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From: ken@swbatl.sbc.com (Ken Gianino 5-9081)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: How to measure/detect X-ray (cheap)?
Message-ID: <1991May1.161415.4235@swbatl.sbc.com>
Date: 1 May 91 16:14:15 GMT
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>I would not trust film badge dosimeters.  My wife works for a vet and
>they use film badge dosimeters in their x-ray room.  One of her co-workers
>decieded to "test" the dosimeter by giving it a full dose of x-rays

 Does anyone still use film badges?  I thought the whole industry switched
 over to thermoluminescent dosimeters years ago.  They look like film badges.
 Maybe I'm wrong and just the nuclear power industry switched to TLD's for
 Gamma dose.
 -Ken WB0QNA