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Source Identification
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- Subject: Source Identification
- From: William Lorenzen <LORENZEN_W@A1.TCH.HARVARD.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:40:04 EST
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I need to identify an old source. It is a 3 foot long piece of flexible 1/4
inch tubing (pale orange in color)with what appears to be a white material
filling the inside of the tubing. There is a brass clip at one end and a brass
eyelet at the other. The radiation levels are uniform along the entire length
of the tubing (~ 1.6 mr/hr @ 1 foot).
Any thoughts on what this is and what the radioactive material is? My first
thought was radium...
William A. Lorenzen
Children's Hospital
Boston, Ma 02115
lorenzen_w@a1.tch.harvard.edu
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