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Additional info on plastic degradation



source of radiation/energies involved - Sr/Y-90.   Activity - unknown.
 
Dose rates with an ion chamber
    open window - 40 rad
    closed window - 450 mrad
 
The material has been double-bagged and stored in a sealed 5 gallon bucket for approximately 2 years in a warehouse.  So I would think it safe to say that UV had nothing to do with it.
 
Charlie

Charles D. Guinn, CHP, RRPT
Sandia National Laboratories
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