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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Shielding on nukes
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Date: 21 Jul 89 04:09:49 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>If a warhead is not shielded, wouldn't it represent a  
>hazzard for personnel envolved in their handling, storage  
>training etc? 

Sigh.  Warheads are not reactors.  There is a very large difference between
the amount of radiation that modern detectors can spot and the amount needed
to present a significant hazard to personnel.  You probably wouldn't want
to spend ten years sleeping in the same room with them if you could avoid
it, but the odds that normal occupational exposure would harm you are slim.

                                     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
                                 uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu