Re: Environmental TLDs - CORRECTION

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

> We tried this while I was at FPL, and the dessicant crumbled and 
> ended up becoming embedded within the chip/phosphor substrate, 
> and materially messed up the reader and dosimeter.

In response to Steve Hand's statement, I replied with the above. In 
the interim, a colleague of mine informs me that FPL still places 
desiccant in the bag containing the environmental TLDs. Thinking 
back, I now recall that I was thinking about the finger rings we sent 
to the plants (Panasonic UD807 - LiBO element). It was for the 
finger rings we attempted to minimize moisture contaminate by 
using the desiccant, and it was the finger ring that the desiccant 
messed up.

I stand corrected and my original statement should be retracted. 
Placing a desiccant in the bag, along with the many other good 
suggestions, should assist Elizabeth in a good environmental 
program.

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