Re: Re[2]: Tritium Exit Signs

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Reply-to: Johnny.Brandon@p0.f13.n233.z1.fidonet.org (Johnny Brandon)
Fido-To: romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu!hpb.hwc.ca!gkr

 r> I remember a few years ago that a Canadian facility measured the 
 r> Bremstraahlung x-rays from a tritium exit sign.  There was quite a 
 r> lot of 
 r> x-rays.  Anybody else tried this?
 
we've had a little experience with H-3 bremstraahling here at UIUC as a 
result of "mishandling" of titanium-tritide foils.  we've detected it 
on items ranging from glass vials to the window of a standard geiger 
probe (an individual of questionable intelligence stuck the probe window 
right on a foil and transfered about 300 mCi to the probe)  ;-)
 
j. brandon, UIUC health physics office
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