[ RadSafe ] CRT monitor radiation "scare" at Newark airport

[Luke McCormick]

Yes, there are U and Th contaminates in the zirconium used in the CRT.

Luke McCormick


 
> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:14:43 -0800
> From: cary.renquist at ezag.com
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu; radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] CRT monitor radiation "scare" at Newark airport
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> I'm a bit confused... 
> What sort of CRT emits radiation when it is not powered?
> Is NORM used in the tube? 
> 
> Cary
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> cary.renquist at ezag.com
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> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Strickert, Rick
> Sent: Mon 20-Dec-10 07:21
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> Subject: [ RadSafe ] CRT monitor radiation "scare" at Newark airport
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> From an ABC News report (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/bomb-probed-newark-airport/story?id=12438749):
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> Radiation emitted by a computer monitor triggered a bomb scare that shut down a terminal at Newark, New Jersey's Liberty International Airport, authorities said, as they announced the investigation was over and the terminal reopened.
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> According to the FBI, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and other law enforcement officials, the device was being shipped in checked baggage on the same flight with its owner, and despite initial suspicions, there was no cause for alarm.
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> "Based on initial reports we have received from our agents on the scene working with the Union County bomb squad and Port Authority Police Department and TSA, the suspicious package is a computer monitor emitting small amounts of radiation -which is normal for this device," said FBI agent Bryan Travers from the Newark Field Division. "The device is being shipped to the same destination as it's [sic] owner who is already in flight. It appears there is no cause for alarm, but authorities are taking the necessary precautions to be certain."
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> The possible device was discovered behind a counter, officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told ABC News, and employees alerted Transportation Security Administration Bomb Appraisal Officers, who began their investigation shortly after 7:00 a.m.
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> As Lily Tomlin once observed, "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up."
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> Rick Strickert
> Austin, TX
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