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[jpettigrew@halnet.com (Jeff Pettigrew)]

Can any of you radsafers help this gentlemen?



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>sci.engr.safety #1240 (0 + 24 more)                                        (1)
>From: jim@jfitz.demon.co.uk (Jim Fitzpatrick)
>[1] Tritium in instruments
>Date: Wed Sep 20 18:24:41 EDT 1995
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>Certain instruments used in fissile monitors incorporate tubes
>containing tritium gas. Should these tubes be breached then the
>consequence depends on whether the tritium burns or not. If it does
>not, then the consequence is relatively minor since tritium gas is not
>retained by the body if inhaled. If it burns, then the consequence is
>more significant because the tritiated water produced is retained by
>the body and will irradiate it.
>
>Does anyone have any information on these tubes and, in particular,
>their susceptibility to fire? How does the manufacturer make a safety
>case for the storage of tritium?
>
>
>Jim Fitzpatrick
>jim@jfitz.demon.co.uk
>100415.177@compuserve.com
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