AW: [ RadSafe ] Dirty Bomb Material Report?

[Muckerheide, James]

I agree, and would add:  The equilibrium in the atmosphere has been reported
as 50 million Ci, with 2,000 million Ci from above ground weapons testing in
1964.  It was easy to measure in runoff streams, etc.

Regards, Jim 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of
> Flanigan, Floyd
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 3:18 PM
> To: Orthen, Rick; Robert D Gallagher; Mercado, Don; Robert Atkinson; John
Jacobus;
> radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: RE: AW: [ RadSafe ] Dirty Bomb Material Report?
> 
> 3 million Curies of Tritium are created by mother nature each year. I
> can pull an air sample in my back yard and if I run it long enough and
> count it in the Beckman long enough, I will always find Tritium. That's
> why the ERPA allows 20,000 PPB Tritium in drinking water.
> 
> I fail to see the issue still.
> 
> Floyd W. Flanigan B.S.Nuc.H.P.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Orthen, Rick [mailto:rorthen at cecinc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:20 PM
> To: Robert D Gallagher; Flanigan, Floyd; Mercado, Don; Robert Atkinson;
> John Jacobus; radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: RE: AW: [ RadSafe ] Dirty Bomb Material Report?
> 
> Tritium gas released from building signs and aircraft instruments
> destroyed at the former World Trade Center was readily detected in air
> samples.  Report at
> http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1678&context=l
> bnl.
> 
> Rick Orthen
> CEC Inc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> Behalf Of Robert D Gallagher
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:54 PM
> To: Flanigan, Floyd; Mercado, Don; Robert Atkinson; John Jacobus;
> radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: RE: AW: [ RadSafe ] Dirty Bomb Material Report?
> 
> How many Curies of Tritium were contained in exit signs in the 9/11
> structures that fell?
> 
> I feel certain at the time the release of Tritium was the least of
> everybodies worries.
> 
> Bob Gallagher
> NSSI Houston
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