Carl, Brandon, All, I my continued quest for the truth, I have investigated the story of the Radioactive Boy Scout. This morning I spoke with Michael Polasek,...
With what David had accomplished, I feel that had he taken more interest in safety for him and his working environment, he could have produced a working power...
BTW, share some of what you learned, Chuck! Carl ... -- The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You...
He could not, and came nowhere close to that. All he did was make a small and inefficient AmBe source of the type used for neutron logging. I believe he also...
Yeah, I know. Be is some nasty stuff. I did some exploratory work with it. Unique purple crystals. I think I stil have a few stashed somewhere. Found them...
Aplha check sources, perhaps. Or are they gamma? A GC I have does gamma and maybe beta (unsure). Carl ... -- The very existence of flame-throwers proves that...
I cannot believe you guys are still on this subject nor can I believe Syd is allowing this line of conversation on "HIS" website. It is great to vent but I...
Dan, Very good points! Shit storms are to be avoided. The closest I ever came to one was not in Texas but in Wyoming. The neighbors garbage can blew over in a...
No GC detects alphas (a piece of paper effectively shields alphas). To detect betas, a GC has to have a "thin window" in a G-M tube, and that is usually...
Don't worry Dan, nobody is shutting down anything. Nothing being discussed here is improper. But you are correct this is off topic, so I have changed the...
This is in fact an unmoderated forum. The only restriction is to maintain civility, and off topic stuff is supposed to be so labeled (but obviously even I am...
Syd, Anyone else that's interested, Yes, the story is a true story. The facts? Please, let us not confuse the facts with the truth! They are of course two...
Syd, I had hoped to keep Markey (aka Molarkey) in the spotlight so that at some point should the topics become searchable on internet search engines everyone...
Syd, Recently, (I think it was a Kentucky school where) a thermometer containing mercury was dropped and broken in a science classroom. The teacher cleaned it...
Just for the heck of it, check out the radiation monitors available at Aware Electronics, http://www.aw-el.com/. I have an RM-60 and have used it to monitor...
That has happened in a few places. Up north a school was shut down for days or maybe weeks over a mercury spill. We used to play with the stuff all the time...
Somebody sent me one of those as a gift. They are cute, but the detector is quite small. I think they have a computer logging scheme to make up somewhat for...
Looks like India may be the only place still making lantern mantles with Thorium so if you use them for calibration you should lay in a supply before the...
Syd, Carl, All, The issue remains that Ed Markey is involved in a campaign of fear mongering. In Markey's "News from Ed Markey" of April 9, 2004 "Dirty Bomb...
Gordon, do you know where to get some of the import lantern mantles with the Thorium additive? Coleman has not used it in theirs for several years. I used to...
And of course they did not even bother to call to ask me questions before issuing the press release. I doubt they even bothered to find out AnaLog Services,...
... mongering. ... Goiania, Brazil. ... med.org/SiteContent/MedRef/OnlineRef/CaseStudies/csgoiania.html. ... curies of cesium 137 that was abandoned by three...
No Syd, I don't. But discount stores and imports from Asia would be where I would look. You will get strange looks checking the lantern mantle with a Giger...
I have about 20-25 pounds of Hg. Want some? Carl ... -- The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves,...
I know that Ludlum puts out some pretty nice counters, but they're also expensive as hell. Carl ... -- The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some...
Syd, the SD's are so sensitive that it's pathetic. The change in my pocket was giving off readings. A properly calibrated SD will give you readings from...
Heh heh heh! Chuck, WE already know the accuracy rate of the media! Or should I say, INaccuracy rate? The NY Times currently ranks #3 on my choice of quality...
I am trying to extract array data from some digital logs for some of my development activities. I have been told by multiple sources that LAS will not allow...
Here is my little press release about the Markey affair: http://www.logwell.com/tech/ssexchange/index.html Anyone following the link in Markey's press release...
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