[ RadSafe ] Am-241

srebro srebro at bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Sun Dec 4 00:50:22 CST 2005


Hi

     I know of one case of alpha contamination after a fire. A big hotel was
completely burn in a fire. The smoke detectors were very old containing
about 70 mCi Am-241 each. The result alpha contamination found in the ashes
and ruins . 

 

 
Rafi




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