Re: News on BNL Deer

["Phil Hypes" <laradcon@HOTMAIL.COM>]

21 *PICO* curies.  Wow.  My RHH tells that I should divide by 27.02 to get 

the number of Bq, so that deer had 21/27.02=0.78Bq.  So, this animal had 

enough radioactive material in its body that less than one atom decays every 

second.  I'd be seriously interested to know what analytical techniques were 

used.  Someone please tell me this reporter got the units wrong.



Phil Hypes

Los Alamos Radiation Consultants

laradcon@hotmail.com

505.920.9712





>From: Cehn@AOL.COM

>Reply-To: Cehn@AOL.COM

>To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

>Subject: News on BNL Deer

>Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:38:50 EST

>

>Tues. Feb 19, 2002

>Radiation Is High in Dead Deer

>By TAMER EL-GHOBASHY

>

>After several radiation tests on the deer, lab scientists found it 

>contained 21 picocuries of radioactive material. A picocurie is a unit used 

>to measure radioactivity.

>

>Green said there is no need for alarm, but the lab is taking the matter 

>seriously.

>





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