RE: Environmental-dosimeter weather housings

["Clement, Christopher" <clementc@aecl.ca>]

Bruce:

In Port Hope we use small "birdhouses" to protect our E-PERM monitors
from the environment and found they work very well.  We built them out
of wood ourselves (simple and cheap) - it really isn't much work and
anyone who can run a saw and hammer could do it for you.  I put
"birdhouses" in quotes because no birds can use them.  The "entrance" is
only painted on.  It probably isn't an issue for you, but we make them
look like birdhouses in order to reduce the vandalism rate.  Believe it
or not, it works.

In Scarborough we have had to go with metal "birdhouses" with locks
which have been bolted to metal posts - the wooden ones just don't last
there.

Let me know if you would like to know more.

------------------------------------------------------------
Christopher H. Clement
Scientific Specialist / Radiation Protection Program Manager
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
clementc@aecl.ca


> ----------
> From: 	Heinmiller, Bruce
> Sent: 	January 22, 1998 3:28 PM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	Environmental-dosimeter weather housings
> 
> I'm looking for a supplier for 50 to 100 environmental-dosimeter
> weather
> housings for housing TLDs packaged in badges.  The badge dimensions
> (one
> per housing) are, conservatively, 8 cm x 6 cm x 2 cm.
> 
> The design should be simple (read "inexpensive") but must offer
> protection from sunlight, rain, and snow, and should be capable of
> being
> easily attached to existing fixtures such as fences and utility poles.
> 
> Supplier contacts or other useful comments should be sent to me
> directly
> at:
> 
> heinmillerb@aecl.ca
> 
> Bruce Heinmiller
> AECL
> Chalk River Laboratories, St'n 74
> Chalk River, Ontario
> Canada
> K0J 1J0
> 
> (613) 584-8811  + 4753
> fax (613) 584-1713
>