Re: Household radioactive materials?

[derge@dtpax2.ncifcrf.gov (Jeffery G. Derge)]

>NRD Inc.(this isn't a plug) manufactures the STATICMASTER ionizing bar.
>They contain 500 uCi of Po-210, and can be used with most analytical
>balances.  

This is a little late, but this just triggered a memory cell.

These were once available for record players also.  Being similar to
dinosaurs, they might be found in boxes on back shelves.  THey were a small
brush with the source underneath to eliminate static and dust from those
record things.

Jeff Derge
NCI-FCRDC, Frederick, MD
Derge@dtpax2.ncifcrf.gov