By Walt Hickey Welcome back! The Oscars are imminent. Want to have the inside track on who’s ahead? Check out the awards coverage in the Numlock Awards Supplement, and if you’re just tuning in start here. Three Buckets of Uranium A new report shows that unknown numbers of visitors to the Grand Canyon may have been exposed to radioactivity over a 20-year period because some bright spark in the Park Service left three paint buckets full of uranium ore in a museum collection building. The specimens were moved to the building in 2000 after decades in a basement and stored next to a taxidermy exhibit up until June 2018. The building sees 800 to 1,000 visitors per year, many of whom are minors. The radiation levels of the buckets were
Numlock News: February 19, 2019
Numlock News: February 19, 2019
Numlock News: February 19, 2019
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! The Oscars are imminent. Want to have the inside track on who’s ahead? Check out the awards coverage in the Numlock Awards Supplement, and if you’re just tuning in start here. Three Buckets of Uranium A new report shows that unknown numbers of visitors to the Grand Canyon may have been exposed to radioactivity over a 20-year period because some bright spark in the Park Service left three paint buckets full of uranium ore in a museum collection building. The specimens were moved to the building in 2000 after decades in a basement and stored next to a taxidermy exhibit up until June 2018. The building sees 800 to 1,000 visitors per year, many of whom are minors. The radiation levels of the buckets were