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Contaminated runway
I remember the incident of the belly landing, and I believe that the
radioactive material involved (Sr-89?) was not in the radar, but rather
was used as a pitot tube heater.
Bruce Pickett
The Boeing Company
Seattle, WA 98124
(425)393-3098, FAX (425)393-3060
bruce.d.pickett@boeing.com
> ----------
> From: Scott D. Kniffin[SMTP:Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 1997 1:10 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: International use of radiation symbol
>
> At 14:38 09/04/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >occaisions, I have observed US Navy A-6 Intruder aircraft with the
> >trefoil stencilled upon the nose fairing (although upside down). When
> I
> >have questioned the pilots and bombadier/navigators about this, they
> >have responded that the trefoil is there because of the radar antenna
> >inside the nose.
> >Bruce Pickett
> >The Boeing Company
> >Seattle, WA USA
> >(425)393-3098, FAX (425)393-3060
> >bruce.d.pickett@boeing.com
> I seem to recall something about a check source in there as well.
> About 2
> years ago I got a notice of an unregulated spill when an American
> owned
> Russian cargo plane belly landed and the check source (that no one
> knew
> about until the crash) for the radar broke open and contaminated the
> runway. Said somthing about a 2" wide 1/2 mile long chunk of the
> runway
> being stripped up for disposal. (What ever happened to "the solution
> to
> polution is dilution," huh? Any body got a hose?)
> I have no idea why a radar needs a check source, but who knows? I
> sure
> don't.
>
> Scott Kniffin
>
> Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov
> RSO, Unisys Corp. @ Lanham, MD
> CHO, Radiation Effects Facility, GSFC, NASA, Greenbelt, MD
>
> The opinions expressed here are my own. They do not necessarialy
> represent
> the views of Unisys Corporation or NASA. This information has not
> been
> reviewed by my employer or supervisor.
>