Re: Corona effect and x-rays

[ragreenwood@firstenergycorp.com]

While not exactly generating x-rays  in air, over head high voltage lines
on the order of 30 to 50 kilovolts can be switched by overhead vacuum
circuit breakers which are a source of x-rays up there in the air.

RG

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