Re: Mystery thorium rods - please help?

[Maury Siskel <maury@webtexas.com>]

Possibly replacement tips for an old heavy duty soldering iron ....?   Cheers, Maury Siskel   maury@webtexas.com
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Sara DeCair wrote:

> To see a digital picture of one of these mystery items:
> http://www.deq.state.mi.us/dwr/Rad/Images/FPTC_rods.jpg
> These metallic rods contain thorium according to portable gamma spec and give a reading of 300 uR/hr (bkg 6 uR/hr) near contact

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> Sara D. DeCair
> decairs@state.mi.us
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