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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
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Re: Personnel Contamination Monitor
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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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> 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.
> 
> Thank you,
> J. W. Poston, Jr., Ph.D., C.H.P.
> Guidant Corporation
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