Interesting info. Unless (and even if) those tubes were made in the last couple of years, they'd be undetectable to postal equipment. If it meets the limits for radiation on the outside of the box, I wouldn't put any such labeling on it. Those ignorant of the realities of radiation get scared easily, yet willingly spend $12,000 for fancy granite countertops for their house that are most likely much more radioactive. Not to mention the salt substitute, or the pool salt, etc. The only one I'd worry about at all in handling are those with radium compounds in them and even then, just don't break it open!
On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 12:57 PM Paul Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > A while back we were discussing the B5092A tube (aka 122P224). I knew I > had found a document about the safe handling of these tubes, but I couldn’t > find it again. Well here it is > http://etler.com/docs/bsp-archive/024/024-723-801_I2.pdf > > That same directory has other excerpts from 801, most of which seem to > concern the safe handling of tubes with various additives such as beryllium > oxide in the 416C tube, and radium bromide in tubes like the 346B (replaced > with the 346C which only contains Kr85). > > Here is a nice excerpt from > http://etler.com/docs/bsp-archive/024/024-700-801_I4.pdf regarding > sending these tubes by parcel post (no more than six tubes in one package). > They say that this has to be stamped on the package: > > RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL > GAMMA RADIATION AT SURFACE OF > PARCEL > LESS THAN 10 MILLIROENTGENS FOR 24 HOURS > NO SIGNIFICANT ALPHA, BETA, OR NEUTRON RADIATION > > Not sure if I could get that past USPS :) > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f50521da-b75d-456f-a0dd-ac631dc391bfn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f50521da-b75d-456f-a0dd-ac631dc391bfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-gQ0L2b7m8cPYX-YvHNrQmwF7jhNsuD4Mdcq3kRWeGA%3DA%40mail.gmail.com.
