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Re: MEDHP-SEC: Article: High Security Trips Up Some IrradiatedPatients, Doctors Say
The price is significantly higher for a hand held spectrometer than for
a geiger counter, but modern spectrometers are smaller and lighter than
geiger counters.
Tom Hazlett
XRF Corporation
http://www.xrfcorp.com/products/ics.html
liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM wrote:
>I see two problems with your suggestion:
>
>1. There is a tremendous difference in cost between a simple GM or scintillation
>survey instrument and a microprocessor controlled spectrometry system, as well as
>differences in weight and bulk. I doubt that the $$/benefit ratio is favorable.
>
>2. It seems that radioactive iodine would be an excellent candidate for a "dirty
>bomb."
>
>The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
>It's not about dose, it's about trust.
>Curies forever.
>
>Bill Lipton
>liptonw@dteenergy.com
>
>Carol Marcus wrote:
>
>>...
>>
>>Dear Radsafers:
>>
>>This is an old problem with a simple solution. It's called
>>"spectrometry". The radionuclides used in Nuclear Medicine and permanent
>>brachytherapy are not good candidates for nuclear terrorism. They can be
>>identified by their gamma/x-ray spectra, and law enforcement personnel who
>>carry radiation detectors should carry spectrometers with simple programs
>>that give a green light if it's nuclear medicine or brachytherapy
>>radionuclides, and a red light if it's not. Or, pick other colors because
>>of color-blind men. But, the technology is here and it's time it was
>>used. The same technology should be used at landfills.
>>
>>Ciao, Carol
>>
>>Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
>><csmarcus@ucla.edu>
>>
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