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Radioactive CM handles?

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Dalhousie:
I came across this claim here

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/14480682307?fbclid=IwY2xjawGeJRRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHb4fTY1olIqHaq3xeOhoHlNLd2EqVQUTWABO3Cpz_jtkhH_LyNlrb8BMyQ_aem_L3ruXpQLD33X30hhRdC22w

Is this correct? Were the handles really regarded as radioactive waste and disposed of accordingly? 

bknight:
Here is some information on the handles and what happened to them.  In an attached image you will find some radiation decals put on after recovery.
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/001473.html

There is also a link to a NASA report.

ETA:  The report, I have read this back about 7 years ago while researching the Blunders radiation claims.
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19730010172/downloads/19730010172.pdf

Dalhousie:
Seems an excess of caution since Pm147 is only a beta emitter.

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