Re: " Truck carrying radioactive material ignites on Hwy 10 " (ne ar M ontreal)

["Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>]

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Von: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS) <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>

An: Baratta, Edmond J (FDA) <EBARATTA@ORA.FDA.GOV>; 'Franta, Jaroslav'

<frantaj@AECL.CA>; Radsafe (E-mail) <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Datum: Freitag, 02. August 2002 18:27

Betreff: RE: " Truck carrying radioactive material ignites on Hwy 10 " (ne

ar M ontreal)





>My guess is that the shipping container weighted 2 kgm.

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I am not working in nuclear medicine, but I think that shielding of any

source of I-131 - in case it really was the radionuclide involved - used for

nuclear medicine must be by far heavier that 2 kg.



Franz









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