for up 100ml of solution ( Read more... )

Hot off from the State Email..

The state (EPD) plans not to renew the contract w/ Georgia Tech for radiochemical analysis of environmental samples. This network monitors areas around the nuclear power plants and the Savannah River Site or SRS. The total amount saved is 100K is less than trivial when you consider the size of the Georgia Sate ( Read more... )