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RE: 'Dirty Bomb' Was Major New Year's Worry
Also, it must be taken into account that the sources carried around by radiographers remains in a shielded housing until exposed for the actual "shot" and then returned to the shielded housing. While shielded, they would be nearly impossible to detect at any distance.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kim D. Merritt [mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 7:14 AM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: 'Dirty Bomb' Was Major New Year's Worry
Do not underestimate their instrumentation. They are designed to look for
weapons not radiographers, and I would not expect radiographers to be
congregating in public areas with their sources. In any event, if they
detected a radiography source it would (hopefully) be accompanied by a
person authorized to be in possession of it so it would not show up as an
anomalous event.
At 11:06 PM 1/7/04, you wrote:
>I saw some of the detectors on the TV and they didn't appear very
>sophisticated.
>
>If they were really digging for radioactivity hot spots, how did they miss
>all the radiographers who carry large cobalt and Iridium sources to and
>from pipeline and refinery sites in the Houston area.
Kim Merritt
Radiation/Laser Safety Officer
HazMed, Inc.
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA
(757)864-3210
<mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov>
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed herein are my own and do not
necessarily state or reflect those of NASA or the United States Government,
nor do they represent the official position of NASA.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kim D. Merritt [mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 7:14 AM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: 'Dirty Bomb' Was Major New Year's Worry
Do not underestimate their instrumentation. They are designed to look for
weapons not radiographers, and I would not expect radiographers to be
congregating in public areas with their sources. In any event, if they
detected a radiography source it would (hopefully) be accompanied by a
person authorized to be in possession of it so it would not show up as an
anomalous event.
At 11:06 PM 1/7/04, you wrote:
>I saw some of the detectors on the TV and they didn't appear very
>sophisticated.
>
>If they were really digging for radioactivity hot spots, how did they miss
>all the radiographers who carry large cobalt and Iridium sources to and
>from pipeline and refinery sites in the Houston area.
Kim Merritt
Radiation/Laser Safety Officer
HazMed, Inc.
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA
(757)864-3210
<mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov>
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed herein are my own and do not
necessarily state or reflect those of NASA or the United States Government,
nor do they represent the official position of NASA.
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