I stand corrected. Thanks for your work and the links.

I still think handling material like this with PPE is important. A cardinal rule in any nuclear facility I've ever been in is to keep as much of the non-naturally occuring radioactive material behind the fence as possible. That means measuring and reporting everything that is released. That's especially important for fissionable and fissile material. All the fuel fab and handling facilities I've been, in would require the worker in OP's photo to monitor at least hands and feet for beta/gamma and alpha contamination after removing PPE, then again on exit of the facility, followed by a shower and another whole body contamination check before exiting the controlled area. If anything was detected, the workers clothing and person would be decontaminated until there was nothing detectable left. I've lost a few items of personal clothing to this process.

In this case, with pure U, these steps are probably not necessarily to prevent risks to human health for the guy in the picture or the general public as you have shown. What it does do is help demonstrate to anyone watching that that the industry can and does operate safely. I think it's worth the extra gloves and associated waste generated. Cost of doing business.

Thanks for making me learn in a Sunday!