Re: Re[2]: Cleaning Titanium Tritide Foil

[mikeg@SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Michael P. Grissom)]

I would second Gene's comment below.  I know of some
researchers who attempted more or less the same thing
for the same reasons (organic contamination of the ECD
foil) using Ni-63 sources.  The ECDs were thoroughly
contaminated with Ni-63, and substantial amounts of
bench space as well!  Best advice is don't do it--it 
will probably NOT save money!

> Last I heard, field cleaning of any ECD is a bad idea.
> Unless done properly it can lead to tritium leakage and a
> real mess to clean up.  I suggest you contact the
> manufacturer to have it done by them.
>          Gene
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