[ RadSafe ] Re: funniest DU scare story ever !

[alstonchris at netscape.net]

"Exposure rate", I don't know, but the beta doserate at contact with a DU source of infinite density (1/8" ?), e.g., the plaques used to calibrate survey meters, is 230 mrad/h, as best I recall.  The 60 and 90 keV x-rays only sum to about 7%, so that wouldn't be much exposure; but there's bremsstralung, too ...(?)

Cheers
cja

denison8 at wowway.com wrote:
>Anybody got a ref for the exposure rate from a kilo of DU (I'm at 
>home without my books).  Off the top of my head I'd guess no more 
>than a couple of mrem.

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