RE: No response: sweaty surveys

[mark sasser <duke99301@yahoo.com>]

I used to work at the 234-5 Z plant at handford we
used poppie probes, we worked in hoods druming rooms
ect. we would sweat  ect. we would do a hand a foot
count to exit areas. if needed sop and then got to the
a whole body frisk. remove PC's and we did not have
any problems with sweat masking anything.of course our
major problem was PU.
--- "Arp, Kathleen H." <arpkh@wsi-or.net> wrote:
> Franz,
> 
> A "cool down station" would really work great here. 
> If that is not
> possible, then supply personnel with clean towels or
> absorbent material
> at boundary and monitor skin post personnel dry off.
>  Must ensure that
> there is little potential for skin contamination
> (spread of
> contamination) to exist.  Must also consider sweat
> soaked clothing.  I
> am assuming this is a pure alpha emitter, and use of
> ratios (alpha to
> beta/gamma) and beta/gamma instrumentation is not
> applicable?  
> 
> Kathleen H. Arp
> Radiation Safety Officer
> WSI-OR (161 Mitchell Rd)
> [ph.276-9246, E-mail: arpkh@wsi-or.net] 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Franz Schoenhofer [mailto:schoenho@via.at]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 12:47 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: No response: sweaty surveys
> 
> 
> At 09:22 19.07.2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Help!!!!!
> >
> >There was only one response to my question on doing
> personnel alpha
> surveys
> >when the person being surveyed is sweating.  
> >
> 
> I have never encountered such a problem, but I would
> probably take a
> wipe
> test on the skin with some appropriate material. One
> could wait until
> the
> sweat has dried up. - But please do not ask me, how
> to refer your counts
> to
> the contamination per square cm or square inch.....
> 
> Franz
> 
> 
> Franz Schoenhofer
> Habicherg. 31/7
> A-1160 Vienna
> Austria
> Tel.: +43-1-495 53 08
> Fax.: same number
> mobile phone: +43-664-338 0 333
> e-mail: schoenho@via.at
> 
> 
> Office:
> Ministerialrat Dr. Franz Schoenhofer
> Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
> Environment and Water
> Management
> Radiation Protection Department (BMLFUW I/8 U)
> Radetzkystr. 2
> A-1031 Vienna
> AUSTRIA
> 
> phone: -43-1-71172-4458
> fax: -43-1-7122331
> 
>
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