Radioactive collections storage

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Hello all!

I am the curator of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at Penn State. ?We are looking to rehouse our radioactive rock/ore/mineral specimens in appropriate lead shielded cabinets, and I was wondering if any of you also have radioactive collections. If so, how do you house them so that it is safe for people to be in the collection storage space?. Do you have specialized cabinets or individual boxes? Have you upgraded your RAD storage recently and if so, where did you source your supplies? Any help or advise you can provide would be fantastic!

Thanks!

Patti Wood Finkle

Curator

Earth and Minerals Sciences Museum & Art Gallery

Penn State University

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Dear Patti,

A new book under the title?Conservation of Natural History Specimens??is going to be published by?Routledge.?There are going to be chapters on minerals and rocks, and I believe that there is also going to be information on safe storage of radioactive materials. It is expected late 2025, or sometime in 2026.?

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Dr. Evangelia Kyriazi

Conservator of Stone, Fossils, Antiquities & Works of Art

Archaeometrist

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 at 22:23, Finkle, Patti Wood via <pwf5120=[email protected]> wrote:

Hello all!

I am the curator of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at Penn State.? We are looking to rehouse our radioactive rock/ore/mineral specimens in appropriate lead shielded cabinets, and I was wondering if any of you also have radioactive collections. If so, how do you house them so that it is safe for people to be in the collection storage space?. Do you have specialized cabinets or individual boxes? Have you upgraded your RAD storage recently and if so, where did you source your supplies? Any help or advise you can provide would be fantastic!

Thanks!

Patti Wood Finkle

Curator

Earth and Minerals Sciences Museum & Art Gallery

Penn State University

She/Her/Hers

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