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RE: RADSAFE digest 2615
They were still using this meter at the Nevada Test Site when I was RIFed in
1997. The meter used was an Eberline ESP-1. We had one set up for use with
Chemrad's USRADS system.
Terry Harmon, RRPT
SR. HP Tech
Kelly Scientific Resources
Phone: (423) 241-0281
Pager: (423) 417-1592
Email: harmonto@ornl.gov
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph & Frances Shuping [SMTP:shuping@erols.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 11:16 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: RADSAFE digest 2615
>
> A FIDLER (Field Instrument for Detection of Low Energy Radiation) is a
> meter
> developed around 1965 or so by DOE or DOD for detecting activity in the
> environment from Broken Arrow incidents. I believe it was manufactured by
> Eberline for the agency and had a thin NaI xtal mounted to the window of a
> 6" PM tube. A single channel analyzer mounted in a portable hand carried
> meter was the readout. The meter operated in count mode. It was designed
> to
> detect an x-ray of about 100 kev emitted from Pu which was present at
> these
> sites. I once had a collection of material on this meter but
> unfortunatley
> it went away many moves ago. Does this jog someone's memory of this
> really
> neat survey meter.
> Ralph Shuping
>
>
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 23:38:10 +0200
> >From: Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>
> >To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> >Subject: Re: FIDLERs and Hot Particles
> >Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990901233810.008628d0@pop3.via.at>
> >
> >At 16:33 01.09.1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >>My name is Craig Marianno and I am in the middle of my literature review
> >>for my Ph.D. in RHP at Oregon State University. My research mainly
> >>revolves around FIDLERs and transuranic "hot particle" detection in the
> >>environment. Unfortunately, articles on these two topics are difficult
> to
> >>locate and I believe much of the research in this area was completed
> >>around the 60s. I was wondering if anyone may know of any
> >>articles/ grey papers out there on these subjects. Any help would be
> >>welcome.
> >>
> >
> >I actually do not know what a FIDLER is, but we have worked during our
> >sampling and measurement campaign on the Mururoa atoll with detection of
> >hot particles (Am-241 associated with plutonium).
> >
> >If this is what you are interested in, please contact me at my private
> >e-mail address and I can give you the source, where you can find details.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Franz
> >
> >
> >Franz Schoenhofer
> >Habicherg. 31/7
> >A-1160 Vienna
> >Austria
> >Tel.: +43-1-495 53 08
> >Fax.: same number
> >mobile phone: +43-664-338 0 333
> >e-mail: schoenho@via.at
> >
> >Office:
> >Hofrat Dr. Franz Schönhofer
> >Federal Institute for Food Control and Research
> >Department of Radiochemistry
> >Kinderspitalg. 15
> >A-1095 Vienna
> >Austria
> >Tel.: +43-1-40 490 27820
> >e-mail: schoenhofer@baluf.via.at
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