[ RadSafe ] Ra-226 Activity in Vintage Compass

[Neil Keeney]

Roy:

The ARS folks over in Port Allen should be able to help you with a
gamma-spec.

Regards,

Neil Keeney

225-505-8257


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:51 PM, James Darrough <
darrougj at onid.oregonstate.edu> wrote:

> Do you have access to a Gamma Ray Spectrometer setup? That would provide a
> very good activity result.
>
> Regards, Jim Darrough
>
> James E. Darrough
> Health Physicist
> Oregon State University Radiation Center
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Roy Parker
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 10:20 AM
> To: Radsafe
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Ra-226 Activity in Vintage Compass
>
> I am trying to move a shipment containing a World War I vintage compass:
> U.S.E.D. Creagh - Osborne Marching Compass Mark VII Model E Sperry
> Gyroscope
> Brooklyn, N.Y.
>
> It is radioactive, therefore obviously Ra-226.  I am trying to find the
> activity.
>
> Regards,
>
> Roy A. Parker, Ph.D.
> Radiation Physics Consultant
> 225-924-1473 Office
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