[ RadSafe ] Can tritium produce bremsstrahlung?

[Baumbaugh, Joel SPAWAR]

RADSAFERS,

 

Well, as I write this, I have a Tritium exit sign (decayed from 25
curies down to about 18 now) on my desk and my trusty Ludlum Model 3
survey meter with a 44-9 pancake probe and a 44-3 low-energy
scintillation probe.

 

Normal background for this meter in my office is about 40 CPM with my
pancake probe. Resting it on top of the sign (over the "x" in Exit), I'm
now getting about 105 CPM.  Changing to my low-energy scintillation
probe normal background in my office is about 300 CPM.  Placing the
probe on the "x" produces approximately 1,600 CPM...  

 

So there you go - Science in action.. LOL....

 

Joel Baumbaugh (baumbaug at nosc.mil)

SSC-SD

 

...just my own 2-cents..

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Jon Stieglitz
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:04 AM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Can tritium produce bremsstrahlung?

 

Could someone please tell me if a beta pancake is able to detect tritium
in

any amounts?  I have heard from reputable sources that it can.
Obviously

the beta is too weak to be detected so as I understand it, the only way

would be to detect the bremsstrahlung radiation.  Is tritium energetic

enough to produce bremsstrahlung?  Can anyone tell me how much would be

needed?  I apologize if this is a stupid question but nobody has totally

answered the question to my satisfaction.

 

 

 

 

 

J. Stieglitz

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