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Re: [APML] Shelf Life of Refrigerated Film
Indeed! In my undergrad days I borrowed a radiation detector from one of
the physics labs in the sub-basement of UofT to see if my next door
neighbour (local x-ray clinic) was killing me. Turns out I was getting a
fraction of the radiation that the people in the lab were getting from all
the cement surrounding them!
Stuart
Roland Roberts wrote:
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> >>>>> "Stuart" == Stuart Heggie <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca> writes:
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> Stuart> I might be wrong but I think it is just neutrinos that go
> Stuart> right through the Earth - cosmic rays would not. Now,
> Stuart> would they be stopped by a lead bag? Don't know. Suspect
> Stuart> it would help at least.
>
> Yep, it's neutrinos.
>
> Heh, did you know lead also has a small, naturally-radioactive
> component? You're better off storing it in air. Oh, and unless you
> live *far* underground, your attic is better than you basement, at
> least if you have a cement basement. And remember all the rage about
> radium in poorly-ventilated basements?
>
> Water is your best moderator for cosmic rays, but you would need a lot
> of it. Better is to just stuff it in the fridge and stop worrying
> about it....
>
> roland
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