Re: Day/Night background change?

[denison.8@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Eric Denison)]

Seems to me that this decision has little to do with radiation protection and 
more to do with a simple solution to an irritating problem.  If spending some 
money on new duds for the guards saves the time (=money) and trouble of 
responding to false alarms, it's a perfectly good solution.

Eric Denison

>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
>> FAX:(757)269-5048