Re: H-3 Signs

[Tad Blanchard <Tad.M.Blanchard.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

For the typical building exit sign, 21 Curies is about right.



At 11:49 AM 3/24/00 -0600, you wrote:
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>
>I recall seeing some correspondence regarding sings impregnated with H-3.
Was
>there any resolution regarding disposal of them?  I received a call today
>regarding this issue.  I was told there was a total of 21 Ci, but that sounds
>extraordinarily high.
>
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