Had a little run in with Tritium at work shall we say, I'm looking for a second opinion from a qualified source..
I work with uranium on a daily baisis, depending on your situation I may or may not be able to offer a useful opinionHad a little run in with Tritium at work shall we say, I'm looking for a second opinion from a qualified source..
2 millirems is insignificant. In comparision, the average americian recieves ~ 360 millirems per year from natural background radiation. Dental X rays are about 15 millirems each. Tritium has very low energy gamma rays which is why it is the choice for use in research labs.I got a small scratch from an instrument used with tritium at work, they took urine samples 24 and 48 hrs later, both came back as being ~2 milirems which is pretty small, just wondering what long term effects are likely to be. Everything I've read involves much larger and or continuous exposure.
unless you open the skin and push them in with say, a sharp needle <slaps self...hard>Alpha doesn't have legs. A piece of paper can stop an alpha particle. Gama & x are the ones that penetrate & travel.
That's interesting. The beta sources I work around can generate hits several feet away from the open shutter in open air. They also go inches to a precision sensor after passing through a test medium that is being measured. The beta particles from tritium must be much lower energy.FYI: Hey guys, Tritium is a Beta particle emitter = electrons with mass. According to Wikipedia, Beta particles from tritium can penetrate only about 6.0 mm of air,
http://www.perkinelmer.com/category...DhTbbXk_bXac5kFqZ7XZSkOlOgTJ3izBoCnnwQAvD_BwEThat's interesting. The beta sources I work around can generate hits several feet away from the open shutter in open air. They also go inches to a precision sensor after passing through a test medium that is being measured. The beta particles from tritium must be much lower energy.
That being the case, I'm led to wonder how the levels are being measured in the urine sample. The tube must be getting submerged into the sample?????