Re: Snoopy-- unfamiliar with jargon -Reply

[David Hearnsberger <hberger@trinity.tamu.edu>]

The An/PDR 70 is still used extensively by the Navy.  Give 'em a call.

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On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, JOHN L. MCCARTHY wrote:

> Kim,
> 
> I recall the AN/PDR-70 being referred to as a "Snoopy".  The detector is a
> proportional counter filled with boron trifluoride gas. The shield consists of
> concentric cylinders; with the inner cyclinder being polyethylene, followed by
> boron impregnated plastic and finally by more polyethylene.  You might find
> some of these relics at older nuclear facilities.
> 
> Jack
> mccarjl@gwsmtp.nu.com
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