Re: Rermarks:Re" SOURCE DESTROYED ACCIDENTALLY.AT PARIS AIRPORT "/Re:Serbian Fuel???

[john grant <grantjoh@pacbell.net>]

Emil wrote:



> Greetings,

>

> Here are my weekly remarks on/to what I read on

> the radsafe.

>

> >>>

> 1. "August 22, 2002

> SOURCE DESTROYED ACCIDENTALLYDURING TRANSFER AT

> PARIS AIRPORT

> A medium-size iodine-131 source was dropped from a

> transfer dolly and crushed in Roissy Charles de

> Gaulle airport"

> >>>



Does anyone know details on how big a typical I-131 source is and what the

shipping container is like?



Seems like it should be easy to build a container that could be run over by a

truck.  Like two 4 inch pipe end caps and a short piece of pipe in between.



John Grant



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