Re: Tritium consumer sources

[Neon John <johngd@bellsouth.net>]

"Albers, John P" wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know the tritium activity in tritium watches and gunsights??
> I'm trying to provide a consumer product comparsion to the tritium activity
> releases from our radwaste tanks and very low levels of tritium identified
> in on-site non-drinking water monitoring wells  This information is being
> presented to an off-site citizen advisory board.

My Stocker & Yale mil spec tritium dial wrist watch contained a poop
sheet that listed the H3 content as 200 mCi.  I have a mil surplus
CAM hand-held nerve gas sniffer (long story!) with an H3 LCD display
backlight that is labeled as containing 0.5 Ci.

Johh
johngd@bellsouth.net
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