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Re: Household radioactive materials?
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- From: Bruce Pickett <SHEA136@KGV2.bems.boeing.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 14:16:55 -0700 (PDT)
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I just remembered something else to add to the list. At Fairchild AFB in
Spokane, WA, there were a number of the base houses which had been insulated
with phospho-gypsum insulation. There was some concern that the radium in
this material might increase the radon emanation rate in the houses, but I
believe that testing of the houses showed this wasn't the case. Admittedly,
this is kind of stretching it for an example of a "household radioactive
material."
Also, the energy-saving "compact fluorescent" lamps indicated in a previous
posting can contain Kr-85; I have one from Phillips whose box says it contains
15 nanocuries.
Bruce Pickett
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA
shea136@kgv2.bems.boeing.com