P-32 Monitoring

["Ron Amoling" <AMOLINGR@JOSLAB.HARVARD.EDU>]

Hello

Interesting conversation about monitoring for P-32.    The facilities 
that I have worked at have required that researchers have a GM 
detector "readily available" any time they intend to use P-32.  In 
all cases, the radiation safety committees of these facilities would 
not even consider approving a lab's use of P-32 without the lab demonstrating 
that they had a suitable GM detector on hand.

Swipes are helpful in that in most labs where P-32 is used, other 
weaker emitters such as S-35, H-3, and C-14 are often in use, and 
swipes are necessary any way.

PS- my experience is that Ludlum's Model 44-9 pancake GM is ideal for 
P-32 contamaination monitoring.  I'm sure other manufacturers' 
pancake-type probes are ok too.

Hope this helps.  

Ron Amoling
RSO
Joslin Diabetes Center
amolingr@joslab.harvard.edu