Re: Civil Defense Pencils...

[Robin_Siskel@notes.ymp.gov]

Jim Barnes asked why the dosimeters failed in this manner, and if it is
something that
"modern" pocket dosimeters might be subject to.

Jim, I'm sorry but we didn't determine why they were failing in this
fashion.  They were,
however, very old and had been in civil defense bomb shelters for years....
 Also these
were being exposed to extremely high dose almost instantaneously, on the
order of 80
to 180 mrem, or 80 to 180 R depending on the dosimeter scale.

Typical pocket dosimeters are generally quite durable and accurate, I
seriously doubt
that you will run into similar problems with them.

Robin Siskel
email:  Robin_Siskel@notes.ymp.gov
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