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Pu in smoke detectors

To: "radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu" <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Pu in smoke detectors
From: Kjell Johansen <kjell.johansen@wepco.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 16:15:54 -0600
Organization: Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Reply-To: kjell.johansen@wepco.com

Whereas US ionization type smoke detectors use about 1 uCi of Am-241, I
just heard that similar detectors in Russia use 100 uCi of Pu.  Can
anyone confirm this?

Kjell Johansen
Wisconsin Electric
kjell.johansen@wepco.com
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