[ RadSafe ] Airborne radioactivity

[Earley, Jack N]

Thank you for your keen insight, Franz. However, I'm recognizing that many measurements have been made and correlations have undoubtedly been developed between numerous radioactive liquid volumes and the resulting airborne radioactivity from varying activities. I haven't found any that have been published because they're probably squirreled away in some health physicist's files from the last time they performed that particular activity. If I can draw on several of those correlations and compare them to a known or probable radioisotope mix, I can obtain better information than a theoretical calculation is likely to produce. In the words of WIPP instructor Chris Marthaller, "Most health physics work seems to start with measurement with a micrometer, marking it with chalk, and cutting it with an axe." I prefer to avoid that approach.


 
 
Jack Earley
Health Physicist
509.372.9532

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf Of Franz Schönhofer
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:38 PM
To: Earley, Jack N; radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: AW: [ RadSafe ] Airborne radioactivity

Dear Health Physicist,

This is the first of two messages today, which request from RADSAFErs some information without giving even the slightest details. As a Health Physicist you should know, that there are thousands of different radionuclides, which behave differently, coming in different chemical forms, have different solubility etc. etc. Do you want to know the radon level to be expected...... bla, bla, bla. 

Not being a native speaker I regard "air line" being rather in the context of "DELTA", "Austrian Airlines", "Lufthansa", "Iberia" etc. 

I hope you can explain, what you really want.

Franz



Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
MinRat i.R.
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Wien/Vienna
AUSTRIA


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im Auftrag von Earley, Jack N
Gesendet: Montag, 09. April 2007 19:43
An: radsafe at radlab.nl
Betreff: [ RadSafe ] Airborne radioactivity

Does anyone have any calculations or guidelines for determining the resulting airborne radioactivity levels from an air line breaking under water, relative to the air flow rate (or from performing an air sparge in radioactive water)? 
 
 
 
Jack Earley
Health Physicist
509.372.9532
 
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