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Re: News on BNL Deer
I would guess that the correct units are pCi/g. In addition, gross results are not meaningful for dosimetry.
To put this in perspective, the "reporting levels" for a nuclear power plant for environmental sampling of "food products" are 0.1 pCi/g - I-131, 1
pCi/g - Cs-134, and 2 pCi/g - Cs-137. These are the thresholds for a special report to the NRC.
The key index, regardless of any unit errors, is that this level is more than 12 times the average level, and twice the highest level previously
seen. It's an indication of a serious programmatic failure, and another black eye for the industry.
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Let's look at the real problem, for a change.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
Phil Hypes wrote:
> 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
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>
> >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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