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Radium where you least expect
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- From: "Merritt, Kim D 7714 M" <KDMERRI@sandia.gov>
- Date: 03 Jun 1996 09:18:40 -0700
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I hate to rehash an old thread or beat a dead horse but there are apparently
many RADSAFE users still associated with the Navy. Another source of Radium
is the ships compass, at least on surface ships. I don't know the activity
present but I recall being able to detect it with 2"x2" NaI detector through
a wall. We also found an alarm clock this way. In addition we had several
hand-held compasses that contained tritium in Curie quantities. These were
stored in our Radioactive Materials Area but once again no surveys for
tritium performed. I don't know how susceptible compasses are to leakage
but it does raise an interesting question.
These opinions are mine, all mine!!
Kim D. Merritt
kdmerri@sandia.gov