While the desert dump/evolution in action approach may seem appealing to some, recent experience in the Bay Area suggests that any metal of any possible value -

While the desert dump/evolution in action approach may seem appealing to some, recent experience in the Bay Area suggests that any metal of any possible value - the fence, signs, and any reclaimable parts of the waste - drums or other containers, any iron, steel, copper, brass, etc. - would quickly be collected and recycled. Recall an incident from the 1980s where widespread contamination was revealed only by happenstance - a wrong turn during a delivery of rebar at Los Alamos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civilian_radiation_accidents#1980s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civilian_radiation_acc... http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/accidents/juarez.htm http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/accidents/juarez.htm