It is forbidden by law to remove or tamper with that thing in any way. Throw it away in the trash. I was called on the telephone by the NRC and had that ...
Not radiation related, but I thought of possible interest to the electronic and computer oriented: Colossus Mk2, a wartime code-breaker hailed as one of the...
When did they start cracking down on this? Teachers have been taking those things apart for years for demonstrations... ... way. Throw ... had that ... ...
I don't know just when they started getting tough on it, but as George (K0FF) stated it really is illegal. You may own a device -containing- 241 Am under what...
I see, well the whole law against it is ridiculous, can't use the source in safe experiments in the pursuit of knowledge since they act like there could be...
... Presumably they are afraid Al Quada, Inc. will buy 100 million smoke detectors at WalMart to make a dirty bomb. It's always been technically a violation of...
... that's the ... reflections between ... Aha. Reminds me: I saw a poster in the rad-experimental part of the hospital, someone had tried retro-reflective ...
... will ... particles ... opposite ... setup ... Cosmic Rays, Yeah, that is PET scans too, eat a positron emitter and sit in a ring of detectors catching...
... way. Throw ... had that ... actionable ... Of course the NRC only applies to folks in America. Many people can write English. And I hear even foreigners...
... Perhaps that "Radioactive Boy Scout" was an operative.. ... I suspect its something like someone using an indoor bug killer outside and killing all the...
... diff? ... Pu has extremely weird behavior as a metal. A large number of crystal structures for instance. Look at it the wrong way and it changes density. ...
... Heh. A few years back, a friend and I were buying cleaning supplies (in the USA). Trying to figure out which cleaning products to use (the local brands...
I believe a lot of things changed September 11th 2001. Geo ... From: "bblb2001" <bblb2001@...> To: <CDV700CLUB@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 01,...
construction details by the company that makes the Am-241 sources can be found here: http://www.hightechsource.co.uk/Sources%20for%20Smoke.pdf By the way, it's...
I was as surprised as the next guy, but now that I have been informed ( by telephone and mail, directly from the NRC compliance office in Chicago) and also...
Are you saying dumping the smoke detectors in a dump doesn't allow the chance of easy enviromental contamination? ... informed ( by ... Chicago) and ... been...
no all I'm saying is that you don't have the right to go to the dump and pick it up. That is considered "mining" or "recycling" and requires a license. No...
sure. Bicron uses a white tape, Ludlum uses white paint. Keeps the photons bouncing until they hit the photocathode screen of the PMT. Geo ... From: "DH"...
By the way I recently read that Am-241 is 10 to the 11th power more toxic than cyanide. Geo Where did you read this? I was just reading from one of the ...
Actually, this isn't really the fault of the government. Bug spray makers found themselves inundated with lawsuits from nits who used the Raid as hairspray...
Jack Herron
jackherron@...
Jun 2, 2004 7:28 pm
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... From: "bblb2001" <bblb2001@...> To: <CDV700CLUB@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 2:47 PM Subject: [CDV700CLUB] Re: Old Sears smoke...
I think the point needs to be made that it is illegal to throw smoke detectors in the dump, for clear environmental reasons. Jack C. Herron 8118 E. 20th St. ...
Jack Herron
jackherron@...
Jun 2, 2004 8:47 pm
12756
... If my calculations are correct, using the data at http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/natural.htm as a reference, each cubic yard of soil contains 3.8...
You're right of course Jack, The NRC has a tiger by the tail, and doesn't know how to let go. Look at the FCC and Citizens' Band radio. Once, it was licensed ...
... And countless lives would be lost because people didn't have smoke detectors. AFAIK, the reason Am241 detectors are used is that they are superior to other...
While working as a Fire inspector I got a few phone calls each year from "concerned" citizens as to how to dispose of their old detectors. The easy out for me...
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