[ RadSafe ] " Technology to detect radiation has progressed "

[Brian Rees]

Actually, I have been involved in personnel detections, and the people who 
ask the questions are polite and understanding and professional when 
they've been trained well, which is usually the case.  In addition, many 
people (I know this isn't ALWAYS the case!) are aware that they are 
slightly radioactive and may trigger detectors and be questioned.  Many of 
the people (patients) I've talked to are understanding, and in many cases 
pleased to see that there really are people doing this work.

My own personal opinion and experience only...
Brian Rees


At 08:32 PM 8/19/2007, you wrote:
>Aug. 18
>
>         I should think this would be intimidating.  Youi're trying to 
> watch a baseball game and all of a sudden a bunch of gorillas packing 
> heat are standing over you asking  nosy personal question.  In this age 
> of post-Sept. 11 paranoia I doubt that the interrogators were very 
> congenial.  I wonder if any of them have wives?
>
>Steven Dapra
>sjd at swcp.com
>
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>At 07:58 PM 8/19/07 -0400, Jaro wrote:
>>Aviation Week & Space Technology
>>08/20/2007, page 26
>>Technology to detect radiation has progressed, says Army Lt. Gen. William
>>Webster, deputy commander of the U.S. Northern Command. During the most
>>recent Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., detectors picked up
>>radiation from a fan entering the premises and handheld detectors guided
>>officials to the fan's location. Upon questioning the fan, officials
>>discovered she recently underwent radiation therapy for breast cancer and
>>was still carrying residual amounts of the substance.
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