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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.  
>