RE: International use of radiation symbol -Reply

[D.J. RICHARDS <RICHADJ@GWSMTP.NU.COM>]

I don't know about sources in the radar, but I know that some aircraft engines
have small sources in them for metering fuel flow. It seems that an old
acquaintance of mine (an ex- Navy ELT) once got reamed by his Captain on the
Nimitz when he discovered this bit of trivia and roped off a couple of fighter
aircraft in a fit of unfortunate professional judgement.

D.J. Richards
Radiological Services, Inc.
richadj@gwsmtp.nu.com
djrichards@email.msn.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