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Offline Dalhousie

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Radioactive CM handles?
« on: November 10, 2024, 06:57:09 PM »
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? 
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Offline bknight

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Re: Radioactive CM handles?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2024, 08:39:16 PM »
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
« Last Edit: November 10, 2024, 08:45:42 PM by bknight »
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Offline Dalhousie

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Re: Radioactive CM handles?
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2024, 04:43:08 PM »
Seems an excess of caution since Pm147 is only a beta emitter.
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