RE: radioactive devices

["Ching, Jeff" <CHING.JEFF@email.mcclellan.af.mil>]

T probably stands for tritium and 10,88GBq is probably 10.88 GBq (Europeans
use commas instead of periods for decimal points).

Jeff Ching [ching.jeff@email.mcclellan.af.mil]
McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robin Beasley [SMTP:rebeasley@earthlink.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 19, 1999 9:45 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	radioactive devices
> 
> Radsafers,
> 
> I've recently run across radioactive devices that may be of foreign
> origin.  They seem to be aiming devices and the writing on them would
> lead me to believe they are Russian but, I can't confirm any of that.
> The activity label reads
>                                             T 10,88GBq
> I've assumed this to mean 88GBq, but what is the T 10?  Anyone have any
> ideas or other suggestions for what the activity label means?
> 
> Robin Beasley
> rebeasley@earthlink.net
> 
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