Re: Help needed

[John Andrews <andrewsjp@chartertn.net>]

john grant wrote:



>I volunteer at the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto,

>California.  I am planning an exhibit on: Radiation in Everyday Life.

>

>I have an Eberline 14SA meter.  I plan to have this meter set up near

>several everyday sources of radiation, such as, a quantity of Morton

>Lite Salt ( 275 cpm ), a green glass measuring cup ( 200 cpm ), a Kodak

>Cheveron camera made about 1954 ( 400 cpm ) and a Coleman type lantern

>mantel ( 10,000 cpm ).

>

>I am trying to find a piece of Fiesta ware and some decorative tiles to

>add to the collection.

>

>I have heard Brazil nuts mentioned on this list but the nut meats I

>found did not measure above background.  Would nuts with shells read

>higher?  I am looking for things that are clearly above background.

>

>Any suggestions on other, easy to find, items are welcome.

>

>My objective is to show people that radiation is around them all the

>time so if a dirty bomb is used in the area they will not panic over a

>tiny amount of extra radiation.

>

>John Grant

>

>

>

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Check out sparkler fireworks; polishing compounds; old alarm clocks with 

radium dials; granite; slag from steel melting operations; phosphate 

fertilizer.  Orange Fiesta ware saucers run about $10 at antique shops.  

Do better if you can.  My wife won't let me buy any more of that stuff.



John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee



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