[ RadSafe ] Watch out, you're being watched

[John R Johnson]

Mike

I thought a "nuclear weapon" contained U-235 and/or Pu-239, not "fissile 
material". These isotopes only emit low energy photons and will not be 
detected with a "gamma detector".

John
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brennan, Mike (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:51 AM
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Watch out, you're being watched


> While such monitoring might be able to detect an unshielded cat, and
> possibly a poorly constructed and shielded RDD, I am skeptical that it
> would have detected the fissile material in a nuclear weapon.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> Behalf Of Carol Marcus
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 8:25 PM
> To: Clayton Bradt; radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Watch out, you're being watched
>
>
>
> Actually, NaI-131 treatments are very common in cats, because there is a
> high incidence of hyperthyroidism.  The NaI-131 cures it and the cat is
> normal afterwards.
>
> Carol Marcus
>
> At 05:06 PM 3/24/2008, Clayton Bradt wrote:
>>On the other hand, anyone stupid
>>enough to pay for I-131 treatment for
>>their cat  should probably be
>>monitored closely.
>
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