Re: Day/Night background change?

[JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com]

Interesting "solution" :-) "Rad protection" strikes again. Don't we begin to
feel a little ludicrous? 

Thanks.

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
jmuckerheide@delphi.com

> That IS a factor.  We ended up having to buy new uniforms for our security 
> force. 
>  
> The opinions expressed are strictly mine. 
> Here's to a risk free world, and other fantasies. 
>  
> Bill Lipton 
> liptonw@detroitedison.com 

> It's also interesting that the security guards are tripping the monitors.  I
> would hazard a guess that they wear uniforms primarilly made of synthetic
> fibers.  I can't prove it, but there seemed to be a correlation between
> clothing type and false alarms when I was at the Ferry.  Whenever the VPs
> (suits) came through the plant we would have the same problem.  As a group,
> our security guards also seemed to have more trouble clearing the monitors -
> uniforms again.  I think the radon daughters glom onto certain fabrics that
> develop a static charge.  Cotton seemed to be the least likely to cause a
> problem, I think becaue cotton readily absorbs moisture, which keeps it from
> developing a static charge. 
>  We saw this because we used "whole body" contamination monitors.  It may
> not be a factor if you are just doing hand and hoof monitors.
> Keith Welch
> Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
> Newport News VA
> welch@cebaf.gov
> Ph: (757)269-7212
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