Re: Spurious TLD results

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Mike Malaxos said:

> I remember a situation about 12 years ago where a 
> significant dose was said to be recorded over a period 
> of about a week using  TLD's attached to
> the front of the picture tube of modern television receivers by some
> researchers in Bombay. 

I am not familiar with the above situation.I wonder if this TV had an 
x-ray tube and it was generating enough high voltage to produce a 
dose? In past days there was a limit 0 0.5 mR/hr at the face of a 
TV picture tube. Of course at this rate, there would be no 
significant dose. Mike, what level dose do you recall?
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