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Re: Radiation-Proof Uniform?

This reminds me of a product marketed about 15 years, ago.  I found it listed in the "Equipment & Services" section of "Nuclear News."  The vendor advertised an "emergency dosimeter," which would glow when exposed to ~ 25 mrads/hr.  He was about to market this to people living near nuclear power plants, with the message that they couldn't trust the utilities to provide accurate information in an emergency.

I was able to get the vendor to send me a sample "dosimeter."  We put it in our instrument calibrator and, even in the dark, could not detect any visible glow below approximately 25,000 mrads/hour.  The vendor refused to identify the material, but it seemed to be sodium iodide.  I pursuaded the vendor to seek his fortune doing something else.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com

BLHamrick@AOL.COM wrote:

In a message dated 11/14/2002 1:16:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, harttp@raso.navy.mil writes:
 
 
September 12, 2002 - Radiation Shield Technologies announces Demron, the
first ionizing/nuclear radiation blocking fabric.

Okay, I must know, who's going to buy one of these and irradiate it and make measurements on the other side?  Please, someone must do this.  This would be hilarious.

Barbara