Re: Contaminated Circuit Breakers?

["tom_dixie" <tom_dixie@email.msn.com>]

Some more information would be useful.  It is possible that the manufacturer
representative would not tell you that there is radioactive material in the
breakers.  A gamma spec would be useful - the radionuclides would tell more
about the contamination.

Tom O'Dou.
tom_dixie@msn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Stacey Alderson <ALDERSSL@nv.doe.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 10:13 AM
Subject: Contaminated Circuit Breakers?


>Recently we have found some circuit breakers that are radiologically
>contaminated at levels above our site release requirements.   The circuit
>breakers were removed from  equipment that was known not to be in a
>contaminated area and an inquiry with the manufacturer indicated that
>circuit breakers contained no radioactive components.   Are there any
>theories on how these items became contaminated?
>
>Pleases respond to:
>
>Boyd M. Imai
>Bechtel Nevada
>imaibm@nv.doe.gov
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