Quoth pcguru2000 at 07/10/13 07:41... > With the pricing of nixie tubes, you have to wonder if any of the nixes > on sale by russian sources came from areas of the chernobyl > contamination zone? If some idiot went to the abandoned control room > and starting pulling out nixie tubes to resell for $$, would the > usps/ups/fedex have radiation sensors in place that would save us from > getting something very radioactive? > > Nixies are naturally radioactive, but the type of radiation is probably > benign, how would we know if they weren't from a contaminated site?
I think it unlikely, as exempt radiation sources can be shipped through regular channels. http://www.nrc.gov/materials/miau/consumer-pdts.html If above a country's exemption limits (some countries don't have these - all radioactives require a permit) then they would have to be declared and shipped as such, but I the chances of a Nixie being that 'hot' would be pretty slim. -- Matthew Smith Business: http://www.smiffytech.com Blog: http://www.smiffysplace.com Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/smiffy Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmiffy Twitter: http://twitter.com/smiffy ABN 16 391 203 815 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5251D476.4070605%40smiffytech.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
