🚀 go-pugleaf

schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:
   mvp@hsv3.lsil.com (Mike Van Pelt) writes:
   >An old high-school friend of mine went to work at a nuclear plant after
   >he got out of the Navy, and he had a story or two to tell about I131
   >treatments.  
	...
   Radionuclides used in patient therapy such as iodine-131, are 
   non-regulated in that the material that leaves the patient via excreta
   is non-regulted. 

It's amusing to read 10CFR20, the Federal regulations on radiation dose,
and find the passage about tagging radioactive sources.  At one point, the
regs say that any object with more than <x> activity must be clearly 
labelled and placed in a radiation restricted zone, unless the object in 
question is a patient undergoing radiotherapy (!)

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...Behind me, the crowd was still cheering as Cal kicked off the 3rd quarter.
   One of the cops examined my band field pass; two more stood ready in case I
   bludgeoned the fourth with my flute.  He snickered and said, "You'll 
   *never* ride a motorcycle in this stadium *again*!"