RE: Medical training war stories -Reply

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 16:04 20.07.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Physicians aren't the only ones.  One Ph.D. researcher stated that he
>stacked lead bricks around his tritium stock vials because it made him feel
>better.
>

Andy, I fully understand the story, but it reminds me to a statement I have
done often:

In radiation protection I prefer those people who shield alphas with lead
over those who shield gammas with paper.

Franz


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