Re: UCI P-32 Chair Incident

[Kerembaev@cs.com]

Do you have an Ion Chamber with the "beta" window?

In a message dated 2/15/00 2:35:44 Pacific Standard Time, wgnabor@uci.edu 
writes:

<<  The
 perp was exposed to this contamination in the hood.  Radiation
 levels everywhere around the hood were less than 200 mR/hr on
 contact using a pancake GM counter.  Most were in the few mR/hr
 range.  
  >>

I know some places use GMs calibrated with CS-137 (gammas + betas) as 
exposure meters if they do not have the ion chambers. The GM tube, probably, 
gives a "slight" over response to P-32 (strong betas) compare to the Ion 
Chamber.

kerembaev@cs.com
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