RE: Radioactive Bugs

[GRINDSTAFF HARRIET <GRINDSTH@liggett-emh1.army.mil>]

More material - It was actually a baby that got left in a drum of
radioactive materials overnight.  It grew extra legs and developed into
a monster.

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> From: 	Reynolds, Harold[SMTP:harold.reynolds@rfets.gov]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Thursday, October 08, 1998 12:01 PM
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> Subject: 	Radioactive Bugs
> 
> I agree with Melissa et al.  These bugs are nothing new.  It reminds
> me of
> an occurrence at west coast facility several years ago.  Certain area
> radiation monitors (ARM) kept sporadically alarming. Follow-up surveys
> always showed only normal levels of radiation.  Some thought the
> monitors
> were 'haunted' since they always passed performance and source checks.
> Finally the culprit was identified when a millipede with a 1"
> radiation
> reading of 80 mrem/hr was located.  After a visit from the
> exterminator, the
> ARMs were exorcised of their demons.  Apparently when the millipede
> traveled
> across or near the detectors, the alarms actuated, but by the time the
> technician got there they were gone.
> 
> Harry
> Harold.Reynolds@RFETS.gov
> 303.966.2708
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