[ RadSafe ] Radiation survey of Japanese automobiles after Fukushima

[Conklin, Al (DOH)]

It was I-131. They set them aside until it decayed away.

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From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Philip Simpson
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radiation survey of Japanese automobiles after Fukushima

Al,

Did you characterize the contamination you found on the shipping containers? Was it possibly attributable to Fukushima or just K-40 (sea salt)?

Phil Simpson

On Jun 18, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Conklin, Al (DOH) <Al.Conklin at DOH.WA.GOV> wrote:

> In Washington, we were asked by a few individuals to survey their new cars that came from Japan in the first couple of months following the accident, but nothing since and no requests from shippers or car dealerships. We found nothing on the cars, but did find contamination on several shipping containers.
> 

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