Re: Dirty Bomb

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

>From "The Health Physics Aspects of the SL-1

Accident," HP Vol 9, 177-186, 1963, "Radiation

exposure to the 11 Fire Department personnel ranged

from 0.03 to 1.07 r, indicating their ability at self

protection . . ."  One HP received 27 r and three

contractor personnel received 27 or 25 r.



--- Michael McNaughton <mcnaught@LANL.GOV> wrote:

> At 06:04 PM 10/28/2003 -0500, EMCTGA@aol.com wrote:

> >As I recall the first responders at the SL-1 Army

> reactor accident in 

> >Idaho took some doses up around 25 Rem.

> 

> According to what I have read, the people who

> received 25 rem were health 

> physicists who arrived an hour or two after the

> incident and so might be 

> called "second responders".

> 

. . .



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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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