[ RadSafe ] Re: NYC Bans Geiger counters!!!

[Geo>K0FF]

http://www.qsl.net/k0ff/Sierra%20Madre%20Occidental%20Field%20Trip%20Jan%202008/

I travel internationally all the time, last time was earlier this month. I 
always take along a scintillator-ratemeter to do impromptu Cosmic-Ray data 
gathering on the flight. As long as it is presented at security checkpoint 
and allowed to be X-Rayed, never a problem so far. Because of the recent 
"liquid" ban, leave the BTI Bubble Neutron Detectors in the checked luggage.

The fact that it might or might not be legal to own one in NYC is another 
matter. Perhaps they will also ban Spiderwort?
http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Blue%20Spiderwort.html

Just in case it is a good idea to carry a pre-postage-paid Priority Mail 
Envelope or box (in USA) so that if any item is refused on board, you can 
mail it to yourself instead of sacrificing it.

George Dowell
NLNL
New London Nucleonics Lab

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vernig, Peter G." <Peter.Vernig at va.gov>
To: "Mark Sonter" <sontermj at tpg.com.au>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:49 AM
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Re: NYC Bans Geiger counters!!!


Many moons ago, long before 9/11 I had to do an installation and fly
with an ion chamber.  I also had a few hand tools, nothing exciting, no
box cutter.  Pliers, crescent, wrench, screw drivers, that sort of
thing.  I took I it in carry on so I could explain not wanting it to get
stopped and not put on the plane if it worried them.  Security guy did
not even bat an eye at the ion chamber but was very concerned about the
tools.

Know what made him happy?  A business card.

Now at that time I worked for Kevex Corporation, not exactly a household
name and of course anybody can order business cards.

Peter G Vernig

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Mark Sonter
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:13 PM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Re: NYC Bans Geiger counters!!!

Ok -- in Oz, I go thru airport security, the guard says "what's that
showing up on the scanner?" and I say "I'm a uranium mine radiation
safety officer, it's a geiger counter", and the guard says "No Probs,
mate, have a good one" ...

If I try that in NYC, the response is "Off to Jail with You, yer
obviously a Terrorist!"

Something Very Paranoid going on in the US of A....


Mark Sonter

Radiation Advice & Solutions Pty Ltd,   abn 31 891 761 435
Asteroid Enterprises Pty Ltd,   abn 53 008 115 302

116 Pennine Drive
South Maclean
Queensland 4280
Australia

Phone / fax  (07) 3297 7653

"Keep everything as simple as possible, but no simpler"  - Albert
Einstein


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