RE: background vs man-made emmissions

["Kent, Michael D" <Michael.D.Kent@nspco.com>]

	fully developed this anaology,  Light is radiation.  A light bulb is
a
	source of light (radiation).  When we speak of radiation from a
radioactive
	source, visualize the sources as tiny lightbulbs emitting light.  A
	radioactive atom (source) is like a tiny lightbulb.  When there is a
leak of
	radioactive material it like releasing many tiny light bulbs.   On
the other


Sounds familiar to the government's use of "Sunshine Units" for people
living in Las Vegas during the Atomic Bomb testing!!!

Michael D. Kent RRPT


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