[R-390] Meter Radioactiity

[Richard Loken]

On Thu, 1 May 2003, Tom-WB3AKD wrote:

> 
> Hit them with some black light.  They'll really shine then, even when you
> turn off the UV.  While this does not insure that they are radioactive,
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> it'll prove that it's more than just paint.

Quite correct, and Once more with feeling!

It is not the radium that glows, it is the harmless luminous paint.  The radium
is expected to stimulate the molecules in the paint to make them glow so that
you do not have to depend on outside light sources to get the paint all hot and
bothered. 

The totally evil news is that the luminous paint has pretty well lost its
ability to glow (no matter how well it is stimulated) but the radium is 
doing just fine thankyou very much and it will be just fine for centuries to
come.

It is because of things like these uninformed conversations that the government
remvoed the damn things.  Stop giving the safety freaks a boost up like this! 
--
   Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS  
   Athabasca University
   Athabasca, Alberta Canada
   ** richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca **