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RE: Personnel Contamination Monitor
I like the Eberline PCM-2 they use at Clinton Power Station, which has a
built-in Radon discriminator. This eliminates a lot of false alarms from
Radon. They are more expensive than the PCM-1x though.
> Original Message-----
> From: Tarantino@vapower.com [SMTP:Tarantino@vapower.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 9:16 AM
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> VA Power, Surry and North Anna Power Stations employ the Eberline PCM-1B
> and
> PCM-1C, which use gas proportional detectors, at the RCA exits and have
> been
> satisfied with their performance. These are source checked using a NIST
> traceable 5,000 dpm Tc-99 source one inch away from each detector and on
> contact
> with the foot detectors. During outages we open the secondary security
> and
> employ the Eberline PM-6A monitors, which also use gas flow proportional
> detectors.
>
> Carl Tarantino
> Senior Staff Health Physicist
> VA Power Corporate, Nuclear Licensing & Ops Support
> tarantino@vapower.com
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> "Poston, Jay (John) (PEA)" <jposton@guidant.com> on 05/20/99 09:41:18 AM
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> Please respond to radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
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> I am looking to purchase a PCM for beta contamination monitoring. What is
> out there? What is your favorite? What is your least favorite? If
> you're
> a vendor, please contact me directly.
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> Thank you,
> J. W. Poston, Jr., Ph.D., C.H.P.
> Guidant Corporation
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