Re: ban rad smoke dectectors ?

[Jose Julio Rozental <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

ban rad smoke dectectors ?Radioactive lightning rods were and still are taken away from the market starting by 1980s. In fact there is not a formal study and justification 

to use it. This is not the case for Smoke Detector. There is specific Recommendations for smoke detector. The basic document is Recommendations for Ionization chamber smoke detector in implementation of radiation protection standards,  Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1977

Jose Julio Rozental

joseroze@netvision.net.il

Israel











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  From: Franta, Jaroslav 

  To: Radsafe (E-mail) 

  Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 4:31 PM

  Subject: ban rad smoke dectectors ?





  NUCLEAR NEWS FLASHES - Tuesday, May 4, 2004 

  INTERNATIONAL: 

  --SHOULD RADIOACTIVE LIGHTNING RODS AND SMOKE DETECTORS BE BANNED? 

  France's senior nuclear regulator, Andre-Claude Lacoste, asked that question today at 

  the close of a day-long conference in Paris devoted to the management of 

  radioactively contaminated sites. Lacoste said use of such devices, which 

  cause contamination problems if not properly managed, may not be justified. 

  He also suggested that multidisciplinary working groups be set up to 

  investigate contamination issues posed by former uranium mining sites, on 

  the model of what was done around Cogema's La Hague reprocessing site. He 

  called for completion of France's inventory of contaminated sites and said 

  the administration will be in a position to identify priority sites within a year.