Re: Radium Smoke Detector Sources

[Ted de Castro <tdc@xrayted.com>]

Surface plated sources - the alpha emissions are used.

Just remove the source and keep it as a check source - then the rest is
no problem to discard.

"Oldewage, Hans D" wrote:
> 
> Does anybody know anything about the construction of Ra sources used in old
> smoke detectors?  We have an old one that we want to dispose of, and are
> trying to figure out if there are any RCRA concerns.
> 
> Thanks, and you can respond to me directly,
> Hans
> =====================
> Hans Oldewage
> Sandia National Laboratories
> 505-845-7728
> hdoldew@sandia.gov
> 
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