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Re: Dangerously radioactive navigation instruments
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2017 Apr 3, 10:29 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2017 Apr 3, 10:29 -0700
See link on radium dials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_dials
Looks like using my Bendix MK 5 bubble octant for 20 minutes of observations will double my daily back ground radiation exposure. Not too worried about CN observation exposure but tearing into older instruments that contain radium is probably not healthy :( I am guilty of having done this and no longer take apart bubble octants or old watches/clocks.
Greg Rudzinski
