Re: Ignored consumer goods with Ra-226.

[SBD <sbd@co.disp.mindef.nl>]

Dear Nick,

My question on ignoring consumer goods containing radium was a result of a quick
scan of exactly this new NUREG-1717.  I also had this enormously large document
printed, and the only reference to radium that I was able to find was on smoke
detectors (page 2-217), where it is said that the manufacture of smoke detectors
containing radium sources ceased following the development of americium sources.
I assure you that although manufacture no longer takes place, radium smoke
detectors still are around! In all the rest of this enourmous report I could not
find any more references to radium. I do hope you are a better reader than I am.
If you too are not able to find more, I fear my question (as stated below) still
stands.

With kind regards,

ing. Jetty Middelkoop
Radiological protection Service
Netherlands Ministry of Defence


Tsurikov, Nick wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> NOTHING will be ignored any more, I think.  In December NRC issued a draft
> report for comment NUREG-1717 "Systematic Radiological Assessment of
> Exemptions for Source and Byproduct Material"
> (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1717/index.html)
> <http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1717/index.html)> .
> It took me three days to print this monstrous report (830 pages, no
> joke...).  It seems that it covers practically everything everywhere.  Am I
> correct?
>

Middelkoop, jetty wrote:

>                 << Could anybody explain to me why the existence of consumer
> goods with radium
>                  paint is constantly ignored by many (inter)national
> authorities?
>                   >>



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